Patent ID: 9088630
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of selectively mixing media at an application server arbitrating a group communication session for a communication group, comprising: receiving media for a timeslot from a plurality of session participants sharing a floor of the group communication session for transmission to the communication group; determining a number of session participants that are providing non-silence media; determining whether to bypass the received media from entry into a de-jitter buffer based at least in part on whether the determined number exceeds a threshold number during a predefined number of consecutive timeslots, wherein the de-jitter buffer is configured to queue media from session participants for mixing by the application server during the group communication session; bypassing the received media from entry into the de-jitter buffer in response to determining the determined number does not exceed the threshold number during the predefined number of consecutive timeslots; and transmitting at least a portion of the received media to the communication group without mixing the at least a portion of the received media.