Patent ID: 8027462

Claim:
A method for rendering of a stored audio information stream of a remote party comprising: determining, automatically by the method, a first location in the stored audio information stream of the remote party, wherein a pointer points to the first location, and wherein the first location represents a point in time when a sound detection flag became active during rendering of the audio information stream of the remote party, wherein the sound detection flag is activated when an indication is received of at least one of (i) a local user wants to talk and (ii) locally generated sound is detected; selecting, automatically by the method following the determining and following the sound detection flag going active that indicates an interruption of the remote party, a second location in the stored audio information stream based on characteristics of the stored audio information stream; moving, automatically by the method following the selecting, the pointer from first location to the second location in the stored audio information stream; and rendering the stored audio information stream starting with audio information stored at the second location and pointed to by the pointer, wherein during the rendering of the stored audio information stream, echo is reduced by attenuating an audio output signal of the audio information stream from a device of said local user.