Patent · US Expired

Internet voice transmission

US6389032B1 · kind B1 · utility

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28Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1999
Grant dateMay 14, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/6481
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of providing audio packets received from a network to a speaker which plays the packets. The method includes accumulating the received audio packets in a buffer having a variable size, calculating a parameter indicative of a feature of data flow in the network, adjusting the size of the buffer responsive to the parameter, and providing the speaker with audio packets from the buffer.

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