Method, system, and apparatus for repairing audio recordings

1. A method for repairing an audio recording comprising the steps of:

i. inputting said audio recording into a computer apparatus operatively configured to:

ii. examine said audio recording and determine periods of time corresponding to cluster of substantial silence within said audio recording;

iii. characterize said clusters of substantial silence as fast busy signal, slow busy signal, hang-up silence, and final silence waveform patterns by comparing to a pre-determined waveform pattern of fast busy signals, slow busy signals, hang-up silences, and final silences;

iv. identify the location of an anomaly point of the waveform pattern in the audio recording and truncate said recording from said anomaly point; and

v. outputting said audio recording from said computer apparatus.

2. A method, in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising returning an error indication when said waveform pattern does not correlate with said pre-determined waveform pattern.

3. A method, in accordance with claim 1 , wherein location of said hang-up silence is determined by subtracting the length of the detected busy signal from the location of the first inter-busy signal.

4. A method, in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said examining said audio recording comprises analyzing said audio recording amplitude and searching for strings or series of amplitudes that are very near to zero.

5. A method, in accordance to claim 4 , wherein said search for strings or series of amplitudes that are very near to zero, precludes said strings or series of amplitudes having durations falling outside pre-determined minimum and maximum lengths.

6. A method, in accordance with claim 1 , wherein said fast and slow busy signals are characterized as a regular series of silences.