Patent ID: 9503556
Filing Date: 2016-11-22
CPC Classification: G10L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus having at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored thereon which when executed controls the at least one processor to perform a method comprising: while providing two-way communication in a voice call, detecting whether a speaker component of a voice communications device is in a state of being moved away from a user's ear; in response to detecting that the speaker component of the voice communications device is in a state of being moved away from a user's ear, entering a line activity mode; in the line activity mode, determining whether voice activity is present on the inbound channel of the voice call, wherein determining whether voice activity is present on the inbound channel of the voice call is performed by speech analysis on speech content on the inbound channel and determining that a predetermined phrase is present; and in response to determining the presence of voice activity on the inbound channel of the call when in the line activity mode, causing announcement of the detection of voice activity.