Sound Localization for an Electronic Call

A method executed by one or more electronic devices in an electronic system that move a sound localization point (SLP) of a voice of a computer program during a voice exchange between the computer program and a user, the method comprising:

• providing, through an electronic earphone being located at a head of the user and being in communication with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED), binaural sound to the user during the voice exchange between the computer program and the user such that an origin of the voice of the computer program occurs at the SLP at a first location in empty space that is away from and proximate to the user;
• receiving, from the user and at the HPED, a command to move the SLP of the voice of the computer program from the first location in empty space to a second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user;
• moving, based on the command and during the voice exchange between the computer program and the user, the SLP of the voice of the computer program from the first location in empty space to the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user;
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• providing, through the electronic earphone being located at the head of the user and being in communication with the HPED, the binaural sound to the user during the voice exchange between the computer program and the user such that the origin of the voice of the computer program occurs at the SLP at the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that cause one or more electronic devices in an electronic system to execute a method that moves a sound localization point (SLP) of a voice of a computer program during a voice exchange that is between the computer program and a person, the method comprising:

• provide, through a wearable electronic device on the person, binaural sound to the person during the voice exchange that is between the computer program and the person such that an origin of the voice of the computer program occurs at the SLP at a first location in empty space that is away from and proximate to the person;
• receive, from the person, a command to move the SLP of the voice of the computer program from the first location in empty space to a second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the person;
• move, in response to the command, the SLP of the voice of the computer program from the first location in empty space to the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the person;
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• provide, through the wearable electronic device on the person, the binaural sound to the person during the voice exchange that is between the computer program and the person such that the origin of the voice of the computer program occurs at the SLP at the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the person.

An electronic system with one or more electronic devices that move a sound localization point (SLP) of a voice of a computer program during a voice exchange between the computer program and a person, the electronic system comprising:

• a wearable electronic device that the person wears and that provides the voice of the computer program to the person at the SLP at a first location in empty space that is away from and proximate to the person;
• a memory that stores instructions;
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• a processor that executes the instructions to receive a command from the person to move the SLP of the voice of the computer program from the first location in empty space to a second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the person, move the SLP of the voice of the computer program in response to the command from the first location in empty space to the second location in empty space, and provide binaural sound to the person through the wearable electronic device during the voice exchange between the computer program and the person such that an origin of the voice of the computer program occurs at the SLP at the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the person.