Controlling mute function on telephone
US9571617B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 31, 2016 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/74
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for controlling a mute function in a telephone device, and the telephone device and a computer program product that implements the method. The method includes: while the mute function is active, voice recognition software in the telephone device processes sound detected by a microphone in the telephone device to recognize and identify one or more specific words as having been spoken by a specific person and not by another person, and in response, the telephone device activates an alarm in the telephone device to communicate that the mute function is active.
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