Patent ID: 9437216
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G10L,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a terminal, a first signal comprising a plurality of data elements; analyzing characteristics of the first signal; determining a delay between receiving the first signal and outputting from the terminal via a speaker at the terminal at least one of said plurality of data elements of the first signal based on the analyzed characteristics of the first signal; applying the delay between receiving the first signal and outputting from the terminal via the speaker at the terminal at least one of said plurality of data elements; detecting if a mute condition is activated for an input of the terminal for receiving a second signal from a user of the terminal by analyzing characteristics of the second signal and detecting that the mute condition is activated if no information is included in the second signal, the second signal to be transmitted from the terminal to an additional terminal; responsive to detecting that the mute condition is activated, increasing the delay between the receiving the first signal and the outputting from the terminal via the speaker at the terminal at least one of said plurality of data elements; and responsive to detecting that the mute condition is deactivated, decreasing the delay between the receiving the first signal and the outputting from the terminal via the speaker at the terminal at least one of said plurality of data elements.