Systems and Methods for Extending DSP Capability of Existing Computing Devices

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a media gateway device, a signal from an external digital signal processor (DSP) server, the signal containing information for a plurality of coder/decoders (codecs) of the external DSP server that are available to the external DSP server;
• storing information contained within the signal in a local storage media of the media gateway device;
• receiving a request from a first user to connect to a second user for a communications session, wherein the first user encodes its communications with a first coding scheme and the second user encodes its communications with a second coding scheme;
• and
• in response to receiving the request from the first user, requesting, from the external DSP server, allocation of a first codec of the plurality of codecs according to the first coding scheme.

A media gateway device, comprising:

• a memory containing a machine readable medium comprising machine executable code having stored thereon instructions for performing a method of requesting allocation of coder/decoder (codec) resources from an external digital signal processor (DSP) server;
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to perform the following actions:
• receive, at the media gateway device, a signal from the external DSP server, the signal containing information for a plurality of codecs of the external DSP server that are available to the external DSP server;
• store information contained within the signal in a local storage of the media gateway device;
• receive a request from a first user to connect to a second user for a communications session, wherein the first user encodes its communications with a first coding scheme and the second user encodes its communications with a second coding scheme;
• and
• request, from the external DSP server, allocation of a first codec of the plurality of codecs according to the first coding scheme;
• and
• after allocation of the first codec, establish the communication including transcoding media using the first codec.