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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:
Dec. 15, 2015

Filed:

Nov. 21, 2011
Applicants:

Baburaj Madathodiyil, Chennai, IN;

Saleem S. Mohammed, Chennai, IN;

Vijay Senthil, Chennai, IN;

Vinodkrishnan Surianarayanan, Chennai, IN;

Sampath Raman, Tirunelveli, IN;

Venkatesan Sriraman, Chennai, IN;

Inventors:

Baburaj Madathodiyil, Chennai, IN;

Saleem S. Mohammed, Chennai, IN;

Vijay Senthil, Chennai, IN;

Vinodkrishnan Surianarayanan, Chennai, IN;

Sampath Raman, Tirunelveli, IN;

Venkatesan Sriraman, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/485 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/6547 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4852 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/443 (2013.01); H04N 21/4751 (2013.01); H04N 21/6547 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4407 (2013.01); H04N 2005/4435 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method may include identify an application launched in a device by a user or a program or a channel selected by the user for playing. The method may further include querying a database to determine whether the application, program, or channel is associated with preset volume settings, wherein the database includes information identifying preset volume settings for a plurality of applications, a plurality of programs, or a plurality of channels. The method may include setting, when the application, program, or channel is associated with preset volume settings, the volume according the preset volume settings during execution of the application or playing of the program or channel. The method may also include prompting the user to set volume settings associated with the application, program, or channel when the application is not associated with the preset volume settings.


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