Patent ID: 7596092

Claim:
A VoIP appliance coupled by an upstream datapath to a test node and by a downstream datapath from the test node, the VoIP appliance comprising: a verification initiator configured to communicate a VoIP verification request to the test node, whereby the test node responds with a VoIP verification signal; and a verification processor configured to receive the VoIP verification signal from the test node, and further configured to provide a perceivable indication of the VoIP verification signal, wherein the verification processor comprises: a verifier signal receiver configured to receive the VoIP verification signal from the test node; a verifier signal analyzer configured to determine a VoIP operational state from the VoIP verification signal; and a verifier annunciator coupled to the verifier signal analyzer and configured to produce a perceivable representation of at least one of the VoIP verification signal and the VoIP operational state.