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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:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Antonio Torrini, Austin, TX (US);
Konstantin Shkolnyy, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Antonio Torrini, Austin, TX (US);
Konstantin Shkolnyy, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Sigmatel, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/12 (2006.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system includes a computer having a device driver. The device driver includes a detection module to detect an audio input. The device driver includes a selection module to send the audio input to audio hardware after detection of the audio input. The device driver also includes an emulation module to send hardware emulation information to an operating system audio application to replace feedback data received at the device driver from the audio hardware and sent from the device driver to the operating system audio application.