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US 2006/0219473 A1Published application
IP phone intruder security monitoring system
AssigneeAvaya Technology Corp.
InventorsSimon Boland, Jonathan Choy, Paul McNamara
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Abstract
A voice communications terminal is provided that includes: a microphone 208 operable to receive an audio stream; and a voice activity detector 220 operable to (a) determine whether the audio stream comprises voice signals and (b) when the audio stream comprises voice signals, at least one of (i) notify a communications server 110 and (ii) provide at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server 110.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- a voice communications terminal receiving an audio stream through a microphone;
- the voice communications terminal determining whether the audio stream comprises nonbackground audio signals;
- and
- when the audio stream comprises nonbackground audio signals, at least one of (i) notifying a communications server and (ii) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server.
1 more element
A voice communications terminal, comprising:
- a microphone operable to receive an audio stream;
- and
- a voice activity detector operable to (a) determine whether the audio stream comprises nonbackground signals and (b) when the audio stream comprises nonbackground signals, at least one of (i) notify a communications server and (ii) provide at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server.
A voice communications terminal, comprising:
- means for receiving an audio stream;
- and
- voice activity detector means for (a) determining whether the audio stream comprises voice signals and (b) when the audio stream comprises voice signals, at least one of (i) notifying a communications server and (ii) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.