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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/19/13 -- MuleSoft, provider of the world's most widely used integration platform, today announced a partnership with StackMob, the leading cloud-based mobile platform provider. With this partnership, MuleSoft is providing connectivity to enterprise applications such as SAP, Salesforce.com, ADP and Workday for StackMob's new Enterprise Marketplace, a complete set of enterprise-class products combined with professional services to support enterprise mobility and connected services. Through the StackMob Enterprise Marketplace powered by MuleSoft's integration platform, larger organizations in need of enterprise mobility solutions will now be able to easily integrate enterprise and SaaS applications into the BaaS (Backend as a Service) industry's most open and flexible mobile marketplace.
Executing on its vision for connecting the New Enterprise, MuleSoft delivers the next generation integration platform by connecting and automating business processes across applications, APIs, and data sources, on-premise and in the cloud. MuleSoft's trusted integration platform enables enterprises and developers to take advantage of the explosion of applications and data by empowering them to generate a new wave of business opportunity through the on-demand connectivity of those endpoints.
"With the growing adoption of open APIs, mobile devices, SaaS and Big Data applications, there has been a massive explosion of endpoints and a resulting fragmentation of the enterprise. Companies can no longer compete by building mobile applications and managing IT within their four walls, but rather need to embrace the fragmentation and compete by connecting and orchestrating their information assets wherever they are. We call this the New Enterprise," said Chris Purpura, VP and GM of Cloud Integration at MuleSoft. "We are thrilled to be working with leading mobile players like StackMob to deliver an integrated mobile experience to the New Enterprise and look forward to our joint success."
"MuleSoft recognizes the importance of working with a platform that understands the complexities of enterprise mobile strategies. They understand the constraints around security, interoperability and complexity that enterprise app development presents," said Ty Amell, CEO of StackMob. "The collaboration with industry leaders like MuleSoft will help provide a solid ecosystem for businesses to deploy apps within their organization."
The StackMob Enterprise Marketplace is designed to support larger enterprise-level organizations that need a quick and effective way of building and deploying full-featured mobile applications. Leveraging pre-built integration solutions from MuleSoft, StackMob's customers can now easily build enterprise mobile applications on top of popular applications such as Salesforce.com, SAP, NetSuite, Workday, and ADP. StackMob's experts in scalable, distributed systems work closely with the IT team throughout the entire lifecycle of mobile enterprise apps. StackMob's platform, combined with out-of-the-box application connectivity from MuleSoft, ensures that mobile enterprise app strategies are aligned with the more complex business structures and processes within the organization.
To learn more about MuleSoft visit http://www.mulesoft.com. For more information about the StackMob Enterprise Marketplace, please visit http://marketplace.stackmob.com/enterprise.
About StackMob
StackMob is the industry's premiere, cloud-based mobile platform that helps developers create a mobile business by letting them easily build, deploy and grow full-featured applications right from the start. StackMob features frontend HTML5 and robust backend services that cut development time more than 50% so developers can focus on creating high caliber apps with quality user experiences. With StackMob, developers no longer need to compromise the quality of their application development and can offload their deployment and scaling challenges using a robust, scalable and secure platform. For more on StackMob, see http://www.stackmob.com
About MuleSoft
MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform for connecting SaaS and enterprise applications in the cloud and on-premise. With the rise of cloud and mobile, enterprises face a choice: get overwhelmed by the resulting explosion of end points or seize the opportunity to gain competitive advantage. Founded on the idea that connecting applications should not be hard, MuleSoft lets organizations harness the power of their applications through integration. MuleSoft's Anypoint technology eliminates costly, time-intensive point-to-point integration, enabling business agility. Delivered as a packaged integration experience, CloudHub and Mule ESB are built on proven open source technology for the fastest, most reliable integration without vendor lock-in. Supporting billions of transactions per day, MuleSoft is used in production by thousands of enterprises, including Walmart, MasterCard, Nokia, Nestlé and Honeywell, and powers integrations with leading SaaS vendors such as Salesforce.com, NetSuite, Workday, Intuit and Zuora.
