EVENT NOTIFICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING BINAURAL SOUNDS
First Claim
1. A method on an electronic device comprising:
- receiving an informational event;
determining if the informational event has been previously associated with a binaural sound sequence, the binaural sound sequence including a nominal ear spacing and ear shape of a particular user for sound localization in a 3D space; and
outputting the binaural sound sequence through a multimedia port, in response to a binaural sound sequence being previously associated with the informational event.
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Abstract
In one example, information is presented to a user through an electronic device in a non-visual manner. In this example, an informational event is received. Next, a determination is made if the informational event has been previously associated with a binaural sound sequence, the binaural sound sequence includes a user'"'"'s nominal ear spacing for sound localization in a 3D space. The binaural sound sequence is presented to a multimedia port, in response to a binaural sound sequence being previously associated with the event. The localization in the 3D space using a binaural sound can be associated with importance, future times, source of information associated with the event, a person associated with the event, or a combination thereof.
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19 Claims
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1. A method on an electronic device comprising:
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receiving an informational event; determining if the informational event has been previously associated with a binaural sound sequence, the binaural sound sequence including a nominal ear spacing and ear shape of a particular user for sound localization in a 3D space; and outputting the binaural sound sequence through a multimedia port, in response to a binaural sound sequence being previously associated with the informational event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An electronic device, the electronic device comprising:
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a memory; a processor communicatively coupled to the memory; and a binaural presentation manager communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor, the binaural presentation manager configured to perform; receiving an informational event; determining if the informational event has been previously associated with a binaural sound sequence, the binaural sound sequence including a nominal ear spacing and ear shape of a particular user ear for sound localization in a 3D space; and outputting the binaural sound sequence through a multimedia port, in response to a binaural sound sequence being previously associated with the informational event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising:
a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit configured to perform; receiving an informational event; determining if the informational event has been previously associated with a binaural sound sequence, the binaural sound sequence including a nominal ear spacing and ear shape of a particular user'"'"'s ear for sound localization in a 3D space; and outputting the binaural sound sequence through a multimedia port, in response to a binaural sound sequence being previously associated with the informational event. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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