Intel Corporation

David J Norris

Ramanan V Ganesan

Robert M Odell

Robert Odell

A method and apparatus to form an audio bridge session are described.

Method and apparatus for an audio bridge

A method for licensing codecs in accordance with the invention includes initiating a call from a first endpoint, the first endpoint identifying a preferred codec, receiving the call at a second endpoint wherein a licensed copy of the preferred codec is not included, and generating a codec license request from the second endpoint to the first endpoint and/or at least one third party codec provider.

Mechanism for automatically securing licensing for unlicenced codec

A computer system is disclosed comprising a clock generator circuit having a clock speed register and circuitry for generating a processor clock signal at a frequency determined by the clock speed register, wherein the processor executes a performance manager program that writes the clock speed register according to a performance state selected by an application program. The application program selects the performance state to maximize performance during processor intensive functions and to maximize power conservation during interactive functions.

Dynamic processor performance and power management in a computer system

A dynamic network configuration in a computer records and analyzes network transactions to permit dynamic configuration of network parameters when connecting the computer to a network. Upon initial connection of the computer to the network, user preferences and network parameters for other locations previously encountered are read or entered into memory of the computer. The dynamic network configuration gathers network traffic data by entering a learn or promiscuous mode to record a number of network transactions for a predetermined time period. The network traffic data is indexed for analysis to determine the participants. The current participants are compared with the existing participants for previously observed locations. If a match occurs, then the network parameters are utilized to configure a protocol stack.

Dynamic network configuration

A number of data compression and decompression server processes and a socket interface to which these server processes can be attached are provided to each computer system of a network. Additionally, an OPEN, a WRITE, and a READ routine are provided to the operating system of each computer system of the network. The OPEN routine is used by a client sender process to establish connection to a client receiver process computer system. In the course of establishing the connection, the OPEN routine automatically negotiate a compression/decompression method between the sender and the receiver computer system. The WRITE routine is used by the client sender process to send data to the client process. In the course of sending the data, the WRITE routine automatically invokes the appropriate compression method to compress the data based on the result of the negotiation performed by the OPEN routine. The READ routine is used by the client receiver process to receive data from the sender process. Similarly, in the course of receiving the data, the READ routine automatically invokes the appropriate decompression method to decompress the data based also on the result of the negotiation performed by the OPEN routine. As a result, the automatic data compression and decompression are completely transparent to the client sender and receiver processes.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

David J Norris