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CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION WHILE USING HEADPHONES

  • US 20160381450A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2015
  • Published: 12/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for providing contextual information to a user while the user is wearing headphones, the system comprising:

  • an event detector module to detect an event external and proximate to a user device, the user device communicatively coupled to headphones worn by the user, the headphones producing sound at a first volume, wherein to detect the event, the event detection module is to use a sound processor to detect an ambient sound, wherein the ambient sound comprises a spoken word;

    a notification decision module to determine whether to notify the user of the event; and

    a notification module to notify the user of the event based on the determination, wherein to determine whether to notify the user, the notification decision module is to;

    obtain an identity of a speaker of the spoken word;

    determine whether the speaker is associated with the user; and

    determine to notify the user of the event based on whether the speaker is associated with the user.

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