Patent ID: 8868137
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: G10K,H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a communication module to establish a wireless communication link with an active noise-reducing headset that is located remotely from the electronic device; and a controller coupled to the communication module to receive an incoming audible alert signal that was audibly transmitted by an alert generation device, to analyze the audible alert signal to determine if it should be re-transmitted to the active noise-reducing headset, and to re-transmit the audible alert signal to the active noise-reducing headset via the wireless communication link in response to the analysis of the audible alert signal; wherein the controller is to determine a source of the audible alert signal, and wherein the controller is to selectively transmit the audible alert signal in response to determining a source of the audible alert signal, the device further comprising a database that identifies actions to be taken in response to specified alert signals, wherein the database contains configuration information that specifies which of a plurality of headsets should receive notification of the specified alert signals.