IP Library Granted Patent US 11,729,312
Granted Patent B2
US 11,729,312 · App. 17/449,634 · Granted Aug 15, 2023

Hearing accommodation

Inventor: David Thomson (Bountiful, UT)
Assignee: Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC
H04M3/42391G10L15/22G10L15/26G10L25/51H04M1/2475H04M1/72475H04M2201/18H04M2201/38H04M2201/40H04M2201/42
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Patent No.
US 11,729,312
App. No.
17/449,634
Granted
Aug 15, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method may include obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device and obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device. The method may also include obtaining a characteristic of the communication session from one or more of: the first audio signal, the second audio signal, and settings of the communication device and determining a hearing level of a user of the communication device using the characteristic of the communication session.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

obtaining a first audio signal including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device;

obtaining a second audio signal including second speech originating at the communication device during the communication session between the remote device and the communication device;

obtaining a characteristic of the communication session from one or more of: the first audio signal, the second audio signal, and settings of the communication device;

determining a hearing level of a user of the communication device using the characteristic of the communication session; and

in response to the determined hearing level, adjusting a presentation provided by the communication device to the user, the presentation including a transcription of audio obtained at the device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes providing a summary of the transcription for presentation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes adjusting the transcription by changing a system used to generate the transcription of the audio.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating the transcription of the audio.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presentation includes audio broadcast by the communication device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes presenting portions of a face on a display of the communication device, the portions of the face adjusting according to words in audio broadcast by the communication device.

7. A device comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more computer-readable media coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more computer-readable media configured to store instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

obtaining first data including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and the device;

obtaining second data of a user of the device including second speech originating at the device;

determining a hearing level of the user of the device from one or more of: the first data, the second data, and settings of the device; and

in response to the determined hearing level, adjusting a presentation provided by the device to the user, the presentation including a transcription of audio obtained at the device.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes providing a summary of the transcription for presentation.

9. The device of claim 7 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes adjusting the transcription by directing a change in a transcription system used to generate the transcription of the audio.

10. The device of claim 7 , wherein the presentation includes audio broadcast by the device.

11. The device of claim 7 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes presenting portions of a face on a display of the device, the portions of the face adjusting according to words in audio broadcast by the device.

12. A method comprising:

obtaining first data including first speech originating at a remote device during a communication session between the remote device and a communication device;

obtaining second data of a user of the communication device including second speech originating at the communication device;

determining a hearing level of the user of the communication device from one or more of: the first data, the second data, and settings of the communication device; and

in response to the determined hearing level, adjusting a presentation provided by the communication device to the user including presenting portions of a face on a display of the communication device, the portions of the face adjusting according to words in audio broadcast by the communication device.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the presentation includes a transcription of audio obtained at the communication device.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes providing a summary of the transcription for presentation.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the adjusting the presentation includes adjusting the transcription by changing a system used to generate the transcription of the audio.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising generating the transcription of the audio.

17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the presentation includes audio broadcast by the communication device.

Assignments (5)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2024
From: SORENSON COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; INTERACTIVECARE, LLC; CAPTIONCALL, LLC
To: OAKTREE FUND ADMINISTRATION, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 067573/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: CAPTIONCALL, LLC
To: SORENSON IP HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 057728/0835 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: BOEKWEG, SCOTT; HOLM, MICHAEL; PETERSON, BRUCE; THOMSON, DAVID
To: CAPTIONCALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 057728/0871 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: SOROKINA, ALENA; SULEIMENOVA, BANU; BIRLIKOV, SHOKHAN; ANUAR, SHARAFUDINOV
To: AILABS, IP
Reel/Frame 057728/0919 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 7, 2021
From: AILABS, IP
To: CAPTIONCALL, LLC
Reel/Frame 057748/0434 →