IP Library Granted Patent US 10,362,391
Granted Patent B2
US 10,362,391 · App. 14/523,099 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Adjusting audio content based on audience

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Patent No.
US 10,362,391
App. No.
14/523,099
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including but not limited to: identifying, using a data capture device, a listener; determining, using a processor, audio content is inappropriate; and executing, using a processor, an action, wherein the action prevents the inappropriate audio content from being audible. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (42)

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, using a data capture device, the presence of at least one listener in an environment, from data selected from the group consisting of:

data other than biometric data, wherein the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment; and

biometric data and data other than biometric data, wherein the biometric data and the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment;

determining, using a processor, audio content is inappropriate for the identified at least one listener; and

executing, using a processor, an action, wherein the action prevents the inappropriate audio content from being audible.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying a listener comprises personal identification.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the identifying a listener comprises receiving data from a data capture device indicating the presence of at least one listener and comparing the received data to a rule set, wherein the rule set comprises data identifying the at least one listener.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the received data comprises data selected from the group consisting of: image data, voice recognition data, sensor data, wireless signal data, and location data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying a listener comprises receiving data from a data capture device indicating the presence of at least one listener.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining comprises transcribing the audio content.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the determining further comprises comparing the transcribed audio content to a dictionary, wherein the dictionary comprises inappropriate audio content.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining further comprises comparing the identified characteristic to a dictionary, wherein the dictionary comprises inappropriate audio content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic is a characteristic selected from the group consisting of: entertainer delivering audio content, type of audio content, source of the audio content, rating of the audio content, audio content identifier, and time associated with when the audio content is being presented.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the action comprises an action selected from the group consisting of: obscuring the inappropriate content, muting the inappropriate content, modifying the audio content source, and stopping the audio content.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a data capture device;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

identify, using the data capture device, the presence of at least one listener in an environment, from data selected from the group consisting of:

data other than biometric data, wherein the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment; and

biometric data and data other than biometric data, wherein the biometric data and the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment;

determine audio content is inappropriate for the identified at least one listener; and

execute an action, wherein the action prevents the inappropriate audio content from being audible.

12. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the identifying a listener comprises personal identification.

13. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein to identify a listener comprises receiving data from a data capture device indicating the presence of at least one listener and comparing the received data to a rule set, wherein the rule set comprises data identifying the at least one listener.

14. The information handling device of claim 13 , wherein the received data comprises data selected from the group consisting of: image data, voice recognition data, sensor data, wireless signal data, and location data.

15. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein to identify a listener comprises receiving data from a data capture device indicating the presence of at least one listener.

16. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein to determine comprises transcribing the audio content.

17. The information handling device of claim 16 , wherein to determine further comprises comparing the transcribed audio content to a dictionary, wherein the dictionary comprises inappropriate audio content.

18. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein to determine further comprises comparing the identified characteristic to a dictionary, wherein the dictionary comprises inappropriate audio content.

19. The information handling device of claim 11 , wherein the characteristic is a characteristic selected from the group consisting of:

entertainer delivering audio content, type of audio content, source of the audio content, rating of the audio content, audio content identifier, and time associated with when the audio content is being presented.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by the processor and comprising:

code that identifies, using data from a data capture device, the presence of at least one listener in an environment, from data selected from the group consisting of:

data other than biometric data, wherein the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment; and

biometric data and data other than biometric data, wherein the biometric data and the data other than biometric data is generated based upon the presence of the at least one listener and a spatiotemporal attribute of the environment;

code that determines, using a processor, the audio content is inappropriate for the identified at least one listener; and

code that executes, using a processor, an action, wherein the action prevents the inappropriate audio content from being audible.

21. The product of claim 20 , wherein the code that identifies a listener uses personal identification.

22. The product of claim 20 , wherein the code that identifies a listener receives data from a data capture device indicating the presence of at least one listener.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LTD
Reel/Frame 052931/0633 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2014
From: KNOX, JONATHAN GAITHER; MESE, JOHN CARL; PETERSON, NATHAN J.; WEKSLER, ARNOLD S.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034029/0835 →