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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2018
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Priyanka Agrawal, Bangalore, IN;

Pankaj S. Dayama, Bangalore, IN;

Amit Anil Nanavati, New Delhi, IN;

Amrita Saha, Bangalore, IN;

Srikanth Govindaraj Tamilselvam, Chennai, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: creating, for a user, a sound desirability index comprising (i) a plurality of sounds and (ii) desirability of the sound to the user with respect to each of the plurality of sounds, wherein the sound desirability index is created in response to the user hearing a sound and the environment of the user when hearing the sound; receiving an audible input within hearing proximity of the user; identifying the current environment of the user; determining the desirability of the audible input to the user by accessing the sound desirability index, and determining the desirability of the audible input based upon a sound in the audible input and the current environment of the user; and modifying a characteristic of at least a portion of the audible input based upon the desirability of the audible input to the user.


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