Phone call mute notification
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTimothy R. Chavez, Jacob D. Eisinger, Jennifer E. King, William A. Reichert, III
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Abstract
A phone call mute notification applies an aural effect to the user's speech, other parties' speech, non-speech, or combinations thereof. The phone call mute notification does not render speech unintelligible and may provide a constant indication that the phone call mute function is active. Furthermore, the phone call mute notification does not serve as a distraction to the user, because the aural effect may be applied to speech itself rather than drawing the attention of the user away from the speech.
Claims20
A method for phone call mute notification in a device, the method comprising:
- receiving audio for a telephone conversation;
- and
- responsive to a mute function being active, applying an aural effect to the audio.
A system for phone call mute notification, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory contains instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
- receive audio for a telephone conversation;
- and
- responsive to a mute function being active, apply an aural effect to the audio.
A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
- receive audio for a telephone conversation;
- and
- responsive to a mute function being active, apply an aural effect to the audio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.