Patent ID: 6453294
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G10L

Abstract:
A method for controlling communications, comprising:receiving communications content and determining a text, audio, or video input mode of the content; determining a user-specified text, audio, or video output mode for the content for delivering the content to a destination; and transcoding the content from the text, audio, or video input mode to the user-specified text, audio, or video output mode prior to delivering the content to the destination utilizing a transcoder selected from the group consisting of a text-to-text transcoder, a text-to-audio transcoder, a text-to-video transcoder, an audio-to-text transcoder, an audio-to-audio transcoder, an audio-to-video transcoder, a video-to-text transcoder, a video-to-audio transcoder, and a video-to-video transcoder.