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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Hipcricket, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Inventors:
Douglas F. Bender, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Ali Awais, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hipcricket, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/22 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 29/06204 (2013.01);
Abstract
A real-time bandwidth monitor (RTBM) for VoIP applications are disclosed having a media streaming function to sense the available bandwidth between two endpoints of a VoIP communication (herein, a 'call path') utilizing the media streaming function and to adapt in real-time the transmission rate of the media stream to utilize that bandwidth. The media stream may include voice content, video content, or other media content.