Patent ID: 8818799

Claim:
A method of indicating presence of transient noise in a call, said method comprising the steps of: determining activity at an endpoint of said call by monitoring presence of a signal input from said endpoint into said call; monitoring presence of a source of transient noise at said endpoint; buffering, for a period of time, determinations associated with the step of determining activity at said endpoint or determinations associated with the step of monitoring presence of a source of transient noise at said endpoint; determining that a transient noise is present in the call based on a source of transient noise being detected at said endpoint and an inactive to active transition being detected in said activity; updating a state value based on the determination that a transient noise is present in the call, wherein the updating includes adding a first predetermined value to a state value in response to the source of transient noise being detected at said endpoint within said buffering period of time and the inactive to active transition being detected in said activity within said buffering period of time; and sending a signal representative of the presence of a transient noise in said call, wherein the signal includes information about said state value.