AMBIENT SOUND DETECTION AND RECOGNITION METHOD
First Claim
1. A mobile device for exchanging user profiles with other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising:
- a microphone for listening to ambient sounds,a speaker for producing sounds,a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device,a processor operable to control the microphone, the speaker, and the memory,the processor being further operable to;
transform the first user profile into a first sound pattern, and;
broadcast the first sound pattern using the speaker,detect, using the microphone, any second sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising an indication that the first user profile and a user profile of a second user of said second mobile device are a match.
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Abstract
A mobile device for exchanging user profiles with other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, and a processor operable to control the microphone, the speaker, and the memory, the processor being further operable to transform the first user profile into a first sound pattern, broadcast the first sound pattern using the speaker, and detect, using the microphone, any second sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising an indication that the first user profile and a user profile of a second user of said second mobile device are a match.
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18 Claims
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1. A mobile device for exchanging user profiles with other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, a processor operable to control the microphone, the speaker, and the memory, the processor being further operable to; transform the first user profile into a first sound pattern, and; broadcast the first sound pattern using the speaker, detect, using the microphone, any second sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising an indication that the first user profile and a user profile of a second user of said second mobile device are a match. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A mobile device for exchanging user profiles with other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, a processor operable to control the microphone, the speaker and the memory, the processor being further operable to; detect, using the microphone, any sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising a second user profile describing a second user of said second mobile device, produce a matching sound pattern using the speaker, when the second user profile and the first user profile are a match, said matching sound pattern comprising an indication of said match. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A telecommunication system comprising at least a first and second mobile devices, each of said devices comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a processor operable to control the microphone and the speaker, the first mobile device comprising a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of said first mobile device, the second mobile device comprising a memory for storing a second user profile describing a second user of said second mobile device, the processor of the first device being operable to; transform the first user profile into a first sound pattern, and; broadcast the first sound pattern using the speaker, the processor of the second device being operable to; detect, using the microphone of the second device, the first sound pattern produced by the first mobile device, produce a matching sound pattern using the speaker of the second mobile device, when the first second user profiles are a match, said matching sound pattern comprising an indication of the match, the processor of the first mobile device being further operable to; detect, using the microphone of the first mobile device, the matching sound pattern produced by the second mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for exchanging user profiles between mobile devices, a first one of said mobile devices comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, the method comprising the acts of; transforming a first user profile into a first sound pattern, broadcasting the first sound pattern using the speaker, and, detecting, using the microphone, any second sound pattern produced by a second one of the mobile devices and comprising an indication that the first user profile and a user profile of a second user of said second mobile device are a match. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for exchanging user profiles between mobile devices, a first one of said mobile devices comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, the method comprising the acts of; detecting, using the microphone, any sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising a second user profile describing a second user of said second mobile device, producing a matching sound pattern using the speaker, when the second user profile and the first user profile are a match, said matching sound pattern comprising an indication of said match. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. An application embodied on a computer readable medium and arranged to perform a method for exchanging user profiles from a mobile device to other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, the application comprising; a portion to transform a first user profile into a first sound pattern, a portion to broadcast the first sound pattern using the speaker, a portion to detect, using the microphone, any second sound pattern produced by a second one of the mobile devices and comprising an indication that the first user profile and a user profile of a second user of said second mobile device are a match.
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18. An application embodied on a computer readable medium and arranged to perform a method for exchanging user profiles from a mobile device to other mobile devices, the mobile device comprising:
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a microphone for listening to ambient sounds, a speaker for producing sounds, a memory for storing a first user profile describing a first user of the mobile device, the application comprising; a portion to detect, using the microphone, any sound pattern produced by a second mobile device and comprising a second user profile describing a second user of said second mobile device, a portion to produce a matching sound pattern using the speaker, when the second user profile and the first user profile are a match, said matching sound pattern comprising an indication of said match.
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