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I saw this online and figured it was worth a share. There's not much new in the article, but the video they have is worth checking out. I've only seen Ho Sang at the prospects camp and in this video, but I voted that he's the next Taylor Hall in the poll. I'm sold on him. He may not be the same player as Taylor Hall but he's most certainly going to be that elite offensive threat that every champion needs. If they plunk him on a line with Rychel who do they put between them? I'd love to see Clarke get the gig and shut up his critics who want to package him for unicorns and pixie dust.
Another guy who doesn't get any respect around here is Pavelka. Everyone is so fixated on getting somebody else so we don't waste an import slot on an overage goalie our memorial cup bid year that they are overlooking just how great this kid played for us. If I lined up the goalie's we've had over the last couple years in order of how confident I felt with them in the net, it would go Gubauer, Pavelka, Campbell, Passingham, Engelage. It took a bit for him to get comfortable in Windsor, but once he found his groove Pavelka was consistently one of our best players every night. Campbell, Passingham, and Engelage never gave me the same confidence each game that Pavelka did. Give the kid a bit of credit. I'm ecstatic he's coming back to Windsor and I won't be surprised if he has a great season for us.
I see what u are saying about Clarke and Pavelka
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2014 - Barefoot
2013 - A Case of You
2013 - Love, Marilyn
2011 - The Conspirator
2009 - Whatever Works
2008 - The Wrestler
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2007 - The Life Before Her Eyes
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2002 - S1m0ne
2001 - Little Secrets
1998 - Practical Magic
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Evan Rachel Wood (born September 7, 1987), in Raleigh, North Carolina. Her father is Ira David Wood III, and her mother is Sara Wood. She has two older brothers: Dana Wood, a musician, and Ira David Wood IV. Evan and her brothers sometimes performed at Theatre In The Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, where her father is the executive director and founder of the theatre.
At the age of 5 Evan screen tested against 'Kirsten Dunst' for the lead role in Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) after a long auditioning process. She moved to Los Angeles with her mom and brother, Ira, in 1996 and has had success ever since, appearing in a TV series, TV-movies, and the big screen film, Practical Magic (1998). She starred in the comedy, S1m0ne (2002) as Al Pacino's daughter, followed by Thirteen (2003), with 'Holly Hunter'.
Wood's breakout role as Tracy in Thirteen (2003) garnered a Golden Globes nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture: Drama, and for a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role. At the time of this SAG nomination, Wood was the youngest actress to be nominated in the Leading Role category.
She received a Golden Globe and Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her portrayal of Veda Pierce in the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce (2011).
Wood also earned acclaim for her powerful performance as Stephanie, Mickey Rourke's estranged daughter in Darren Aronofsky's 2008 film, The Wrestler (2008).
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Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for providing high quality voice/sound communications over a local loop of a telephone network. The method aspect of the invention comprises receiving a voice signal, digitizing the voice signal into a high quality voice signal, utilizing sampling rates greater than 8000 samples per second and/or sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample, negotiating voice processing characteristics between a customer premises equipment and a network element such as a softswitch, receiving speech from a user at a customer premises equipment according to the negotiation, converting the received speech into high bandwidth signal and transmitting the high bandwidth signal to a telephone local loop, transmitting the high bandwidth signal from the local loop to wideband node that packetizes the high bandwidth signal for transmission to a packet network and receiving the packetized signal from the packet network at a switch that switches between an on-network or off-network status. A voice over IP platform may also be used to route packetized signals from the packet network to either the telephone network or another packet network.
1. A system for providing high quality sound communications, the system comprising:
means for negotiating between a computing device and a network element characteristics associated with sound reception and transmission;
means for receiving a first sound signal at the computing device and transmitting a second sound signal from the computing device to a telephone local loop, the second sound signal comprising a high quality sound signal associated with the first sound signal;
means for digitizing the first sound signal into the high quality sound signal, utilizing sampling rates greater than 8000 samples per second and/or sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample;
means for receiving the high quality sound signal from the telephone local loop and transmitting a packetized signal to a packet network, the packetized signal generated from the received high quality sound signal; and
means for receiving the packetized signal from the packet network and switching between an on-network and off-network status.
