Apple Files Patent for iPhone Audio-Sharing Network

Apple has filed a patent for an audio-sharing network that would combine audio from multiple iPhones to create one clear stream that other users could listen to, reports Patently Apple.

In Apple's first scenario, they describe the use of an iPhone within the context of an audio-sharing network. If a group of iPhone users are scattered throughout a lecture hall and they collectively turn on their iPhone's audio-sharing network feature by clicking on a homepage icon (see below in FIG. 2), they would experience an enhanced audio experience. By collecting and sharing ambient audio, some of which may be pertinent (e.g., the lecturer's comments and/or questions from those in attendance) and some of which may not be pertinent (e.g., murmurs, faint sounds, noise, and so forth) the audio experience can be enhanced.

The member devices of the audio-sharing network located throughout the lecture hall could provide audio to their respective users by combining or processing the various audio streams shared by the audio-sharing network to obtain personalized audio streams.


Another use exactly is a teleconference where conferees seated around a table could have iPhones that are used to form an audio-sharing network.

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