Patent ID: 9313310
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a communications device, the communications device having a speakerphone including a microphone, the method comprising: providing a user with a plurality of options for configuring the speakerphone feature, wherein the plurality of options include an intimate option, a hall option, and at least one additional option that each specify settings by adjusting a sensitivity of the microphone and adjusting settings that specify a frequency response of the microphone that control ambience at a transmit end of the communication device; receiving a user input that selects one of the plurality of options; and applying the settings, associated with an option selected by the user input, to the communications device, wherein the applying comprises: in response to the user input selecting the intimate option, applying intimate settings that configure the communication device to filter noise from an immediate vicinity of the microphone, in response to the user input selecting the hall option, applying hall settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a first area beyond the immediate vicinity of the microphone, and in response to the user input selecting the at least one additional option, applying settings that configure the communication device to detect speech in a second area that is different from the first area and is different from the immediate vicinity of the microphone.