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negotiating sound processing characteristics between a computing device and a network element;
receiving a first sound signal at the computing device according to the negotiation;
receiving a digitized version of the first sound signal, wherein the first sound signal is digitized into a second sound signal comprising a high quality sound signal, utilizing sampling rates greater than 8000 samples per second and/or sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample;
transmitting the high quality sound signal to a wideband node that packetizes the high quality sound signal to yield a packetized signal for transmission to a packet network; and
receiving the packetized signal from the packet network at a switch that switches between an on-network or off-network status.
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The present application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/978,886, filed Nov. 1, 2004, which claims domestic priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/516,928 filed Nov. 3, 2003, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference. The present invention is also related to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/980,053, filed Nov. 3, 2004, and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/980,056, filed Nov. 3, 2004, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to telecommunications systems and methods and more specifically to a high-quality voice network architecture.
2. Introduction
There is a longstanding problem of poor quality in speech delivered over telephone networks and specifically the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The PSTN is the concatenation of the world's public circuit-switched telephone networks. Originally a network of fixed-line analog telephone systems, the PSTN now has many digital and wireless components. The PSTN is largely governed by technical standards and uses telephone numbers for addressing. The basic telephone system still uses basic power communication principles wherein a central office that applies power to the telephone lines. Many users have noticed that in a power outage, they still have a telephone signal for this reason. These lines are typically copper or a hybrid of fiber and coaxial cable. They inherently are low bandwidth transmission lines. There has been a desire over time to increase the bandwidth of these standard transmission lines such as data by data compression.
The basic digital circuit in the PSTN is a 64-kilobit-per-second channel, originally designed by Bell Labs called a "DS0" or Digital Signal 0. To carry a typical phone call from a calling party to a called party, the audio sound is digitized at an 8 kHz sample rate using 8-bit pulse code modulation. The DS0's are the basic granularity at which switching takes place in a telephone exchange. DS0's are also known as timeslots because they are multiplexed together in a time-division fashion. Multiple DS0's are multiplexed together on higher capacity circuits, such that 24 DS0's make a DS1 signal, which when carried on copper is the well-known, T-carrier system, T1 (the European equivalent is an E1, containing 32 64 kbit/s channels). In modern networks, this multiplexing is moved as close to the end user as possible, usually into cabinets at the roadside in residential areas, or into large business premises.
The timeslots are conveyed from the initial multiplexer to the exchange over a set of equipment collectively known as the access network. The access network and inter-exchange transport of the PSTN use synchronous optical transmission (SONET and SDH) technology, although some parts still use the older Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy (PDH) technology.
In addition to the mu-law and A-law coding techniques commonly used in the PSTN to improve the dynamic range in the voice passband, various compression techniques (e.g., ADPCM, CELP) for data transmission rates under 64 kbps are also widely deployed. These efforts are attempts to improve the network efficiency with minimal degradation to the quality of sound transmitted over cellular radio access network and packet-based (e.g., IP and ATM) networks. However, there has yet be established a definitive technology for improving the transmission of sound over telephone-band networks.
The reduction in sound quality over the telephone has many downsides. For example, in normal conversation, sounds or portions of words spoken may be dropped or lost via the low bandwidth. These kinds of disturbances hinder the enjoyment of any conversation. In many languages, small sound nuances provide different meanings and any degree of reduced sound quality reduces the capability of hearing and understanding the speaker.
In addition to human-human interaction, the instances of human-computer speech interaction are also increasing. For example, people may call a help line for a business and engage in a human-computer dialog using technology available from AT&T Corp. These speech services include a speech server that includes modules for automatic speech recognition (ASR), language understanding, dialog analysis, and text-to-speech for carrying on a conversation with the user using natural language. These components are known to those of skill in the art. These systems, however, require clean speech from the user to provide accurate and acceptable ASR. With standard telephone speech, however, the low-bandwidth speech, with dropped portions of words transmitted and low quality sound "hear" by the ASR module of a speech recognition system, reduce the capability of the system to engage the user in a normal conversation.
