Patent ID: 7991350
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for outputting audio in a portable terminal, comprising: a communication module for transmitting/receiving a call connection request and transmitting/receiving speech signals when a call connection service is provided; an audio processor connected to at least one audio output device, controlling the output of the audio data or the received speech signals through the audio output device, which is a first audio output device, and checking whether another audio output device for outputting audio is connected upon receipt of a request; and a controller for checking at the audio processor whether there is another audio device, which is a second audio output device, available for outputting the speech signals received through the communication module upon sensing a call connection event in the middle of outputting the audio data generated from an application service through the connected first audio output device, and when there is the second audio output device, for controlling the output of the speech signals received during the call connection service through the second audio output device.