Audio control system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016188285-A1
Application number	US-201414586047-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2014
Priority date	Dec 30, 2014
Publication date	Jun 30, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling an audio device include a system provider device that retrieves, through a network, audio device information for at least one audio device. The system provider device also receives an indication of a triggered alert from at least one of a plurality of devices. In various embodiments, the system provider device determines an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert. In addition, the system provider device modifies an audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the determined alert type. In some examples, the system provider device further modifies the audio setting of the at least one audio device to return the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device to a pre-modified setting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system, comprising:
at least one non-transitory memory storing audio device information; and one or more hardware processors that are coupled to the at least one non-transitory memory and that are configured to read instructions from the at least one non-transitory memory to perform the steps of:
retrieving the audio device information over a network for at least one audio device;
receiving an indication of a triggered alert over the network from at least one of a plurality of devices;
determining an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert; and
modifying an audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the determined alert type.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further operable to read instructions from the at least one non-transitory memory to perform the steps of:
modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device to return the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device to a pre-modified setting.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the retrieved audio device information includes data collected from at least one beacon device.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further operable to read instructions from the at least one non-transitory memory to perform the steps of:
modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the retrieved audio device information.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors are further operable to read instructions from the at least one non-transitory memory to perform the steps of:
responsive to detection of a spoken phrase by the at least one audio device, receiving the indication of the triggered alert over the network.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining the alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert includes determining that the alert type is one of a high severity alert, a low severity alert, and an informational alert.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one audio device includes a noise-cancelling feature, and wherein the modifying the audio setting includes disabling the noise-cancelling feature of the at least one audio device.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device includes disabling a noise-cancelling feature, enabling a noise-cancelling feature, reducing a volume setting, increasing a volume setting, muting the at least one audio device, un-muting the at least one audio device, pausing playback of an audio source playing via the at least one audio device, and un-pausing playback of the audio source playing via the at least one audio device.

9 . The system of claim 2 , wherein a duration of time for maintaining the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device is defined based on the determined alert type, and wherein the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device is returned to the pre-modified setting after completion of the defined duration of time.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one of the plurality of devices includes one of a mobile device, a noise-cancelling headphone set, a headphone set, a radio, a hands-free headset, and an MP3 player.

11 . A method, comprising:
retrieving, by a system provider device through a network, audio device information for at least one audio device; receiving, by the system provider device, an indication of a triggered alert from at least one of a plurality of devices; determining, by the system provider device, an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert; and modifying, by the system provider device, an audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the determined alert type.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
modifying, by the system provider device, the audio setting of the at least one audio device to return the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device to a pre-modified setting.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
modifying, by the system provider device, the audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the retrieved audio device information.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
responsive to detection of a spoken phrase by the at least one audio device, receiving, by the system provider device, the indication of the triggered alert from the at least one of the plurality of devices.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the audio device information includes data collected from at least one beacon device.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device includes disabling a noise-cancelling feature, enabling a noise-cancelling feature, reducing a volume setting, increasing a volume setting, muting the at least one audio device, un-muting the at least one audio device, pausing playback of an audio source playing via the at least one audio device, and un-pausing playback of the audio source playing via the at least one audio device.

17 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of machine-readable instructions executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:
retrieving the audio device information over a network for at least one audio device; receiving an indication of a triggered alert over the network from at least one of a plurality of devices; determining an alert type corresponding to the received indication of the triggered alert; and modifying an audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the determined alert type.

18 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device to return the modified audio setting of the at least one audio device to a pre-modified setting.

19 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
modifying the audio setting of the at least one audio device based on the retrieved audio device information.

20 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises:
responsive to detection of a spoken phrase by the at least one audio device, receiving the indication of the triggered alert over the network.

Assignees

• Ebay Inc

Inventors

• Luk Bryant G
• O'Toole Christopher D
• He Robert
• Tang Yu
• Brenner Jennifer T
• Shabbot Leith
• Das Ananya
• Ziaja Jason

Classifications

• G06F3/165 Primary

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