Patent Document ID: 9514750
Application ID: 13844674

Base Claim:
1. A method of managing voice communications provided over a network, the method comprising: establishing a voice conversation between an originating station and a terminal station, wherein audible communications are permitted between the originating station and the terminal station; permitting at least a portion of the conversation to proceed; processing audio data content of the conversation to detect words and phrases in the voice conversation; responsive to the processing of the audio data content, first matching the detected words and phrases with stored words and phrases to determine that one or more of the detected words and phrases correspond to a current topic of conversation; second matching the current topic of the conversation with a set of excluded topics to determine if the current topic is an excluded topic; responsive to matching the current topic with an excluded topic, first blanking a first portion of the audio data corresponding to the one or more of the detected words and phrases that correspond to the current topic of conversation; and second blanking a second portion of the audio data corresponding to a predetermined time interval after the one or more of the detected words and phrases that correspond to a current topic of conversation.

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Claim 6:
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing audio data content and first matching are performed within a network coupling the originating station and the terminal station.