Patent ID: 7302396

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, within a first stream via a network communication link, first audio data generated by sampling of a common audio signal of an audio signal at a first sampling rate for a first time period; receiving thereafter, based at least in part upon a change in a bandwidth capability of the network communication link, second audio data within a second stream generated by sampling of said audio source at a second sampling rate different than said first sampling rate for a second time period, the first and second audio data corresponding to different, but overlapping, portions of the common audio signal; generating a plurality of samples by normalizing a portion of said first audio data to said second sampling rate, said portion of said first audio data being normalized at least in part corresponding to the overlapping portion of said common audio signal sampled at said first sampling rate; cross-fading and combining pairs of samples, each pair substantially corresponding to a playback time, one sample of each pair being selected from one of said plurality of samples, the other sample of each pair being selected from a portion of said second audio data, said portion of said second audio data being selected at least in part corresponding to said overlapping portion of said common audio signal sampled at said second sampling rate; and rendering said cross-faded and combined samples.