Phone call mute notification

US8019078B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Timothy R. Chavez · Austin, US
• Jacob D. Eisinger · Austin, US
• Jennifer E. King · Austin, US
• William A. Reichert, III · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 17, 2007
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2011
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04M1/6008
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A phone call mute notification applies an aural effect to the user's speech, other parties' speech, non-speech, or combinations thereof. The phone call mute notification does not render speech unintelligible and may provide a constant indication that the phone call mute function is active. Furthermore, the phone call mute notification does not serve as a distraction to the user, because the aural effect may be applied to speech itself rather than drawing the attention of the user away from the speech.