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US9094532B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

Jennifer Greenwood Zawacki · Hillsborough, US
Axel Ramirez Flores · Durham, US
Bradley Park Strazisar · Cary, US
Howard Locker · Cary, US
James Stephen Rutledge · Durham, US
Julie Anne Morris · Raleigh, US
Matthew Price Roper · Cary, US
Michael Thano Matthews · Cary, US
Scott Edwards Kelso · Cary, US
Steven Richard Perrin · Raleigh, US
Yi Zhou · Raleigh, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 14, 2011
Grant date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 12, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/02
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes sensing a local environmental condition, receiving an electronic communication message, sensing a local microphone signal level associated with the communication message, and issuing a notification if the local microphone signal level exceeds a threshold associated with the local environmental condition. In such a method, an electronic communication may be a telephone call, a video call, a text message, a message communicated via a short message service, a message communicated via a multimedia message service or other type of message. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

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