Patent ID: 8321581
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring media over a network, comprising: ascertaining at a sending node if media to be transmitted over a network to a receiving node is either time-sensitive or not time-sensitive, the time-sensitivity of the media based on if a recipient is reviewing the media upon receipt; transmitting the non time-sensitive media from the sending node to the receiving node; adjusting the rate of transmission of the non time-sensitive media at the sending node based on network conditions; receiving at the sending node from the receiving node one or more first low priority requests for the retransmission of any missing non time-sensitive media lost during the transmission; transmitting the time-sensitive media from the sending node to the receiving node; receiving at the sending node from the receiving node one or more second low priority requests for the retransmission of any missing time-sensitive media lost during transmission if a predetermined network transmission loss threshold is not exceeded such that the quality of the received time-sensitive media is decipherable upon receipt; and retransmitting the missing time-sensitive media and the non time-sensitive media in response to the first and second low priority requests when bandwidth on the network becomes available in excess of what is needed for the transmission of time-sensitive media.