Patent ID: 6308222
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
In a proxy computer having a connection to a client computer, a method of reducing latency that would otherwise occur as the proxy computer transmits audio data to the client computer, the method comprising the steps of:obtaining audio data from a remote server on behalf of a client computer;determining whether transcoding of the obtained audio data is appropriate;if it has been determined that transcoding of the obtained audio data is appropriate, transcoding the obtained audio data using one or more transcoding methods as the obtained audio data is being received from the remote server, the one or more transcoding methods being selected from:a first transcoding method that reduces the number of channels in the obtained audio data;a second transcoding method that reduces a sample rate associated with the obtained audio data; anda third transcoding method that compresses the obtained audio data; andtransmitting the transcoded audio data to the client computer.