Patent ID: 6760323
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for transmitting audio data between at least first and second audio transceiver devices over a computer network, said first and second audio transceiver devices utilizing different audio data formats and respectively coupled to one or more transmission networks, wherein said first audio transceiver device receives audio signals and converts said received audio signal to a first digital encoded audio data signal having a first audio data format, an audio data signal format identification portion, and at least one destination device address portion identifying at least one destination device, and wherein said second audio transceiver device is located at a first destination and is operative as said at least one destination device, said system comprising:a single first digital encoded audio data signal interface, responsive to said received audio signals, for providing said first digital encoded audio data signal, and for identifying and providing said audio data signal format identification portion signal, said first digital encoded audio data signal interface further responsive to said at least one destination device address portion, for providing a destination identification portion signal; a single format identifier, responsive to said audio data signal format identification portion signal, for providing a format identification signal and a format translation signal; a single destination identifier, responsive to said destination identification portion signal, for generating a destination identification signal and a destination format signal; a single data translator, responsive to said format translation signal and to said destination format signal, for translating said first digital encoded audio data signal having a first format into a second digital encoded audio data signal having a second format, said second format acceptable to said destination device irrespective of which transmission networks the first and second audio transceiver devices are coupled to; and a single-second digital encoded audio data signal interface, responsive to said second digital encoded audio data signal, said destination identification signal and said format identification signal, for transmitting said second digital encoded audio data signal having a second format to said at least one destination device.