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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:
Nov. 01, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 02, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Layne A. Berge, Rochester, MN (US);

Jason J. Bjorgaard, Rochester, MN (US);

John R. Dangler, Rochester, MN (US);

Matthew Doyle, Chatfield, MN (US);

Thomas W. Liang, Rochester, MN (US);

Kyle Schoneck, Rochester, MN (US);

Matthew A. Walther, Rochester, MN (US);

Jeffrey N. Judd, Oronoco, MN (US);

Henry Michael Newshutz, Rochester, MN (US);

Matthew S Kelly, Oakville, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/175 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10K 11/1754 (2020.05); H04R 1/10 (2013.01); H04M 1/0202 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method to prevent eavesdropping by a device. An anti-eavesdrop component is installed on the device. The anti-eavesdrop component is configured to actively prevent the device from capturing audio from the environment. In response to installing the anti-eavesdrop component, the device recognizes the anti-eavesdrop component as a primary audio input for the device. The anti-eavesdrop component then proceeds to block the device from capturing outside audio by injecting noise or otherwise interfering with the primary audio input.


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