Patent ID: 9723130
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10L,H04B,H04H,H04L,H04M,H04R,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a first device and a second device, each device being operatively coupled to a microphone, each device having access to a set of instructions in code, the code containing instructions for executing voice communication between the devices over a network, the code containing instructions wherein the audio signals admitted through the microphones are continuously monitored wherein the signals are, on a continuous basis, identified as either human voice, or not, the code containing instructions for playing background audio from a source other than the device's microphone, the code containing instructions for communicating to a second device, the ongoing presence of voice, or lack thereof, on the first device, and the code containing instructions to automatically adjust background audio on the second device when human voice on the first device is detected, wherein the code is further configured to blend voice audio and other audio in accordance with user preferences.