Patent ID: 8892228

Claim:
A method, comprising the steps of: identifying, in an audio signal, at least one audio segment, with a time duration corresponding thereto, wherein the audio segment is associated with an artifact within the audio signal; retrieving at least one stored sound clip, with a time duration that equals or exceeds the time duration associated with the at least one segment; and masking the artifact with which the audio segment is associated by mixing the retrieved at least one sound clip with the audio signal, wherein the mixing of the at least one retrieved sound clip with the audio signal renders the audio artifact imperceptible, and wherein the retrieving at least one stored sound clip comprises: detecting the audio artifact in the identified at least one audio segment; querying a repository of stored sound clips based on a characteristic of the audio artifact; and returning the sound clip in response to the querying step based on a match between the sound clip and the characteristic, wherein the characteristic comprises: the time duration that corresponds to the identified at least one segment; and at least one audio property corresponding to the audio artifact.