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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Paul A Ewer, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Nicholas K Eisner, Ben Lomond, CA (US);
Ian J Gould, Malmesbury, GB;
Robert J Kelly, San Jose, CA (US);
Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Abstract
Headsets having corresponding audio adapters and methods comprise: a microphone configured to generate analog audio for a voice call; an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the analog audio to digital audio; a voice activity detector configured to detect speech in the digital audio; a processor configured to i) determine a temporal characteristic of the speech, and ii) generate a message based on the temporal characteristic of the speech and a temporal characteristic of the voice call; and a transmitter configured to transmit the message.