Patent ID: 9344544
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: G10L,H04M,H04R,H04S

Claim Text:
1. A method executed by one or more electronic devices in an electronic system that moves a sound localization point (SLP) of a voice of a person during a telephone call between the person and a user, the method comprising: providing, through an electronic earphone being located at a head of the user and being in communication with a handheld portable electronic device (HPED), binaural sound to the user during the telephone call between the person and the user such that an origin of the voice of the person occurs at the SLP at a first location in empty space that is away from and proximate to the user; receiving, from the user while the user and the person are in the telephone call, a command to the HPED to move the SLP of the voice of the person from the first location in empty space to a second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user; moving, based on the command and while the user and the person are in the telephone call, the SLP of the voice of the person from the first location in empty space to the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user; and providing, through the electronic earphone being located at the head of the user and being in communication with the HPED, the binaural sound to the user during the telephone call between the person and the user such that the origin of the voice of the person occurs at the SLP at the second location in empty space that is proximate to the first location and away from and proximate to the user.