Patent ID: 8224395

Claim:
A method, comprising: connecting, by a first user device, to a second user device; identifying a geographic location of the second user device; identifying a geographic location of the first user device; mapping, by the first user device, a sound source associated with the second user device, based on the geographic location of the second user device with respect to the geographic location of the first user device, to a first location of an auditory space associated with a first user of the first user device; receiving input from a first user of the first user device, the input indicating that the first user has selected a second location of the auditory space for mapping the sound source associated with the second user device, the second location of the auditory space being different from the first location of the auditory space; re-mapping, by the first user device, the sound source associated with the second user device, based on the input received from the first user indicating that the first user has selected a second location of the auditory space different from the first location of the auditory space, to the second location of the auditory space associated with the first user; and emitting, based on the re-mapping the sound source associated with the second user device to the second location of the auditory space associated with the first user, the sound source so that the sound source is capable of being perceived by the first user in the second location of the auditory space.