Patent ID: 6930983

Claim:
A wireless telephone comprising: A. an antenna, B. a voice transducer, and C. integrated circuit means coupling the voice transducer to the antenna, the integrated circuit means for transmitting real-time voice data in packets over a packet network subject to packet loss, the integrated circuit means having a processor circuit and a packet network path diversity software stack, the integrated circuit means for: i. generating on the integrated circuit first packets containing the real-time voice data, the first packets including a first particular address of a destination on the packet network, a second particular address of a first proxy computer on the packet network, dependency identification bits, and path diversity identification bits; and ii. generating on the integrated circuit dependent packets containing information dependent on the voice data, the dependent packets including the first particular address of a destination on the packet network, a third particular address of a second proxy computer on the packet network, dependency identification bits, and path diversity identification bits.