Patent ID: 8321228
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a data communications bus; and logic encoded in one or more tangible media configured to: determine, based on spoken sounds of a user of the apparatus received at a microphone in communication with the tangible media through the data communications bus, whether to present at a speaker audio data received from a different apparatus, wherein the received audio data includes one or more alerts; if it is determined to present the received audio data, then initiate presentation of the received audio data at the speaker in communication with the tangible media through the data communications bus; determine, based on data received from an in-ear detector in communication with the data communications bus, whether the speaker is in place in an ear of the user; and if the speaker is determined not in place in the ear of the user, then terminate presentation of the received audio data at the speaker, filter the received audio data for later presentation, and store the filtered audio data.