Patent ID: 8897466
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. An audio system for a wireless telephone, comprising: a first component classifying each audio object of a plurality of audio objects to be of a class that is ranked relative to at least two other classes based on a content type of the each audio object to generate a first audio object; an audio output mixer monitoring audio representing sounds from an environment to generate a second audio object; an audio output pacer within the wireless telephone, wherein the audio output pacer receives the plurality of audio objects, the plurality of audio objects comprising the first audio object representing incoming audio data of a telephone call, and the second audio object representing detected local environmental distress audio data, and wherein the audio output pacer attenuates the first audio object, and to set sound associated with the second audio object to a comfortable listening level the audio output pacer attenuates the second audio object; and an audio output blender within the wireless telephone, wherein the audio object blender receives from the audio output pacer modified sounds of the plurality of audio objects, allocates a percentage of a total amplitude of the system to the first audio object depending on its class type, combines the modified sounds of the plurality of audio objects into an audio output, and sends the audio output to an audio output device coupled to the wireless telephone for rendering at the wireless telephone.