Patent ID: 8279884

Claim:
A system comprising: an input/output interface configured to receive a sequence of packets from a media source over a packet network; a control device configured to store the sequence of packets in a jitter buffer, determine a first set of statistics of the jitter buffer prior to storing the sequence of packets in the jitter buffer, and generate a first signal output including the sequence of packets based on the first set of statistics; a decoder configured to receive the first signal output, and decode packet data of the first signal output to generate a second signal output, the second signal output including a silence period based on the first signal output, the silence period being between a leading waveform and a trailing waveform; a signal processing device configured to receive the second signal output, sample at least one of the leading waveform and the trailing waveform to generate an expansion block, fill the silence period with the expansion block to generate an expanded output, and sample at least one of the leading waveform and the trailing waveform to generate a compressed block and a compressed output based on the second signal output; and a transmitter configured to transmit one of the expanded output and the compressed output from a playout buffer.