What is needed in the art is an efficient and effective technology for improving the quality of voice and other sounds transmitted over the PSTN or similar network. These improvements will provide more enjoyable personal discussions as well as improve the use of spoken dialog systems over PSTN networks.
Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The features and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instruments and combinations particularly pointed out in the appended claims. These and other features of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth herein.
The invention disclosed herein relates to a high-quality voice network architecture. Embodiments of the invention include a system and method for providing high bandwidth communications to a local loop of a telephone network. The method aspect of the invention comprises digitizing an audio signal utilizing sampling rates greater than 8000 samples per second and/or sample sizes greater than 8 bits per sample, negotiating voice transmission characteristics between a computing device into which a user speaks and a network element, receiving speech from the user at the computing device, converting the received speech into high bandwidth signal and transmitting the high bandwidth signal to a telephone local loop, transmitting the high bandwidth signal from the local loop to wideband node that packetizes the high bandwidth signal for transmission to a packet network and receiving the packetized signal from the packet network at a switch that switches between an on-network or off-network status. A voice over IP platform may also be used to route packetized signals from the packet network to either the telephone network or another packet network.
In order to describe the manner in which the above-recited and other advantages and features of the invention can be obtained, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
Various embodiments of the invention are discussed in detail below. While specific implementations are discussed, it should be understood that this is done for illustration purposes only. A person skilled in the relevant art will recognize that other components and configurations may be used without parting from the spirit and scope of the invention.
The present invention provides a high-quality voice network architecture that improves the speech and sound quality in telephone speech. The invention relates to methods, systems and computer-readable media for providing a high-quality voice network. The increased bandwidth can exist over existing copper loops and hybrid fiber and coaxial lines. The improved bandwidth enables greater voice services over standard telephone lines. Where the dynamic range of the signal is expanded according to this invention, voice recognition and TTS techniques are more powerful. Users can hear and understand the other party better than using the tradition low-bandwidth approach.
The development in entertainment technologies (e.g., CD, DVD, MPEG/MP3) include 16 or 24-bit sampling at 44.1/48 kHz and higher. These technologies are becoming more advanced and utilized in the use of music, multimedia and other contexts for the transmission of sound signals. This can improve the frequency response and dynamic range of the transported audio channel. A sampling rate with a higher number of bits per sample can be used to increase the potential dynamic range and expand the frequency response and improve the signal-to-noise ratio. See co-pending and commonly assigned utility patent application Ser. No. 09/694,210, filed on Oct. 23, 2000, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The high-quality voice network architecture (HQVNA) disclosed herein solves the long-felt industry need to transport a broader audio spectrum using the existing telephone system, eliminating the problem of dropped sound in which individual letters and/or digits are lost in spoken names or numbers during voice transmission. Dropped sound occurs because the full voice spectrum cannot be transmitted over wires using analog technology. This concept provides an innovative approach to delivering voice services in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by increasing the bandwidth (and therefore the service quality) of voice communications.
The HQVNA 100 includes the following elements: a CPE 102A, 102B or 102C for enhanced acoustics connected via a respective local loop 104A, 104B or 104C or other connection to another computing device such as a broadband digital network connection (ISDN, cable, DSL, or the like) 103A, 103B, 103C for communicating with the high-quality voice network or with the local loop 104A, 104B, 104C. The CPE has means for converting the received speech utterance from a user into a wideband signal that is transmitted to the local loop. The local loop transmits the signal to the broadband digital network connection or wideband central office network equipment 106A, 106B, 106C which connects a user to the packet network 108A, 108B. The equipment 106A, 106B, 106C may packetize the signals for transmission to the packet network as well as performing many other functions.
