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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Carlos Munoz-bustamante, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph Michael Pennisi, Apex, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ephraim D. Starr, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Yasushi Tsukamoto, Yamato, JP;
Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Carlos Munoz-Bustamante, Durham, NC (US);
Joseph Michael Pennisi, Apex, NC (US);
Randall Scott Springfield, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Ephraim D. Starr, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Yasushi Tsukamoto, Yamato, JP;
Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
An approach is provided that, upon receiving a keyboard event, reduces a volume of an audio input channel from a first volume level to a lower volume level. After the volume of the audio input channel is reduced, the approach waits until a system event occurs, with the system event based at least in part on the occurrence of a nondeterministic event. The volume of the audio input channel is then increased from the lower volume level to a higher volume level when the system event occurs