Systems, methods and devices for electronic communications having decreased information loss

A method for processing a signal for transmission over a communication network, comprising:

• at least one signal processor dividing a signal into a plurality of time windows;
• the at least one signal processor generating a representation of a first time window;
• the at least one signal processor identifying a first plurality of surrogate candidates in the representation of the first time window;
• the at least one signal processor generating a representation of a second time window;
• and
• the at least one signal processor encoding the first plurality of surrogate candidates as a first plurality of surrogates in the representation of the second time window.

A method for processing a signal for transmission over a communication network, comprising:

• at least one signal processor identifying a segment i of a signal;
• the at least one signal processor identifying a plurality of surrogate candidates in the N segments of the signal following segment i to be encoded as surrogates in segment i of the signal;
• the at least one signal processor generating representations of the N segments of the signal;
• and
• the at least one signal processor encoding the representations of the N segments of the signal as a plurality of surrogates encoded in the representation of segment i of the signal.

A method for processing a signal that is received over a communication network, comprising:

• at least one signal processor at an electronic device receiving a signal comprising a plurality of segments;
• the at least one signal processor detecting information loss in a first segment;
• the at least one signal processor retrieving a first plurality of surrogates representing the first segment embedded in a second segment;
• and
• the at least one signal processor generating an estimate of the first segment from the retrieved first plurality of surrogates.

A communication device for transmitting a signal in a communication system, comprising;

• a memory;
• at least one signal processor that performs the following:
• receive a signal;
• generate a representation of a first segment of the signal;
• identify a first plurality of surrogate candidates in the representation of the first segment;
• generate a representation of a second segment;
• and
• encode the first plurality of surrogate candidates as a first plurality of surrogates in the representation of the second segment.

A communication device for processing a received signal in a communication system, comprising;

• a memory;
• and
• at least one signal processor that performs the following:
• receive a signal comprising a plurality of segments;
• detect a transmission error in the signal in a first segment;
• retrieve a first plurality of surrogates representing the first segment embedded in a second segment;
• and
• generate an estimate of the first segment from the retrieved first plurality of surrogates.