Patent ID: 7248709
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: H04S

Abstract:
1. One or more computer readable media having stored thereon a plurality of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a system, causes the one or more processors to: receive an indication to automatically adjust a volume level for sound output by one or more speakers in a system; generate a first attenuation value based on whether a user of the system is expected to speak, wherein to generate the first attenuation value is to: generate a second attenuation value based on whether a communications source is ready to output a UI sound; sum the first value and the second value; and use the sum of the first value and the second value as an amount by which a volume level for program sound output by the one or more speakers in the system should be further attenuated beyond attenuation already existing due to a manual volume level setting by the user.