Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Context and environment aware volume control in telephonic conversation
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Application No.: US16256738Application Date: 2019-01-24
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Publication No.: US10367933B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: James E. Bostick , John M. Ganci, Jr. , Martin G. Keen , Sarbajit K. Rakshit
- Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran Cole & Calderon, P.C.
- Agent Brian Restauro; Andrew D. Wright
- Main IPC: H04M1/725
- IPC: H04M1/725 ; H04M15/00 ; G06K9/00 ; G10L15/18 ; G10L21/034 ; H04M1/60 ; H04W4/021 ; H04W4/50 ; H04M3/42 ; G06F3/16

Abstract:
Systems and methods for automatically adjusting telephonic conversation volume are provided. A computer-implemented method includes: detecting a telephone being used for a conversation and receiving data from at least one of a microphone, a camera, and a location system associated with the telephone. The method includes analyzing the data to determine at least one of: usage of sensitive or confidential words in the conversation; distance of the telephone to another person; level of annoyance of another person; conversation loudness relative to ambient loudness; location of the telephone relative to quiet areas. The method includes automatically adjusting a volume of a speaker of the telephone during the conversation based on the analyzing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190173995A1 CONTEXT AND ENVIRONMENT AWARE VOLUME CONTROL IN TELEPHONIC CONVERSATION Public/Granted day:2019-06-06
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