Audio systems and methods
A system for receiving multiple conversations or messages and for playing the multiple conversations or messages with a mobile device and wireless earpieces. The system may determine various presentation parameters based on various characteristics of the received messages and may play the messages such that audio appears at distinguishing locations around the user. The system may change how messages and/or conversations are played in response to recognize a change in the focus of the user based on detected user inputs, such as body movement gestures.
1. An audio system comprising:
a first wireless earpiece comprising a speaker and a microphone;
a second wireless earpiece; and
a mobile device comprising one or more processors configured to:
wirelessly receive data from at least one of the microphone of the first wireless earpiece or the speaker of the first wireless earpiece;
recognize a user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wireless earpiece using at least the data received from the at least one of the microphone of the first wireless earpiece or the speaker of the first wireless earpiece; and
in response to recognizing the user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wireless earpiece using at least the data received from the at least one of the microphone of the first wireless earpiece or the speaker of the first wireless earpiece, change a volume at which the first wireless earpiece plays audio data by altering a presentation parameter of audio data played by the second wireless earpiece such that presentation parameters of audio data played by the first wireless earpiece differ from presentation parameters of audio data played by the second wireless earpiece.
2. A mobile device comprising:
one or more processors configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising:
wirelessly receiving data from a microphone of a first wearable device;
recognizing a user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device; and
in response to recognizing the user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device, changing a volume at which the first wearable device plays audio data by altering a presentation parameter of audio data played by a second wearable device such that presentation parameters of audio data played by the first wearable device differ from presentation parameters of audio data played by the second wearable device.
3. The mobile device of claim 2 , wherein the first wearable device is a wireless earpiece.
4. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
wirelessly receiving data from a microphone of a first wearable device;
recognizing a user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device; and
in response to recognizing the user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device, changing a volume at which the first wearable device plays audio data by altering a presentation parameter of audio data played by a second wearable device such that presentation parameters of audio data played by the first wearable device differ from presentation parameters of audio data played by the second wearable device.
5. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the first wearable device is a wireless earpiece.
6. A method comprising:
by a mobile device including one or more processors:
wirelessly receiving data from a microphone of a first wearable device;
recognizing a user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device; and
in response to recognizing the user gesture that includes covering at least a portion of the first wearable device using at least the data received from the microphone of the first wearable device, changing a volume at which the first wearable device plays audio data by altering a presentation parameter of audio data played by a second wearable device such that presentation parameters of audio data played by the first wearable device differ from presentation parameters of audio data played by the second wearable device.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first wearable device is a wireless earpiece.