Texas Instruments Corporation

Stephen J Perkins

Alan Gatherer

Alan V McCree

Vishu R Viswanathan

Krishnasamy Anandakumar

Krishanasamy Anandakumar

In one form of invention a process of operating a host computer coupled to a communications network including: determining whether a diversity flag is set, when a communications connection is requested; sending a request from the host computer to a proxy identification list server in a communications network for proxy pair identification information, when the diversity flag is set; receiving in the host computer the proxy pair identification information from the proxy identification list server in response to the host request; and wherein the sending includes communicating from the host computer to a destination computer though a first communication path that includes a first proxy device and though a second communication path, separate from the first communication path, that includes the second proxy device.

Proxy pair identification communication though separate proxy devices and paths

In one form of the invention, a process of sending real-time information from a sender computer () to a receiver computer () coupled to the sender computer () by a packet network () wherein packets () sometimes become lost, includes steps of directing () packets () containing the real-time information from the sender computer () by at least one path () in the packet network () to the receiver computer (), and directing packets () containing information dependent on the real-time information from the sender computer () by at least one path diversity path () in the packet network () to the same receiver computer (). Other forms of the invention encompass other processes, improved packets and packet ensembles (), integrated circuits (), chipsets (DSP, MCU), computer cards (), information storage articles (), systems, computers (), gateways (), routers (), cellular telephone handsets (), wireless base stations (), appliances (), and packet networks (), and other forms as disclosed and claimed.

IC generating packets containing destination, first, and second proxy addresses

Media packet networking appliance sending diversity packets to second proxy

In one form of the invention, a process of sending real-time information from a sender computer () to a receiver computer () coupled to the sender computer () by a packet network () wherein packets () sometimes become lost, includes steps of directing () packets () containing the real-time information from the sender computer () by at least one path () in the packet network () to the receiver computer (), and directing packets () containing information dependent on the real-time information from the sender computer () by at least one path diversity path () in the packet network () to the same receiver computer (). Other forms of the invention encompass other processes, improved packets and packet ensembles (), integrated circuits (), chipsets (DSPMCU), computer cards (), information storage articles (), systems, computers (), gateways (), routers (), cellular telephone handsets (), wireless base stations (), appliances (), and packet networks (), and other forms as disclosed and claimed.

Packet circuitry addressing independent and dependent information to different proxies

Sending real-time and dependent information over separate network paths

Integrated circuits, systems, apparatus, packets and processes utilizing path diversity for media over packet applications

In one form of the invention, a process of sending real-time information from a sender computer to a receiver computer coupled to the sender computer by a packet network wherein packets sometimes become lost, includes steps of directing packets containing the real-time information from the sender computer by at least one path in the packet network to the receiver computer, and directing packets containing information dependent on the real-time information from the sender computer by at least one path deversity path in the packet network to the same receiver computer.

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Stephen J Perkins