IP Library Granted Patent US 12,074,810
Granted Patent B2
US 12,074,810 · App. 18/169,426 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Packet processing at a computer

Inventors: Yongxiang Dai (Hefei, CN); Shaohua Li (HeFei, CN); Lin Sun (HeFei, CN)
Assignee: Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
H04L49/9094H04L47/24H04L65/65
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Patent No.
US 12,074,810
App. No.
18/169,426
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer stores packets from a first device at a first buffer. The computer decodes the packets to obtain decoded packets at a decoder. The computer encodes encoding the decoded packets to obtain encoded packets at an encoder. The computer transmits the encoded packets from the encoder to a storage unit. The computer fetches the encoded packets from the storage unit using a second buffer. The computer causes a transmitter to transmit the encoded packets from the second buffer to a second device.

Claims (46)

1. A server comprising:

processing circuitry and memory hardware, the memory hardware comprising:

a first buffer configured to store packets from a first device;

a decoder configured to decode the packets to obtain decoded packets;

an encoder configured to:

encode the decoded packets to obtain encoded packets, and

transmit the encoded packets to a storage unit configured to allow data access when a data packet processing speed is below a threshold processing speed; and

a second buffer configured to:

fetch the encoded packets from the storage unit, and

cause a transmitter to transmit the encoded packets to a second device.

2. The server of claim 1 , wherein the first buffer stores the packets in a sequential order.

3. The server of claim 1 , wherein the packets comprise real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets.

4. The server of claim 1 , wherein the second buffer fetches the encoded packets from the storage unit at a first interval, and wherein the second buffer causes the transmitter to transmit the encoded packets at a second interval.

5. The server of claim 1 , wherein the storage unit is a lock-free storage unit.

6. The server of claim 1 , the memory hardware comprising:

a third buffer, wherein the server is configured to enable the third buffer based on network congestion.

7. The server of claim 1 , the memory hardware comprising:

a third buffer, wherein the server is configured to enable the third buffer based on a detection of a quality of service (QoS) that is below a threshold QoS.

8. A method comprising:

storing packets from a first device at a first buffer;

decoding the packets to obtain decoded packets at a decoder;

encoding the decoded packets to obtain encoded packets at an encoder;

transmitting the encoded packets from the encoder to a storage unit configured to allow data access when a data packet processing speed is below a threshold processing speed;

fetching the encoded packets from the storage unit using a second buffer; and

causing a transmitter to transmit the encoded packets from the second buffer to a second device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first buffer stores the packets in an order based on a sequence.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the packets comprise at least one real-time transport protocol (RTP) packet.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second buffer fetches the encoded packets from the storage unit at a first interval, and wherein the transmitter transmits the encoded packets at a second interval.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the storage unit comprises a lock-free storage unit.

13. The method of claim 8 , comprising:

enabling a third buffer based on network congestion.

14. The method of claim 8 , comprising:

enabling a third buffer based on a detection of a quality of service (QoS) that is below a threshold QoS.

15. At least one non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions operable to cause processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

storing packets from a first device at a first buffer;

decoding the packets to obtain decoded packets at a decoder;

encoding the decoded packets to obtain encoded packets at an encoder;

transmitting the encoded packets from the encoder to a storage unit configured to allow data access when a data packet processing speed is below a threshold processing speed;

fetching the encoded packets from the storage unit using a second buffer; and

causing a transmitter to transmit the encoded packets from the second buffer to a second device.

16. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first buffer stores the packets in accordance with a sequence.

17. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the packets comprise one or more real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets.

18. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the encoded packets are fetched from the storage unit at a first interval, and wherein the encoded packets are transmitted from the second buffer at a second interval.

19. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the storage unit comprises at least one lock-free storage unit.

20. The at least one computer readable medium of claim 15 , the operations comprising:

enabling a third buffer based on at least one of: a detected network congestion or a detected quality of service (QoS) that is below a threshold QoS.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 7, 2025
From: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 069839/0593 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2023
From: DAI, YONGXIANG; LI, SHAOHUA; SUN, LIN
To: ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062707/0765 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17515479 · Oct 31, 2021
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