US 11,716,564 B2
Management of computing device microphones
Angineh Aghakiant, San Jose, CA (US); John Handy Bosma, Leander, TX (US); Amitabha Das, San Jose, CA (US); and Raj Desai, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/583,419.
Prior Publication US 2021/0099794 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. H04R 3/00 (2006.01); G10L 15/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/70 (2013.01)
CPC H04R 3/005 (2013.01) [G06F 21/70 (2013.01); G10L 15/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); G10L 2015/088 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving an enable secure audio indicator;
in response to receiving the enable secure audio indicator, identifying a set of computing devices; and
initiating a communication to each device in the set of computing devices, the communication including an instruction to disable a microphone associated with each respective device.