Patent ID: 7848929
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
1. A method of compressing digital audio data and other data into an audio signal for transmission to a receiving station, comprising the steps of: a. dividing the audio signal into compression blocks, each compression block consisting of a plurality of compression packets, each compression packet consisting of a plurality of words, b. providing one word in each compression packet with a component of configuration data, whereby a compression block contains configuration information identifying a manner of packing data into the compression block, c. tagging one word in each compression packet to identify the tagged word as a word containing configuration information, d. packing compressed audio and other data into remaining space within the compression packet, and e. transmitting the compression packets in a predetermined sequence to a receiving station, wherein the receiving station constructs the configuration information from the tagged words in a compression block and decodes the compressed audio data and other data according to the configuration information.