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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2017
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
Charles Hardt, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Dmitry Barablin, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
An audio aggregation point is established, e.g., in a set-top, to aggregate audio alerts from a home security system and other Internet of Things (IoT) type devices that output digital audio alert streams. The aggregated audio is combined with a media audio stream, and provided to a personal hearing aid or other personal listening device such as a headset. The audio aggregation point communicates with the home security system and other IoT type devices over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi interfaces. The hearing aid preferably communicates with the audio aggregation point via a Bluetooth interface. The audio aggregation point provides audio alerts (e.g., a beeping alert of a door opening) from the home security system and IoT type devices directly into the digital audio stream otherwise already being digitally transmitted to a hearing aid or other personal hearing device or headset.