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US 8,078,188 B2Granted
User selectable audio mixing
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorMatthew Zivney
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Abstract
This disclosure describes audio mixing techniques that allow a user to select between two different audio signals for output in a perceptual foreground of a combined output. As an example, the two different signals may comprise a music audio and a phone call audio. In this case, the music audio and phone call audio may be initially combined such that the phone call is delivered in the perceptual foreground and the music audio is delivered in a perceptual background. However, a user is able to switch the music to the foreground and the phone call to the background by actuating a user input device. In this way, after receiving a telephone call, if a user wants to move the phone call into a perceptual background in favor of music in the foreground, the user is able to achieve this result, e.g., at the press of a button.
Claims21
A method in a wireless device, the method comprising:
- outputting music audio from the wireless device in a perceptual foreground;
- receiving a new telephone call while outputting the music audio from the wireless device in the perceptual foreground;
- moving the music audio from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background in response to receiving the new telephone call;
- generating, in the wireless device, a first combination of the music audio and audio from the new telephone call in response to receiving the new telephone call, wherein the first combination is such that the audio from the new telephone call is in the perceptual foreground and the music audio is in the perceptual background;
- outputting the first combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- in response to a user input, moving the music audio output to the perceptual foreground and moving the audio from the new telephone call to the perceptual background to form a second combination;
- outputting the second combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- automatically detecting that a user has come off of hold on the new telephone call;
- and
- moving the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background after automatically detecting that the user has come off of hold,
- wherein the method is performed in the wireless device.
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A wireless device configured to:
- output music audio from the wireless device in a perceptual foreground;
- receive a new telephone call while outputting the music audio from the wireless device in the perceptual foreground;
- move the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background in response to receiving the new telephone call;
- generate, in the wireless device, a first combination of the music audio and audio from the new telephone call in response to receiving the new telephone call, wherein the first combination is such that audio from the new telephone call is in the perceptual foreground and the music audio is in the perceptual background;
- output the first combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- in response to a user input, move the music audio output from the wireless device to the perceptual foreground and move the audio from the new telephone call to the perceptual background to form a second combination;
- output the second combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- automatically detect that a user has come off of hold on the new telephone call;
- and
- move the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background after automatically detecting that the user has come off of hold.
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A tangible and non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that upon execution cause a wireless device to perform the method of:
- outputting music audio from the wireless device in a perceptual foreground;
- receiving a new telephone call while outputting the music audio from the wireless device in the perceptual foreground;
- moving the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background in response to receiving the new telephone call;
- generating, in the wireless device, a first combination of the music audio and audio from the new telephone call in response to receiving the new telephone call, wherein the first combination is such that audio from the new telephone call is in the perceptual foreground and the music audio is in the perceptual background;
- outputting the first combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- in response to a user input, moving the music audio output from the wireless device to the perceptual foreground and moving the audio from the new telephone call to the perceptual background to form a second combination;
- outputting the second combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- automatically detecting that a user has come off of hold on the new telephone call;
- and
- moving the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background after automatically detecting that the user has come off of hold,
- wherein the method is performed in the wireless device.
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An apparatus comprising a wireless device, the wireless device comprising:
- means for outputting music audio from the wireless device in a perceptual foreground;
- means for receiving a new telephone call while outputting the music audio from the wireless device in the perceptual foreground;
- means for moving the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background in response to receiving the new telephone call;
- means for generating, in the wireless device, a first combination of the music audio and audio from the new telephone call in response to receiving the new telephone call, wherein the first combination is such that audio from the new telephone call is in the perceptual foreground and the music audio is in the perceptual background;
- means for outputting the first combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- means for moving, in response to a user input, the music audio output from the wireless device to the perceptual foreground and moving the audio from the new telephone call to the perceptual background to form a second combination;
- means for outputting the second combination from the wireless device while continuing to receive audio from the new telephone call;
- means for automatically detecting that a user has come off of hold on the new telephone call;
- and
- means for moving the music audio output from the wireless device from the perceptual foreground to a perceptual background after automatically detecting that the user has come off of hold.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.