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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2002
Srinivas Gutta, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Miroslav Trajkovic, Ossining, NY (US);
Vasanth Philomin, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Srinivas Gutta, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Miroslav Trajkovic, Ossining, NY (US);
Vasanth Philomin, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A telephone user who is at a first telephone station and is placed on hold at a second station is prevented from listening to an objectionable audio signal while a call is in process between the user and the second telephone station. The objectionable audio signal is detected while the call is in process and the user is prevented from hearing the objectionable audio signal while the objectionable audio signal is being detected. In response to detection of the end of the objectionable audio signal, the user is coupled to the second telephone station.