Appeal No. 96-4012
Application No. 08/197,908
The claimed invention relates to the reduction of audio
degradation in a communication system.
Claims 1 and 9 are illustrative of the invention and read
as follows:
1. A method of mitigating audio degradation in a
communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
accepting an audio information signal;
classifying the audio information signal based on a
characteristic of the audio information signal; and
selectively coding said audio information signal
according to a coding algorithm associated with the
characteristic.
9. A method of mitigating audio degradation in a
communication system, the method comprising the steps of:
accepting an audio information signal;
coding said audio information signal into a plurality of
digitally compressed representations;
determining, for each of the digitally compressed
representations, a quality characteristic; and
selecting, based on said quality characteristic, which of
said digitally compressed representations to utilize.
The Examiner relies on the following references:
Galand 4,589,130 May 13,
1986
Hluchyj et al. (Hluchyj) 5,115,429 May
19, 1992
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