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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2015
At&t Intellectual Property Ii, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Bing Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
John D. Francis, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Laurie Frances Garrison, Oceanport, NJ (US);
Diane Nawrocki, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
David Nemec, Tinton Falls, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing privacy for telephone conversations over communication networks is disclosed. For example, a telephony endpoint device comprises a microphone for receiving an audio signal and a gain boost circuit, coupled to the microphone, for applying a gain boost to the audio signal. The telephony endpoint device also comprises a switch, coupled to the gain boost circuit, wherein operating the switch will control whether the gain boost is to be applied to the audio signal.