Patent ID: 7263107

Claim:
A communication method for use in a communication system including a first communication device in communication with a second communication device over a packet network, said method comprising: receiving a first compressed data from said second communication device by said first communication device over said packet network, wherein said first compressed data is compressed according to a first protocol; decompressing said first compressed data, by said first communication device, according to said first protocol to generate a first decompressed data; compressing said first decompressed data to generate a second compressed data, wherein said second compressed data is compressed by said first communication device according to a second protocol; transmitting said second compressed data to a third communication device in communication with said first communication device; receiving a third compressed data from said third communication device by said first communication device, wherein said third compressed data is compressed according to said second protocol; and transmitting said third compressed data to said second communication device, without decompressing said third compressed data, by said first communication device to said second communication device over said packet network; wherein said first protocol differs from said second protocol.