Patent ID: 7877500
Filing Date: 2011-01-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting voice communications over a data network, comprising: an input operable to receive a voice stream from a user, the voice stream comprising a plurality of temporally distinct segments; a packet protocol interface operable to convert a first segment of the voice stream into at least a first packet; an acoustic prioritization agent operable to control processing of the first segment and the first packet based on a degree of acoustic similarity between the first segment and a second segment of the voice stream, wherein the second segment temporally precedes the first segment and a third segment of the voice stream temporally follows the first segment; and a codec operable to compare the first segment with the second segment of the voice stream to determine a first degree of acoustic similarity between the first and second segments and compare the first segment with the third segment of the voice stream to determine a second degree of acoustic similarity between the first and third segments.