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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2007
Steven M. Wollmershauser, San Antonio, TX (US);
William O. Sprague, Jr., Wimberley, TX (US);
Emlyn C. Jeffrey, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven M. Wollmershauser, San Antonio, TX (US);
William O. Sprague, Jr., Wimberley, TX (US);
Emlyn C. Jeffrey, San Antonio, TX (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a communication device having a controller to monitor ambient noise in proximity to the communication device, monitor a transmitted voice signal associated with the communication device, adjust a receiver volume for the transmitted voice signal based at least in part on a comparison of the transmitted voice signal with the ambient noise, monitor a received voice signal associated with the communication device, and adjust a speaker volume for the received voice signal based at least in part on a comparison of the received voice signal with the ambient noise, where the adjusting of the receiver volume is independent of the adjusting of the speaker volume. Other embodiments are disclosed.