Patents by Inventor Zaccariah Bowling

Zaccariah Bowling has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Modification of distracting sounds
    Patent number: 10133542
    Abstract: A system comprising at least one processor; and at least one storage device. The storage device(s) store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: prior to enabling output of an audio signal based on an audio data stream, detect, within the audio data stream, an indication of a target sound that corresponds to one of a plurality of sounds that are expected to cause distraction, replace, within the audio data stream, the indication of the target sound with an indication of a replacement sound, wherein the replacement sound is a less distracting version of the target sound, and after replacing the indication of the target sound with the indication of the replacement sound, output the audio data stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventor: Zaccariah Bowling
  • MODIFICATION OF DISTRACTING SOUNDS
    Publication number: 20180181366
    Abstract: A system comprising at least one processor; and at least one storage device. The storage device(s) store instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to: prior to enabling output of an audio signal based on an audio data stream, detect, within the audio data stream, an indication of a target sound that corresponds to one of a plurality of sounds that are expected to cause distraction, replace, within the audio data stream, the indication of the target sound with an indication of a replacement sound, wherein the replacement sound is a less distracting version of the target sound, and after replacing the indication of the target sound with the indication of the replacement sound, output the audio data stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventor: Zaccariah Bowling