In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a streaming media client includes electronically receiving, from a network, information regarding component access points of a first multiplexed representation of a streaming content. The first multiplexed representation of the streaming content includes a plurality of media components, and each component access point defines an independently coded access point for one of the plurality of media components. The method further includes selecting a first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content based on the information regarding the component access points, and requesting the selected first segment of the first multiplexed representation of the streaming content from the network.

A system for generating, transmitting, providing and/or receiving signaling.

A system for generating, transmitting, providing and/or receiving signaling.

A method performed by a network node for handling a communication session in a communication network using a session description protocol, SDP, for communication sessions is provided. The network node sends, on one or both established communication sessions, a request with an indication. The indication indicates a request of one or more mappings of a payload type number to a codec associated to the communication session. The network node receives a response including one or more response indications. A response indication indicates one or more mappings of a payload type number to a codec associated to the communication session. The network node further sends a request indication indicating a mapping of a payload type number to a codec suggested to use in an offer message generated by the at least one entity. The mapping is selected based on the one or more response indications in the received response.

A method performed by a network node for handling a communication session in a communication network using a session description protocol, SDP, for communication sessions is provided. The network node sends, on one or both established communication sessions, a request with an indication. The indication indicates a request of one or more mappings of a payload type number to a codec associated to the communication session. The network node receives a response including one or more response indications. A response indication indicates one or more mappings of a payload type number to a codec associated to the communication session. The network node further sends a request indication indicating a mapping of a payload type number to a codec suggested to use in an offer message generated by the at least one entity. The mapping is selected based on the one or more response indications in the received response.

A method for managing callers into a conference system having a specific conferee limit for servers has steps as follow: for a first caller over the limit for a first conference server, the first caller electing a first conference, establishing a first tie line to a second conference server, and placing the first caller in a continuation of the first conference in the second conference server, for a subsequent caller over the limit, electing to join the first conference, placing the subsequent caller in the continuation in the second conference server, and for a subsequent caller electing to join a conference other than the first conference, determining that there is a listener in the first conference, moving the listener to the continuation in the second conference server, and accommodating the subsequent caller in the first conference server in the conference elected, preserving the single tie line.

A system for optimizing communication between civilians and authorities. The system enables optimal routing of message delivery from civilians to different dispatchers. The system enables adaptive optimization of the delivery of such messages by continuously identifying data collected by an agent installed on a user device. The messages typically comprise one or more portions, such as data, call, multimedia, etc. The system further identifies the communication target to which the message is sent. The system then determines an optimal route for sending each of the portions of the message. According to an embodiment, the determination may further be made based on metadata associated with the location of the user device. Then, each portion of the message is sent to the communication target via the optimal route.

A system and method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call using PSTN and Internet networks is described. The method for supporting a multi-participant voice conference call includes receiving voice from a PSTN client. The method also includes receiving voice data from a moderator and from at least one remote client connected to the Internet. The method then proceeds to mix the voice data from the PSTN client with the voice data from the moderator into a first mixed voice data that is transmitted to the remote client that is connected to the Internet. The method also mixes the voice data from the moderator with the voice data from the remote client connected to the Internet into a second mixed voice data that is transmitted to the PSTN client.

Systems and methods for capturing and distributing a live audio stream of a live event in real-time to a plurality of mobile computing devices are described. The system comprises at least one memory configured to store computer-executable instructions and processing device(s) coupled to the at least one memory and at least one audio input device configured to receive the live audio stream. Upon receipt of the live audio stream, the processing device(s) generate, in real-time, a plurality of discrete audio data packets from the live audio stream, and transmit that respective discrete audio data packet over a first network for receipt by the mobile computing devices. In respect of each one of the discrete audio data packets, a copy of the discrete audio data packet is transmitted for receipt by each one of the mobile computing devices prior to transmitting another one of the discrete audio data packets.

Systems and methods are provided for establishing a video conference session. The systems and methods may include receiving, from a first conference client device, a request to establish a conference session with a second conference client device; determining a first media router for forwarding, to the second conference client device, a media data stream with predetermined attributes of a plurality of first media data streams generated by the first conference client device; determining a second media router for forwarding, to the first conference client, a media data stream with predetermined media attributes of a plurality of second media data streams generated by the second conference client device; and transmitting, to the first conference client device, a first address associated with the first media router and a second address associated with the second media router.