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Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 15, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gautam K. Bhat, Mangalore, IN;

Gregory J. Boss, Saginaw, MI (US);

Kevin C. McConnell, Austin, TX (US);

Minh Pham, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G06F 3/167 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of processing audio through devices connected in a network. The devices include at least a device of a first user and at least one of the devices is a device of another user. The devices comprising at least an audio sensor for detecting audio from the other user, and the device of the first user comprising a processor coupled to at least a speaker for outputting audio. The device of the first user monitors audio from at least one audio sensor on a device of another user for preferences selected by the first user. When the device of the first user detects a preference within the audio, the device of the first user sends a notification to the first user regarding preference detected; and based on an input from the first user, plays the audio for the first user through the speaker.


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