Providing notification sounds in a customizable manner
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsEdwin W. Foo, Gregory F. Hughes
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Abstract
Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, system, and method that allow a user to perceive notifications (audible or otherwise) corresponding to an external event in any manner deemed appropriate.
Claims16
A method of presenting an audible rendering of an event notification signal generated by a notifying device in response to an external event, the method comprising:
- receiving the event notification signal at a processing device in communication with an output device that is included in an accessory unit;
- processing the event notification signal by the processing device in accordance with a user preference, comprising a user remapping preference, by generating a remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal in accordance with the user remapping preference, wherein the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal is different from a non-remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal;
- providing the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal to the output device;
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- presenting the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal by the output device.
A system arranged for providing hearing assistance, comprising:
- a processing device with one or more processors;
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- a hearing assistance device in communication with the processing device, wherein the hearing assistance device comprises an output device arranged to provide an output suitable for being audibly perceived by a user of the system;
- wherein the one or more processors of the processing device are configured to:
- receive an event notification signal provided by a notifying device indicating that an event has occurred;
- process the event notification signal in accordance with an audio processing profile, comprising a user remapping preference, so as to generate a remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal in accordance with the user remapping preference, wherein the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal is different from a non-remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal;
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- provide the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal to the hearing assistance device;
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- wherein the output device of the hearing assistance device is configured to present the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal.
A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer code executable by one or more processors of a processing device in communication with a hearing assistance device, the computer readable medium comprising:
- computer code for receiving an event notification signal from a notifying device at the processing device;
- computer code for processing the event notification signal by the processing device in accordance with a user preference, comprising a user remapping preference, so as to generate a remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal in accordance with the user remapping preference, wherein the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal is different from a non-remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal;
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- computer code for providing the remapped audible rendering of the event notification signal to the hearing assistance device.
A hearing assistance device for presenting an audibilization of an event notification signal generated by a notifying device in response to at least one external event, the hearing assistance device comprising:
- a processor;
- a data storage device arranged to store at least a user preference, comprising a user remapping preference;
- an output device;
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- an interface in communication with the processor for receiving the event notification signal from the notifying device;
- wherein the processor is configured to:
- process the event notification signal so as to generate a remapped audibilization of the event notification signal in accordance with the user remapping preference, wherein the remapped audibilization of the event notification signal is different from a non-remapped audibilization of the event notification signal;
- provide the remapped audibilization of the event notification signal to the output device, and
- present the remapped audibilization of the event notification signal by the output device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.