Selective suppression of audio emitted from an audio source

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10019979
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15713232

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Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to implement selective suppression of audio emitted from an audio source are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed herein include a speaker, an audio output driver in communication with the speaker, memory including computer readable instructions, and a processor. In some disclosed example apparatus, the processor is to execute the instructions to perform operations including obtaining reference audio data corresponding to an audio signal to be output subsequently by the audio source and including identification data identifying the audio source, and in response to an input selection corresponding to the identification data, generating a suppression signal to provide to the audio output driver, the suppression signal based on the reference audio data and a time delay between a first time at which the reference audio data was received and a second time at which the audio signal is to be output by the audio source.

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AT&T MOBILITY II LLC1025 LENOX PARK BLVD ATLANTA GA 30319

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  • 2017 Application Filing Year
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  • 6751 Applications Filed
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Fix, Jeremy Acworth, US 126 1843
Kosseifi, Mario Roswell, US 103 1670
Meredith, Sheldon Kent Marietta, US 247 2184

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