Patent ID: 9111541
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a first client comprising a capability to receive audio speech from a user, after receiving audio speech, encoding the received audio speech; from the first client, after encoding the received audio speech, transmitting packets of encoded audio speech along with a first value over the Internet; at a second client comprising a capability to receive audio speech from a user, after receiving audio speech, encoding the received audio speech; from the second client, after encoding the received audio speech, transmitting packets of encoded audio speech along with a second value over the Internet; at a server, receiving packets of encoded audio speech from two or more clients; and at the server, servicing the encoded audio speech in an amount of processing time based on the first value received from the first client and the second value received from the second client, wherein the server comprises the capability to transmit responses to the first and second clients, and the response is a result of the server's servicing of the encoded audio speech based on the first and second values received from the clients.