In telecommunications, the local loop is the wiring between the central office and the customer's premises demarcation point. As mentioned above, the telephony local loop connection is typically a copper twisted pair carrying current from the central office to the customer premises and back again. Individual local loop telephone lines are connected to the local central office or to a remote concentrator. Local loop connections can be used to carry a range of technologies, including analog voice ISDN and DSL. The term "local loop" is also sometimes used loosely for any "last mile" connection to the customer, regardless of technology. As technology improves, there is a transition from the lower bandwidth copper twisted pair to higher bandwidth means. This transition will take time but there is a need for wideband communications over the copper twisted pair or other local loop media immediately.
The wideband connection equipment 106A, 106B, 106C transmits data from the respective CPE to a packet network 108A or 108B. The packet network may represent the Internet, an Ethernet network, a wireless network or some other packet network and the like. Although the communication link between the CPE and the equipment 106A, 106B, 106C is shown as the local loop, other means may also be used to communicate between these devices, for example a wideband wireless link or an alternate cable connection or other wideband connection.
Alternate embodiments do not specifically require a packet network but can provide some other type of non-packet network. For example, a system according to this aspect of the invention comprises the use of a circuit such as an ISDN transport as an alternate to a packet transport and switching. This type of system may utilize time domain switching for HQVNA.
Soft switching via softswitch 110 and switch2 120 communicate with the packet network 108A, 108B and the PSTN 124. Soft switching provides programmed switching to go on-net and off-net during the periods of time when the new technology must work with existing technology is also incorporated.
An "on-net" call originating and terminating within the high-quality voice network would flow through the architecture as follows. There is a search for the equivalent to an "off-hook" condition at the CPE 102A, 102B, 102C. Then a process is commenced to seize appropriate resources. Negotiation can proceed between the CPE 102A, 102B, 102C and the switch 110, 120 in terms of what allowable resources are available. For example, the CPE 102A can inform the switch 110 as to the capabilities of the CPE 102A and then CPE 102C can inform switch 120 of its capabilities for a negotiation using CPE 102A, CPE 102C, switch 110 and switch 120 to arrive at an optimal arrangement for transmission of voice signals. The issues for negotiation include, such as, without limitation, what kind of quality the end device can accept, what kind of speaker(s) are available at the CPE, whether the CPE is capable of receiving or transmitting stereo or quadraphonic or 5.1 or 6.1 sound, whether other high-quality or lower-quality parameters have been satisfied, etc. There can be mechanisms provided at the switch and at the CPE for determining the capabilities of the originating element.
A subscription mechanism can also be provided prior to negotiation to initially identify the capabilities of the CPE. The CPE can be associated with authorized users and pre-identified capabilities.
Negotiation between the CPE and the switch can include authentication mechanisms. A determination can also be made as to the type of connection that is being requested and to what destination using conventional means, such as signaling of dialed digits to the switch. The switch can then proceed to negotiate bandwidth to the terminating element. Once the terminating element acknowledges connectivity, the call is established and the signal proceeds through the network.
An "off-net" call originating (or terminating) within the high-quality voice network and terminating (or originating) within the legacy low-quality voice network would similarly flow through the architecture. Where the advanced CPE is talking to legacy CPE, it is advantageous to "downshift" the signal so that the call becomes like any regular call on the legacy network. Alternatively, the above-mentioned switch can be responsible for conversion of the legacy voice signal into a higher-class signal for processing at the advanced CPE.
Where a high quality voice connection has been established, the high bandwidth call can advantageously be mapped to an existing data connection protocol (such as ISDN) so as to effectively use existing hardware capabilities.
The softswitch 110, 120 typically provides for call routing and call state functions and can enable and control connectivity with the packet network 108A, 108B and between the packet network and the legacy PSTN 124. The softswitch includes the capability of negotiating between the CPE and the software regarding the capabilities of the CPE.
Translation between HQVNA encoding and PSTN encoding techniques are performed by a narrow band (NB) PSTN interworking function (IWF) 122, as needed to interwork with the portion of the PSTN limited to DS0-based switching and transport. Associated databases such as the Directory Services and Operator Services are not shown.
