Patent ID: 8462931
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of determining signal path quality in a conference call comprising: selecting, by a data-processing system, a first impairment to detect among a plurality of impairments, wherein the first impairment is selected based on a first criteria, wherein said first criteria is the number of telecommunications terminals that are participating in the conference call; receiving, by the data-processing system from a telecommunications terminal during the conference call, a signal via a voice path; selecting, by the data-processing system, a threshold T evaluating, by the data-processing system, the signal for the presence of the first impairment; and selecting, by the data-processing system, one of the following tasks when the first impairment is present in the signal and a measurement of the first impairment exceeds the threshold T transmitting, by the data-processing system, a first notification to an administrator of the conference call, and muting, by the data-processing system, the voice path and transmitting a second notification to the telecommunications terminal.