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US 2007/0183592 A1Published application
Method And Apparatus For Inconspicuous Audio Notification
OwnerDavid Boyd, Steven Webbinventors
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Abstract
A portable device that produces inconspicuous sounds for event notification is disclosed. One type of inconspicuous sound is a sound that the human body makes in response to an involuntary bodily function. For example, the portable device could produce the sound of a cough to alert the user of an event. Other types of inconspicuous sounds are sounds that are commonly heard in the environment. For example, when in a restaurant the sound of clinking glasses is a common sound.
Claims13
A method, comprising:
- selecting an inconspicuous sound that is a natural human sound;
- and
- producing the inconspicuous sound in response to an event.
A method comprising:
- selecting an inconspicuous sound that is a sound normally occurring in a predetermined environment;
- and
- producing the inconspicuous sound in response to an event.
A method comprising:
- producing a sound that mimics a natural human sound to alert a user to an event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.