Patent ID: 9716939
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A method for generating an auditory environment for a user, the method comprising: receiving a signal representing an ambient auditory environment of the user; processing the signal using a microprocessor to identify at least one type of sound included in a plurality of types of sounds in the ambient auditory environment; in response to identifying the at least one type of sound, generating, via the microprocessor, a context-sensitive user interface corresponding to the at least one type of sound in the ambient auditory environment; receiving, via the context-sensitive user interface, user preferences corresponding to each of the plurality of types of sounds; modifying the signal for each type of sound in the ambient auditory environment based on the corresponding user preference; and outputting the modified signal to at least one speaker to generate the auditory environment for the user.