US 12,256,205 B2
Wireless headphone interactions
David Chance Graham, Columbus, OH (US); Patrick L. Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Thomas S. Hulbert, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Cyrus Daniel Irani, Menlo Park, CA (US); and Daniel Max Strongwater, Santa Fe, NM (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/394,413.
Application 18/394,413 is a continuation of application No. 17/503,145, filed on Oct. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,863,954.
Application 17/503,145 is a continuation of application No. 16/550,139, filed on Aug. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,153,687, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/722,751, filed on Aug. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129670 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04R 5/04 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/033 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/04 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 9/542 (2013.01); G10L 21/0208 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/033 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device that is configured to communicate with an external audio output device, comprising:
a display device;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the display device, a first user interface, wherein the first user interface includes concurrent display, in the same user interface, of:
a first selectable user interface object, displayed in the first user interface, that, when selected, causes the external audio output device to be configured to a sound transparency mode that includes active pass-through of ambient sounds; and
a second selectable user interface object, displayed in the first user interface, that, when selected, causes the external audio output device to be configured to a noise cancellation mode that includes active cancellation of ambient sounds.