The interworking function enables new and different networks to interact with the PSTN. Voice traffic can be coded in different ways in different networks. For example, the GSM standard applies to a mobile network with digital access. Voice coding in GSM gives 13 kbit/s (or half that figure), which must be converted into 64 kbit/s to allow switching in the PSTN. The GSM network performs this code conversion. In ISDN, voice traffic is usually coded in the same way as in the PSTN.
While the present invention mainly has applicability to voice communication, its principles will also apply to data communication. In data traffic, different types of interconnection can be used. The PSTN subscriber uses a modem or the like that provides a certain capacity on a line that is either dialed-up or leased. Then, dedicated Pulse-code modulation (PCM) links interconnect the PSTN and the data network. If the data network is packet-switched, as is shown in
Examples of the CPEs further include a HQVNA-capable media terminal adapter (MTA) and a cable modem in a cable access network. Any device may be used for different access technologies employed to provide the packet network.
There are benefits to HQVNA include increased revenue, strategic implementation and the ability to block competitors. Customer retention will also increase through the use of voice telephony over a telecommunications network because of the superior HQVNA voice quality. Cell phone users may also use the HQVNA attractive for calls where higher bandwidth facilities are available (e.g., via a local wireless fidelity or WiFi network). This would eliminate the problem of poor connections, fading speech and dropped connections common to wireless calls. A voice over IP platform may also be used to route packetized signals from the packet network to either the telephone network or another packet network.
The computing device includes a microphone and means for compressing speech into a high bandwidth signal for transmission to the local loop. The computing device also includes the means to negotiate with a network element, such as a softswitch or another computing device or network node, the voice encoding speed, the compression rate and the transmission rate of the audio signal. In this manner, the speech at which the voice data is received, encoded, compressed and transmitted may conform to the capabilities of the network, called party computing device, any bottlenecks in the network, and so forth. The method further comprises converting the received speech into high bandwidth signal and transmitting the high bandwidth signal to a telephone local loop (404) and the like. The next step is transmitting the high bandwidth signal from the local loop to a wideband central office node that packetizes the high bandwidth signal for transmission to a packet network, the packetized signal generated from the received high bandwidth speech (406). Next, a softswitch receives the packetized signal from the packet network that switches between an on-network or off-network status (408).
The CPE 202, 206, shown in
In accordance with an advantageous embodiment, the customer gateway has a number of different interfaces on it. The customer gateway can have a regular plain old telephone service (POTS) line interface. When a conventional telephone, assume CPE 206 is a regular telephone, is attached to the POTS line interface on the customer gateway 204, the customer gateway requests only the 64 kbps bandwidth or less, depending on the codec utilized. The customer gateway 204 also has a high quality voice interface line that, preferably, supports some "plug-and-play" capabilities. A customer would plug in a high quality telephone 202, e.g., one that supports stereo audio, and the customer gateway 204 would detect the capabilities of the device and utilize these parameters in its negotiations with the softswitch 208. The customer gateway should be capable of negotiating with the switch and asking for a higher quality bandwidth.
The customer premises equipment advantageously is not limited to the conventional configuration familiar to all telephony users. In accordance with an embodiment of an aspect of the present invention, the telephony handset 303 shown in
The size and nature of each speaker element does not need to be uniform. For example, and without limitation, one of the speaker elements can act as the equivalent of a bass booster or as a sub-woofer. Different speaker elements, provided with enough bandwidth, can be utilized to reproduce the equivalent of 5.1 or 6.1 sound. It should be noted that the speaker elements provided in the handset should be of sufficient quality to enable the transmission of the high-quality voice signal, unlike the conventional construction of the speakers in a conventional handset.
As discussed above, the particular acoustical capabilities of the customer premises equipment can be negotiated between the customer premises equipment and the network switch.
Another aspect of the invention relates to the use of an intelligent phone. The customer gateway functionality and the telephone set functionality can be combined into a single device, as depicted by 202 in
It is preferable that the packets exchanged between the customer gateway 204 or the intelligent phone 202 and the softswitch 208 be encrypted. The switch can retain a code that permits law enforcement to tap a connection, pursuant to CALEA restriction.
