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US 9,313,247 B2Granted
Method of transmitting data in a communication system
AssigneeSkype
InventorAndrei Jefremov
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Abstract
A method of transmitting data from a first terminal to a second terminal in a communication network comprising: receiving at the first terminal an data signal determining an identity of the peripheral device; supplying to a data store the identity of the peripheral device; selecting from the data store at least one parameter for processing the data signal based on the identity of the peripheral device; transmitting the data signal from the first terminal to the second terminal; and processing the data signal, wherein the data signal is processed based on the selected parameter.
Claims22
A method of transmitting data from a first terminal to a second terminal in a communication network comprising:
- receiving at the first terminal a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the first terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera;
- determining an identity of the peripheral device at the first terminal;
- supplying to a data store at the first terminal the identity of the peripheral device, the data store mapping peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
- searching the data store with the identity of the peripheral device and selecting from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal;
- processing the data signal using the at least one processing parameter selected from the data store;
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- transmitting the processed data signal from the first terminal to the second terminal.
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A terminal arranged to transmit data to a receiving terminal via a communication network comprising:
- an input device arranged to receive a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the transmitting terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera;
- a data store arranged to map peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
- a processor arranged to:
- determine an identity of the peripheral device;
- search the data store with the identity of the peripheral device;
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- select from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal;
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- process the data signal using the at least one processing parameter selected from the data store;
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- a transmitter arranged to transmit the data signal to the receiving terminal.
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A terminal arranged to receive a data signal from a transmitting terminal via a communication network comprising:
- a receiver arranged to receive the data signal transmitted from the transmitting terminal together with an identity of a peripheral device, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera and is used to input the data signal at the transmitting terminal;
- a data store arranged to map peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
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- a processor arranged to:
- search the data store with the identity of the peripheral device;
- select from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal;
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- process the data signal using the at least one processing parameter selected from the data store.
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A communication system comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal comprises:
- an input device arranged to receive a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the first terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera,
- a processor to determine an identity of the peripheral device;
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- a transmitter arranged to transmit the data signal and the identity of the peripheral device to a second device;
- and wherein the second terminal comprises:
- a receiver arranged to receive the data signal and the identity of the peripheral device,
- a data store arranged to map peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
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- a processor arranged to:
- search the data store with the identity of the peripheral device;
- select from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal;
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- process the data signal based on the selected processing parameter.
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A method of transmitting data from a first terminal to a second terminal in a communication network comprising:
- receiving at the first terminal a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the first terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera;
- determining an identity of the peripheral device at the first terminal;
- transmitting the data signal and the identity of the peripheral device from the first terminal to the second terminal;
- supplying to a data store at the second terminal the identity of the peripheral device, the data store mapping peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
- searching the data store with the identity of the peripheral device and selecting from the data store at the second terminal at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal based on the identity of the peripheral device;
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- processing the data signal at the second terminal, wherein the data signal is processed based on the selected processing parameter.
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A method of transmitting data from a first terminal to a second terminal in a communication network comprising:
- receiving at the first terminal a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the first terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera;
- determining an identity of the peripheral device at the first terminal;
- supplying to a data store at the first terminal the identity of the peripheral device, the data store mapping peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
- searching the data store with the identity of the peripheral device and selecting from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal based on the identity of the peripheral device;
- processing the data signal using the at least one processing parameter selected from the data store;
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- transmitting the processed data signal from the first terminal to the second terminal.
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A method of transmitting data from a first terminal to a second terminal in a communication network comprising:
- receiving at the first terminal a data signal input from a peripheral device connected to the first terminal, wherein the peripheral device is one of a microphone or a camera;
- transmitting the data signal from the first terminal to the second terminal;
- determining an identity of the peripheral device at the second terminal;
- supplying to a data store at the second terminal the identity of the peripheral device, the data store mapping peripheral devices to respective processing parameters associated with each peripheral device, each respective processing parameter configured for processing respective data signals from the corresponding peripheral device;
- searching the data store with the identity of the peripheral device and selecting from the data store at least one processing parameter associated with the identity of the peripheral device in the data store, the processing parameter configured for processing the data signal based on the identity of the peripheral device;
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- processing the data signal at the second terminal, wherein the data signal is processed based on the selected processing parameter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.