A method and apparatus for improving the speed and quality of end-to-end data or real-time media transmissions over an internet is disclosed. A data stream representing a media signal at a given level of compression is processed just before the data stream enters the internet. A less compressed data...http://www.google.de/patents/US6151636?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6151636 - Data and media communication through a lossy channel using signal conversion
