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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Jan Chipchase, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pascal Wever, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nikolaj Bestle, Calabasas, CA (US);
Pawena Thimaporn, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Ernst Arbisi, Camarillo, CA (US);
John-rhys Newman, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Andrew Julian Gartrell, Tarzana, CA (US);
Simon David James, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Jan Chipchase, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Pascal Wever, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Nikolaj Bestle, Calabasas, CA (US);
Pawena Thimaporn, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Thomas Ernst Arbisi, Camarillo, CA (US);
John-Rhys Newman, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Andrew Julian Gartrell, Tarzana, CA (US);
Simon David James, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Techniques for providing network services at an audio interface unit include determining, based on spoken sounds of a user of an apparatus received at a microphone of the apparatus, whether to present audio data received from a different apparatus. If it is determined to present the received audio data, then presentation of the received audio data at a speaker of the apparatus is initiated. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a data communications bus; and logic encoded in one or more tangible media configured to performs the above steps. In some embodiments, the apparatus does not include a visual display and does not include a keypad of multiple buttons.