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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2006
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian Wayne Hansen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
James Edward Bostick, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Brian Wayne Hansen, Round Rock, TX (US);
Raghuraman Kalyanaraman, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The illustrative embodiments provide a method and system for automatically muting a headphone. The headphone detects a sound external to the headphone. A volume threshold and a frequency threshold are received, wherein the volume threshold and the frequency threshold define a sound of interest. A determination is made as to whether the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest. Responsive to a determination that the sound external to the headphone is the sound of interest, a signal is transmitted to automatically mute an active state of the headphone.