Patent ID: 7649898
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for converting a media stream, comprising: interfacing, by a conversion module, through an Internet Protocol (IP) network with an IP system that is communicating a plurality of data packets of a call for a telephone according to a first protocol, the first protocol comprising an IP telephony protocol, the data packets communicating information; interfacing, by the conversion module, with a second system comprising a streaming media system comprising a streaming server operable to provide streaming pre-recorded data, the streaming server distinct from the conversion module and coupled to the conversion module through a communication network, the conversion module disposed between the communication network and the IP network; retrieving, by the conversion module, a media stream from the second system, the media stream communicated as streaming media codec data according to a second protocol distinguishable from the first protocol, the second protocol comprising a streaming media protocol, the media stream comprising the streaming pre-recorded data; converting, by the conversion module, the media stream from the second protocol to the first protocol by: transmitting the media stream encoded as the Internet Protocol codec data from the conversion module to the telephone to insert the media stream into the call after the data packets communicating information.