Auto-compression for media over IP

A system comprising a plurality of user terminals adapted to communicate with a remote session device over a limited bandwidth, each user terminal adapted to:

• a) communicate with the remote session device via a first session;
• b) monitor session quality in order to detect a reduced bandwidth condition during the first session between the communication device and the remote session device by monitoring:
• a) packet loss associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the packet loss exceeds the defined threshold;
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• b) packet latency associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the packet latency exceeds the defined threshold;
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• c) jitter associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the jitter exceeds the defined threshold;
• c) communicate with the remote session device during the first session using an increased rate of compression upon detecting the reduced bandwidth condition;
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• d) revert back to communicating with the remote session device during the first session in a normal fashion without the increased rate of compression after a defined period of time.

A method comprising:

• a) communicating with a remote session device via a first session;
• b) b) monitor session quality in order to detect a reduced bandwidth condition during the first session between the communication device and the remote session device by monitoring:
• a) packet loss associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the packet loss exceeds the defined threshold;
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• b) packet latency associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the packet latency exceeds the defined threshold;
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• c) jitter associated with the communications with the remote session device and detecting the reduced bandwidth condition when the jitter exceeds the defined threshold;
• c) communicating with the remote session device during the first session using an increased rate of compression upon detecting the reduced bandwidth condition;
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• d) reverting back to communicating with the remote session device during the first session in a normal fashion without the increased rate of compression after a defined period of time.