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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2022
Applicant:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd, New Tech Park, SG;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD., New Tech Park, SG;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04R 3/005 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method include a control unit in communication with a plurality of communication devices at a common location. Each of the plurality of communication devices includes a microphone. The control unit is configured to receive one or more audio signals from the microphone of each of the plurality of communication devices. The control unit is further configured to selectively unmute the microphone of one of the plurality of communication devices and mute the microphone of at least one other of the plurality of communication devices based on the one or more audio signals.