Patent ID: 8018853

Claim:
One or more circuits for a real-time communication terminal, the one or more circuits comprising: at least one processor operably coupled to a communication network, the at least one processor operable to, at least: transfer at least one real-time media stream between a first communication terminal and a second communication terminal using a real-time communication protocol; calculate at the first communication terminal a first estimate of a network statistic, the first estimate of the network statistic being a measure of the operation of the real-time communication protocol; and adjust the operation of at least one algorithm for processing voice data and adjust the operation of at least one jitter buffer during playback of the at least one real-time media stream at the first communication terminal or the second communication terminal, when the first estimate of the network statistic diverges, by greater than a certain amount, from a second estimate of the network statistic produced by the at least one algorithm.