Method for protecting communications from sound leakages
AssigneeUnify Beteiligungsverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMichael Brochonski, Gavriil Papadopoulos, Zisis Tsiatsikas, Thomas Lederer
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Abstract
A method for protecting communications from sound leakages, and a corresponding system can be configured to offer a possibility to detect sound leakages and to alert participants in an online conference that information shared in the conference may be overheard by individuals not participating in the conversation but being in the environment of one participant. Thus, the privacy of end-users from sound leakages can be protected by taking advantage of multiple devices in the same physical space.
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A method for protecting communication from sound leakages, comprising:
- initiating, by a first user, a call with at least one second user;
- establishing, by a first device of the first user, a call with a device of the at least one second user;
- checking, by the first device, whether a headset is connected to the first device;
- checking, by the first device, whether there is at least one second device of the first user present, in case a headset is connected;
- monitoring, by the at least one second device, the environment of the first device, in case there is at least one second device present;
- checking, by the at least one second device, whether there is a sound in the environment of the first device;
- analyzing and classifying, by the at least one second device, the sound pattern, in case a sound is detected in the environment of the first device;
- alerting, by the second device, the first and/or the at least one second user of the detected sound;
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- adjusting, by the first user or by the device(s) of the first and the at least one second user, the sound level of the device(s), and/or muting, by the device of the at least one second user, by itself.
A system for protecting communications from sound leakages, comprising:
- a first user device that is communicatively connectable to a device of at least one second user for a communication session between the first user and the at least one second user via the communication session, the first user device having a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- at least one second device of the first user, each of the at least one second device having having a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- the first user device and the at least one second user device configured so that:
- after an establishment o the communication session, the first device checks whether a headset is connected to the first device and whether there is at least one second device of the first user present in case the headset is connected;
- the at least one second device monitors an environment of the first device to check whether there is a sound in the environment of the first device, the at least one second device analyzing and classifying the sound pattern, in case a sound is detected in the environment of the first device to alert the first device and/or the device of the at least one second user of the detected sound such that a sound level of the first device and/or sound level of the device of the at least one second user is adjustable to a lower level or is muted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.