Patent ID: 6754620
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
An interface system for use in a telephony communication system, said telephony communication system configured to transmit signals from a transmitting device to a receiving device and including a conversion system having a voice activity detector, said conversion system configured to convert analog signals received from said transmitting device into digital data for transmission over a portion of said telephony communication system, said voice activity detector configured to detect silence periods defined by said signals transmitted from said transmitting device to said receiving device and to disable said conversion system during said silence periods, said interface system comprising:a display device; said transmitting device transmitting a low level continuous signal, and an interface manager configured to receive data indicative of power level, and time of signals received by said receiving device, said interface manager configured to render a graphical display via said display device based on said data, said graphical display visually differentiating said data according to predefined ranges of power levels, and positioning said data on said graphical display according to said frequency and time of said data wherein a length of said graphical display in a first direction is indicative of time and a length of said graphical display in a second direction is indicative of frequency.