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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2015
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Scott Francis Fullam, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Lev Tcherkachine, Redmond, WA (US);
Travis Legg, Seattle, WA (US);
Lori Potts, Sammamish, WA (US);
Annika Elias, Seattle, WA (US);
Craig Haskins, Kirkland, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments related to outputting spatial audio via a portable computing device are presented. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a portable computing device for wirelessly detecting a presence of a remote speaker external to the portable computing device, determining a location of the remote speaker, and establishing a wireless connection with the remote speaker. The embodiment further includes presenting visual content via a display of the portable computing device, the visual content comprising an object positionally associated with a location in a real-world environment around the portable computing device, generating an audio signal corresponding to the object, and sending the audio signal to the remote speaker.