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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2015
Applicant:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ken Kannappan, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Douglas K Rosener, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Assignee:
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/51 (2006.01); H04M 3/428 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/5175 (2013.01); H04M 3/4283 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02);
Abstract
Apparatus having corresponding methods comprise a microphone configured to produce audio; a hold control configured to select a connected selection or a hold selection; a processor configured to identify the audio produced during the connected selection as primary audio, and to identify the audio produced during the hold selection as secondary audio; and a transceiver configured to transmit the primary audio and the secondary audio.