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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2009
Francois Blouin, Gatineau, CA;
Leigh Thorpe, Ottawa, CA;
Tim Rahrer, Ottawa, CA;
Tadeusz Drwiega, Kanata, CA;
Rafi Rabipour, Cote St-Luc, CA;
Francois Blouin, Gatineau, CA;
Leigh Thorpe, Ottawa, CA;
Tim Rahrer, Ottawa, CA;
Tadeusz Drwiega, Kanata, CA;
Rafi Rabipour, Cote St-Luc, CA;
RPX Clearinghouse LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
An enhanced communication bridge includes a context interface that enables the audio bridge to learn information about the type of Voice encoder, device, network connection, location, type of call (business vs. personal), identity and position of the individual, and other information about the context of the communication session itself as well as the context of each person joining the communication session. This context information is used to determine how quality of experience targets for the communication as a whole, as well as how each individual contribution should be uniquely processed to attempt to meet the quality of experience targets. Business factors may influence the decision as to the type of processing to be implemented on each of the signals provided by the participants. Corrective action may also be implemented by the bridge on the client network devices as well in the embodiment. The bridge may be centralized or distributed. A video bridge may be implemented as well.