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US 9,723,130 B2Granted
Unified communications system and method
OwnerJames S. Randinventor
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Abstract
A unified communications system enables a user to simultaneously manage real time voice communication with background audio streams such as a music. In one embodiment, the system comprises a plurality of devices connected through a persistent voice over IP channel, where each device is playing background audio independently, and each device is operatively coupled to a microphone. When a connected user speaks, Voice Activity Detection results in the automatic adjustment of background audio on other connected devices, the adjustments based upon user-input settings on each device.
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A system comprising:
- a first device and a second device,
- each device being operatively coupled to a microphone,
- each device having access to a set of instructions in code,
- the code containing instructions for executing voice communication between the devices over a network,
- the code containing instructions wherein the audio signals admitted through the microphones are continuously monitored wherein the signals are, on a continuous basis, identified as either human voice, or not,
- the code containing instructions for playing background audio from a source other than the device's microphone,
- the code containing instructions for communicating to a second device, the ongoing presence of voice, or lack thereof, on the first device, and
- the code containing instructions to automatically adjust background audio on the second device when human voice on the first device is detected, wherein the code is further configured to blend voice audio and other audio in accordance with user preferences.
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