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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2014

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2011
Applicants:

James D. Batson, Saratoga, CA (US);

Meriko L. Borogove, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gregory R. Chapman, San Jose, CA (US);

Patrick L. Coffman, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Anthony J. Guetta, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Aram Lindahl, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Andrew Rostaing, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

James D. Batson, Saratoga, CA (US);

Meriko L. Borogove, San Francisco, CA (US);

Gregory R. Chapman, San Jose, CA (US);

Patrick L. Coffman, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Anthony J. Guetta, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Aram Lindahl, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Andrew Rostaing, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed.


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