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Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Evan Harris Benway, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Darrin Caddes, Soquel, CA (US);

Jeffrey Michael Larson, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2006.01); H04R 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); H04R 3/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for noise masking are described. In one example, a location data is received or identified at a noise masking system, the noise masking system including a plurality of selectable noise masking sound audio files and a plurality of selectable video files. A noise masking sound audio file is selected from the plurality of selectable noise masking sound audio files and a video file is selected from the plurality of selectable video files utilizing the location data. The noise masking sound audio file is output to a loudspeaker and the video file is output to a video display device.


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