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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2019
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rahul Nair, Daly City, CA (US);
Golnaz Abdollahian, San Francisco, CA (US);
Avi Bar-Zeev, Oakland, CA (US);
Niranjan Manjunath, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G10L 15/22 (2006.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/167 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/22 (2013.01); G10L 2015/227 (2013.01); H04R 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an exemplary technique for providing audio information, an input is received, and audio information responsive to the received input is provided using a speaker. While providing the audio information, an external sound is detected. If it is determined that the external sound is a communication of a first type, then the provision of the audio information is stopped. If it is determined that the external sound is a communication of a second type, then the provision of the audio information continues.