Patent ID: 8762138

Claim:
A method of editing a noise-database containing background noise information, said background noise information being derived from noise signals within an audio stream, said audio stream being formed as a telephone call comprising audio signals in the form of voice signals as well as signals in the form of background noise, said audio stream being performed between two telecommunication devices, said method being characterized by the following steps: A) in a localizing step, determining geographical data of the location the noise signals origin from by determining the geographical data of said telecommunication device which detects and/or generates said noise signals and by linking said geographical data of said telecommunication device to said noise signals; B) in an analyzing step, analyzing the noise signals with reference to the noise content in a context related manner; C) in a linking step, linking the analyzed noise signals to said geographical data which represent the location the noise signals origin from to create noise information for a specific location; D) in a storing step, storing said noise information within said noise-database; E) in a digital noise map creating step, linking the noise information to a digital map for creating a digital noise map, said map giving information about noises and their locations.