Patent ID: 7103806
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for increasing the utility of a communication between communicating parties, the system comprising: a reliability analyzer that accesses or computes the reliability of a communication channel that makes available reliability information used in decisions about an expected utility of the communication channel, the reliability analyzer further comprises a reliability predictor that predicts at least one of parameters indicating that a communication channel will experience a loss of fidelity and a loss of connection, the reliability predictor predicts a likelihood L (L being a number) that a communication channel will have a reliability R (R being a number), where the likelihood L and the reliability R are considered in predicting the communication channel reliability; and a channel manager that analyzes at least one of communicating party preferences and context to determine a preference-based expected utility of the communication, the channel manager employing the reliability information to facilitate determining if the communication channel maximizes the utility of the communication between the communicating parties.