A method, comprising: providing a first and second voice communications terminal serviced by a communications server, each of the voice communications terminals having a corresponding internal telephone extension, wherein the communications server directs incoming telephone calls to and receives outgoing telephone calls from the internal telephone extensions; the first voice communications terminal receiving an audio stream through a first microphone; the first 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 of the nonbackground audio signals and (ii) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server; the second voice communications terminal (134-N) receiving the audio stream through a second microphone; the second voice communications terminal (134-N) determining that the audio stream comprises nonbackground audio signals; and in response to the second voice communications terminal (134-N) determining that the audio stream comprises the nonbackground audio signals, at least one of the second voice communications terminal (134-N) notifying the communications server of the nonbackground audio signals and the second voice communications terminal (134-N) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server; characterised in that: the communications server determines an approximate physical location of a source for the nonbackground audio signals in the audio stream based on a first physical location of the first voice communications terminal and a second physical location of the second voice communications terminal (134-N). providing a first and second voice communications terminal serviced by a communications server, each of the voice communications terminals having a corresponding internal telephone extension, wherein the communications server directs incoming telephone calls to and receives outgoing telephone calls from the internal telephone extensions; the first voice communications terminal receiving an audio stream through a first microphone; the first 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 of the nonbackground audio signals and (ii) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server; the second voice communications terminal (134-N) receiving the audio stream through a second microphone; the second voice communications terminal (134-N) determining that the audio stream comprises nonbackground audio signals; and in response to the second voice communications terminal (134-N) determining that the audio stream comprises the nonbackground audio signals, at least one of the second voice communications terminal (134-N) notifying the communications server of the nonbackground audio signals and the second voice communications terminal (134-N) providing at least a portion of the audio stream to the communications server; characterised in that: the communications server determines an approximate physical location of a source for the nonbackground audio signals in the audio stream based on a first physical location of the first voice communications terminal and a second physical location of the second voice communications terminal (134-N).