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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:
Feb. 03, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2009
Applicants:

Peter K Reid, Marlborough, GB;

John S Graham, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Gregory H Miller, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Thomas G Criswell, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Peter K Reid, Marlborough, GB;

John S Graham, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Gregory H Miller, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Thomas G Criswell, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and systems for power conservation in mobile devices are presented. In one example, a mobile communication device includes a first microphone and a second microphone. The mobile communication monitors an ambient noise level and responsive to the ambient noise level operates the mobile communication device in a normal operation mode or a power conservation mode. In power conservation mode, use of the second microphone is discretionary.


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