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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2009
Applicant:
Thomas Cronin, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Inventor:
Thomas Cronin, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/20 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The automatic adjustment of audio alert characteristics of an alert device using ambient noise levels is described. In one aspect of the invention, a machine-readable medium has executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to receive an audio sample of ambient noise and adjust a characteristic of the audio alert, such as, the volume level of the audio alert, based on the ambient noise level.