Patent ID: 7983426
Filing Date: 2011-07-19
Classification: G01H,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring and reporting sound pressure level exposure for a user of a first portable communication device, the first portable communication device being operable together with a second portable communication device to provide communication service to the user, the method comprising: receiving, by the first portable communication device, a sound pressure level (SPL) exposure record from the second portable communication device, the SPL exposure record containing a combined SPL exposure measurement representing a combination of a measured SPL for an environment surrounding the second portable communication device and a known SPL for at least one output audio transducer of the second portable communication device; comparing, by the first portable communication device, the combined SPL exposure measurement to a predetermined threshold; and in the event that the SPL exposure measurement exceeds the predetermined threshold, transmitting, by the first portable communication device, a message to the second portable communication device, the message instructing the second portable communication device to reduce a volume level of the at least one output audio transducer.