Method for arbitrating audio signal output

• US 20070121835A1
• Filed: 09/15/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, John
• Application Number:
  US11/522,089
• Publication Number:
  US 20070121835A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/110.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A method for arbitrating audio signal output used in a portable electronic device, which comprises a speaker and two independent voice communication systems. When one voice communication system needs to send out a ringing signal, the voice communication system first detects the status of the other voice communication system. If the other voice communication system is idle, the ringing signal is sent out via the speaker; if the other voice communication system is in use, the ringing signal is not sent out, and an optional prompting signal is sent out via a receiver.

Claims

1. An arbitrating method used in a processor that controls at least one audio signal output device and connects to multiple voice communication systems, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving an audio signal output from one of the voice communication systems;

determining the status of each of the voice communication systems; and

determining whether to use the audio signal output device to play the audio signal from the status of each of the voice communication systems.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice communication systems include a mobile phone communication system and a network phone communication system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile phone communication system includes a base-band controller and a radio frequency (RF) module.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the network phone communication system includes a real-time voice communication program executed by the processor.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio output device is a speaker.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the audio signal is played by the audio signal output device when the voice communication systems are all idle and not played when any of the voice communication systems are in use.

7. An arbitrating method used in a processor that controls a speaker and connects to multiple voice communication systems, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving an audio signal output from one of the voice communication systems;

(b) determining whether any of the voice communication systems is in use and executing step (c) if there is any or executing step (d) if there is none;

(c) stop playing the audio signal; and

(d) playing the audio signal using the speaker.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the voice communication systems include mobile phone communication system and a network phone communication system.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the mobile phone communication system includes a base-band controller and an RF module.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the network phone communication system includes a real-time voice communication program executed by the processor.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the controller further controls a receiver and the receiver plays a prompting audio signal after step (c).

12. An arbitrating method used in a processor that controls a speaker and connects to multiple voice communication systems, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) receiving an audio signal output from one of the voice communication systems;

(b) determining whether any of the voice communication systems is in use and executing step (c) if there is any or executing step (e) if there is none;

(c) determining whether the voice communication system in use is using the speaker and executing step (e) if yes or executing step (d) if no;

(d) stop playing the audio signal; and

(e) playing the audio signal using the speaker.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the voice communication systems include a mobile phone communication system and a network phone communication system.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the mobile phone communication system includes a base-band controller and an RF module.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the network phone communication system includes a real-time voice communication program executed by the processor.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the controller further controls a receiver and the receiver plays a prompting audio signal after step (c).

17. An electronic device, comprising:

multiple voice communication systems;

at least one audio signal output device; and

a processor used to control the audio signal output device and to receive an audio signal;

wherein the audio signal is outputted from one of the voice communication systems, and the processor determines whether to use the audio signal output device to play the audio signal from the status of each of the voice communication systems.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the voice communication systems include a mobile phone communication system and a network phone communication system.

19. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the mobile phone communication system includes a base-band controller and an RF module.

20. The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the network phone communication system includes a real-time voice communication program executed by the processor.

21. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the audio signal output device is a speaker.

22. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the audio signal is played by the audio signal output device when the voice communication systems are all idle and not played when any of the voice communication systems is in use.