Patent Document ID: 8670986
Application ID: 13786738

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a microphone configured to detect a voice of a human; a speaker configured to output a masking language, the masking language including phonemes resembling human speech, the phonemes having at least one of a pitch, a volume, a theme, or a phonetic content substantially matching a pitch, a volume, a theme, or a phonetic content of the voice; a soundboard located between the microphone and the speaker, the soundboard configured to at least partially acoustically isolate the output of the speaker from the microphone; and a moveable mounting pole coupled to the soundboard such that the apparatus can be moved from a first location to a second location.

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Claim 5:
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising: a memory storing a plurality of recordings of intelligible human speech; and a processor configured to select a recording from the plurality of recordings such that the theme of the selected recording substantially matches the theme of the voice.