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Method and system for unified audio control on a personal computer

  • US 8,166,287 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2009
  • Issued: 04/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling audio output rendered from a computing system, the method comprising:

  • the computing system playing an audio stream which is rendered as audio output having at least one controllable attribute, the audio output being rendered through an audio output device connected to the computing system;

    the computing system receiving an event, the event comprising an incoming telephone call;

    the computing system receiving user input entered by a user at the computing system that is operable to answer the telephone call; and

    the computing system, in response to the user input that was entered by the user at the computing system to answer the incoming telephone call, altering an audio state of the audio output by changing the at least one controllable attribute of the audio output.

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