ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,642, issued on Oct. 20.
"Systems/methods of reducing latency in communications" was invented by Peter D. Karabinis (Cary, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems/methods are disclosed wherein a resource is allocated for communicating voice information via a packet-switched connection. Using the allocated resource, a first plurality of packets is transmitted comprising first voice information that is based on a first voice activity that is detected over a first interval of time. Then, over a second interval of time that follows the first interval of time and is devoid of voice information to be transmitted, the resource that has b...