US 11,775,252 B2
Interaction of sound, silent and mute modes in an electronic device
Patrick Coffman, San Francisco, CA (US); Meriko Borogove, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan Bennett, San Francisco, CA (US); Gregory Chapman, San Jose, CA (US); Anthony Guetta, San Carlos, CA (US); Deepak Iyer, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Eric Johnson, Morgan Hill, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/871,185.
Application 17/871,185 is a continuation of application No. 16/911,742, filed on Jun. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,422,769.
Application 16/911,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/544,195, filed on Aug. 19, 2019, granted, now 10,725,731, issued on Jul. 28, 2020.
Application 16/544,195 is a continuation of application No. 15/729,425, filed on Oct. 10, 2017, granted, now 10,387,109, issued on Aug. 20, 2019.
Application 15/729,425 is a continuation of application No. 14/594,775, filed on Jan. 12, 2015, granted, now 9,792,083, issued on Oct. 17, 2017.
Application 14/594,775 is a continuation of application No. 12/895,464, filed on Sep. 30, 2010, granted, now 8,934,645, issued on Jan. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/298,456, filed on Jan. 26, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2023/0018798 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 29/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G06F 16/683 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 3/165 (2013.01) [G06F 16/683 (2019.01); H04R 29/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An application in a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to be executed on an electronic device, the application operative to:
based on one or more detected conditions, switch between i) preventing audio from being output to one or more speakers of the electronic device through a first audio output route and ii) providing the audio for output to the one or more speakers of the electronic device through the first audio output route;
detect whether an accessory is coupled to the electronic device; and
in response to detecting that the accessory is coupled to the electronic device, i) prevent the audio from being output to the one or more speakers through the first audio output route, and ii) provide the audio for output to the accessory through a second audio output route, wherein the second audio output route couples the accessory to the electronic device with a Bluetooth audio route.