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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2019
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 ...
H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 65/602 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus having corresponding methods comprise a microphone configured to produce audio; a mute control configured to select a microphone open selection or a microphone muted selection; a processor configured to identify the audio produced during the microphone open selection as primary audio, and to identify the audio produced during the microphone muted selection as secondary audio; and a transceiver configured to transmit the primary audio over a first link and the secondary audio over a second link different than the first link.