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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:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ephraim D. Starr, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Inventors:
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ephraim D. Starr, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/00 (2006.01); H03G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03G 3/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided that receives an audio request from a request source while an information handling machine, such as a computer system, is in a muted state. The request source is compared with a list of one more un-mute sources stored in a memory. If the comparison reveals that the request source is included in the list of un-mute sources, then the audio request is audibly played.