Patent ID: 8233393

Claim:
A system for transmitting quality speech signals in a communication connection from an originating device to a destination device over an IP-based network, comprising: a port circuit adapted to transmit data packets, containing encoded speech signals received from an associated originating device, to said destination device via said IP-based network; a transmit buffer, connected to said port circuit associated with said originating device, adapted to store a plurality of said data packets received from said associated originating device; a network activation controller adapted to activate said IP-based network to operate using a packet transmission protocol that fails to retransmit lost or damaged packets; a speech recognition engine adapted to determine that said communication connection serves a speech-based application that requires high quality speech signals; a speech recognition system adapted to disable, in response to the conclusion of operation of said speech-based application, operation of a VoIP quality system; and the VoIP quality system, operable independent of said packet transmission protocol, adapted to activate said port circuit to retrieve a lost or damaged packet from said transmit buffer for retransmission to said destination device.