Embodiments within the scope of the present invention may also include computer-readable media for carrying or having computer-executable instructions or data structures stored thereon. Such computer-readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general purpose or special purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other medium which can be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of computer-executable instructions or data structures. When information is transferred or provided over a network or another communications connection (either hardwired, wireless, or combination thereof) to a computer, the computer properly views the connection as a computer-readable medium. Thus, any such connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of the computer-readable media.
Computer-executable instructions include, for example, instructions and data which cause a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or special purpose processing device to perform a certain function or group of functions. Computer-executable instructions also include program modules that are executed by computers in stand-alone or network environments. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, and data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. Computer-executable instructions, associated data structures, and program modules represent examples of the program code means for executing steps of the methods disclosed herein. The particular sequence of such executable instructions or associated data structures represents examples of corresponding acts for implementing the functions described in such steps.
Those of skill in the art will appreciate that other embodiments of the invention may be practiced in network computing environments with many types of computer system configurations, including personal computers, hand-held devices, multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, and the like. Embodiments may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by local and remote processing devices that are linked (either by hardwired links, wireless links, or by a combination thereof) through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote memory storage devices.
Although the above description may contain specific details, they should not be construed as limiting the claims in any way. Other configurations of the described embodiments of the invention are part of the scope of this invention. For example, the system may include a voice over IP component, an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) component or be used on an Ethernet network. All or a portion of the high bandwidth signal may also be transmitted via a wireless medium via a number of known protocols. As another example, while the specification details the invention in terms of receiving a voice signal at a computing device, the voice signal being digitized and processed, it the present invention is not limited to voice signals. Any sound may be received at a computing device and processed according to the principles of the invention. Therefore, any location where voice or a digitized voice signal is referenced, it may be assumed that any sound may be processed in the same manner within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the appended claims and their legal equivalents should only define the invention, rather than any specific examples given.
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- Cartoon Characters: Simon Nolan, Massimo, Parker Kovak, Blake Bellamy, Chicago Hyatt, James Hard, Male Announcer, Carol, Sue.
- Vocal Talent: Aaron Abrams (Simon Nolan), Jamie Watson (Massimo, Male Announcer), Kristin Booth (Parker Kovak), Peter Keleghan (Blake Bellamy, James Hard), Sarah Cornell (Chicago Hyatt), Kathryn Greenwood (Carol), Kathleen Laskey (Sue).
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Executive Producers: Ira Levy, Kevin Gillis, Peter Williamson.
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LONDON (AP) - London, blow our minds.
NEW YORK (AP) - In an offseason marked by Junior Seau's suicide and scores of lawsuits over brain injuries, the NFL on Thursday launched a comprehensive wellness program for current and retired players - including a confidential mental health phone line.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Take a look back at the roster the Chiefs trotted out for their season finale last year, and then slide it up next to the roster they're expected to field this season.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Five innings on a muggy afternoon were enough this time for Jered Weaver.
ARLINGTON, Texas - Josh Hamilton understands why Nolan Ryan believes the struggling Texas Rangers slugger sometimes appears to be giving away at-bats.
SEATTLE (AP) - With Alex Rodriguez headed for the disabled list and possibly out into September, Eric Chavez will get his chance to prove to the New York Yankees that his injury problems are in the past and he can be an everyday position player again.
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) - Cal Ripken Jr.'s 74-year-old mother was found with her hands bound in the back seat of her car Wednesday after she said she was kidnapped at gunpoint a day earlier at her home outside Baltimore and driven around blindfolded by her abductor, police and neighbors said.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Gold medal at stake or nothing at all, the United States Olympic basketball team was bringing its best Tuesday.
QUINCY, Fla. (AP) - Former Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said Monday the NCAA's unprecedented punishment of Penn State's football program "cannot replace those boys who were molested."
NEW YORK (AP) - The $60 million fine levied on Penn State by the NCAA doesn't look so big next to the scale of the athletic department's finances.
