Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts

1. A method for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device, comprising: playing first audio content through a speaker;

capturing, via a microphone, second audio content comprising an alert;

suppressing output of the second audio content through the speaker by using noise cancellation;

identifying the alert within the second audio content;

determining a priority level of the alert;

determining a time shift for the alert; and

in response to determining, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, audibly reproducing the alert via the speaker at a time based on the time shift, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining a prioritization factor for the alert, wherein the priority level is determined based on the prioritization factor.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the prioritization factor is based on a type of the alert, a vocal characteristic of the alert, or a location, speed, or direction of motion of an alert source, from which the alert is captured, or the speaker device.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining, based on the location of the alert source and the location of the speaker device, a distance between the alert source and the speaker device, wherein the determining the priority level is further based on the distance.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising comparing the direction of motion of the alert source to the direction of motion of the speaker device, wherein the determining the priority level is further based on a result of the comparing.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the obtaining the prioritization factor includes obtaining a location of the speaker device based on a geo-location subsystem of the speaker device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the microphone is one of a plurality of microphones via which the second audio content is captured, and the method further comprises:

generating a multi-dimensional map of the second audio content; and

identifying, based on the map, a location, direction of motion, or speed of an alert source from which the alert is captured.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing alert audio fingerprints in an alert profile database, wherein the identifying the alert comprises:

generating an audio fingerprint based on the second audio content; and

identifying the alert based on the generated audio fingerprint and the alert audio fingerprints.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second audio content is captured from a first audio environment and the alert is audibly reproduced in a second audio environment, the first audio environment being at least partially acoustically isolated from the second audio environment.

10. A system for selectively providing audio alerts via a speaker device, comprising: a speaker configured to play first audio content;

a microphone configured to capture second audio content comprising an alert; and control circuitry configured to:

suppress output of the second audio content through the speaker by using noise cancellation;

identify the alert within the second audio content;

determine a priority level of the alert;

determine a time shift for the alert; and

in response to determining, based on the priority level, that the alert should be reproduced, cause the speaker to audibly reproduce the alert at a time based on the time shift, with the first audio content or instead of the first audio content.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to obtain a prioritization factor for the alert, wherein the priority level is determined based on the prioritization factor.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the prioritization factor is based on a type of the alert, a vocal characteristic of the alert, or a location, speed, or direction of motion of an alert source, from which the alert is captured, or the speaker device.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to determine, based on the location of the alert source and the location of the speaker device, a distance between the alert source and the speaker device, wherein the determining the priority level is further based on the distance.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the control circuitry is further configured to compare the direction of motion of the alert source to the direction of motion of the speaker device; wherein the determining the priority level is further based on a result of the comparing.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to obtain the prioritization factor at least in part by obtaining a location of the speaker device based on a geo-location subsystem of the speaker device.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the microphone is one of a plurality of microphones via which the second audio content is captured, and the control circuitry is further configured to:

generate a multi-dimensional map of the second audio content; and

identify, based on the map, a location; direction of motion, or speed of an alert source from which the alert is captured.

17. The system of claim 10 , further comprising a memory configured to store alert audio fingerprints in an alert profile database, wherein the control circuitry is configured to identify the alert at least in part by:

generating an audio fingerprint based on the second audio content; and

identifying the alert based on the generated audio fingerprint and the alert audio fingerprints.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the microphone is configured to capture the second audio content from a first audio environment and the speaker is configured to audibly reproduce the alert in a second audio environment, the first audio environment being at least partially acoustically isolated from the second audio environment.