US 11,875,770 B2
Systems and methods for selectively providing audio alerts
Madhusudhan Seetharam, Karnataka (IN); Vikram Makam Gupta, Karnataka (IN); and Sahir Nasir, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by ROVI GUIDES, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/878,295.
Application 17/878,295 is a continuation of application No. 17/252,780, granted, now 11,437,010, previously published as PCT/US2018/058007, filed on Oct. 29, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0054597 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. G10K 11/178 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04S 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC G10K 11/17837 (2018.01) [G10K 11/17823 (2018.01); G10K 11/17827 (2018.01); G10K 11/17883 (2018.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04S 7/40 (2013.01); G10K 2210/1081 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing a listener audio environment via a speaker device, comprising:
the speaker device;
control circuitry configured to:
at least partially acoustically isolate the listener audio environment from the external audio environment;
receive first audio content at the speaker device;
determine a time shift for an alert from the external audio environment, wherein the alert comprises one or more sounds from the external audio environment that can be reproduced at the speaker device; and
generate the listener audio environment by playing the first audio content and sounds from the external audio environment, at a time based on the time shift, through one or more speakers of the speaker device.