SEATTLE (AP) - Ichiro Suzuki is headed to a new team and, after all these years, maybe a shot at playing in the World Series.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - A potential exodus of star athletes. No hope of playing in the postseason. More than a decade of accomplishments erased from the record books. And Joe Paterno's legacy in shreds.
OAKLAND, Calif. - Seth Smith hit a tying homer in the ninth inning, Coco Crisp singled home the winning run in the 12th and the surging Oakland Athletics rallied from four runs down to stun the New York Yankees 5-4 on Sunday and complete a four-game sweep.
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OAKLAND- In his last start, Royals right-hander Edinson Volquez didn't strike out a batter for just the third time in his career.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - It took 60 years, but the Atlantic Coast Conference finally won a baseball national title again.
SEATTLE- It had been 39 days since Royals left-hander Danny Duffy joined his buddies on the field in a meaningful game.
Confederate flags are as easy to find at NASCAR races as cutoff jeans, cowboy hats and beer.
SEATTLE- The Royals continued their struggles against left-handed starters this season during a 7-0 loss to left-hander Mike Montgomery and the Mariners on Tuesday.
PEARLAND, Texas (AP) - Darryl Hamilton, a standout center fielder and a member of the New York Mets team that reached the 2000 World Series, was killed in a murder-suicide in a suburban Houston home, authorities said Monday.
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Re: I upgraded one of my programs and now the old and new both appear on launch pad, and I can't delete the old one. Is there a way I can do that?in response to nobozo
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More then likely, the old version was installed independently from the App Store. The article below goes over the process for removing these application.
OS X Lion: Install, update, and uninstall apps
- To uninstall other apps, drag the app to the Trash (the Trash is located at the end of the Dock), and then choose Finder > Empty Trash.If you change your mind, before emptying the Trash, select the app in the Trash, and then choose File > Put Back.Warning: When you empty the Trash, the app is permanently removed from your computer. If you have any files that you created with the app, you may not be able to open them.
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Nice atmosphere and great food. The wine selection, as in many restaurants in Australia was superb. Hefty prices but it was worth it as the evening was really nice with good food, atmosphere and the restaurant itself. Unfortunate the service was questionable as they had very few serving staff and those who were serving were seriously stretched.


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We will start outside the Pizza Hut, cross the Linton Boulevard Bridge to A1A and go North to Hibiscus. We will make a left on Hibiscus to Seagate and make a left on Seagate, which loops around to Seasage which we will follow North, crossing one or two streets like Melaleuca, Seasage ends at Casuarina, which for those who want to keep their walk to about 4 miles, can go up to A1A and walk back. Those who want to travel a little further will take Venetian to State Landmark sign, then a right at Nassau Street to A1A and back to the bridge.
After the walk we will head to Zona Fresca for a bite to eat. This a reasonably priced Mexican restaurant, which has fresh and healthy alternatives to traditional Mexican fare.
I realize there are a few people that have not done the El Rio trail yet, so I promise I will do that walk next week. I hope everyone who has already signed up for this one can attend. There are beautiful properties to see on the way and the food at Zona is very good.
Bringing a bottle of water is a good idea as I do not know how muggy it will be.
I hope to see everyone there!
Always enjoyable , the route was beautiful, and the group of people that come out to walk are always so welcoming, I've made some good friends with this group and look forward to my Thursday evening walks. Not to mention the fitness is really taking a positive effect on my legs. You don't think a bout the distance or the sweat when your having good conversations with quality people on these beautiful coastal view walks and parks in lovely Palm beach county areas.
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My first time at Zona Fresca & my first time walking Linton & A1A & I enjoyed both. Thanks, Marcus!
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Thanks, Marcos. For those who have never done this walk before, it is a great walk through some spectacular neighborhoods and a wonderful historic area. Very safe and charming. Also, if you have never been to Zona's before, it is one of my favorites. One of the few places with healthy Mexican choices. I look forward to walking with you on Thursday.
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