Patent ID: 7515703

Claim:
A method, operable in a computer system, for determining a background noise information in a conference situation and providing a representation of said background noise information comprising: measuring a level of said background noise information, said level of background noise information providing an indication of a number of people within said conference situation; determining at least one background noise information characteristic from said measured background noise information; selecting at least one of said determined at least one background noise information characteristic; associating said selected at least one background noise characteristic with a predetermined representation of said selected background noise characteristic; determining a level of said selected at least one background noise characteristic within said measured level of said background noise information, wherein said determined level being indicative of a number of people causing said background noise characteristic with regard to said indication of a number of people causing said background noise information; enhancing said predetermined representation of said selected at least one background noise characteristic based on said determined level of said at least one background noise characteristic within the background noise information; and transmitting said selected at least one enhanced predetermined representation of said selected background noise characteristic and suppressing said background noise information.