ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,272, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Proactive actions based on audio and body movement" was invented by Brian W. Temple (Santa Clara, Calif.), Devin W. Chalmers (Oakland, Calif.) and Thomas G. Salter (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine that a user is interested in audio content by determining that a movement (e.g., a user's head bob) has a time-based relationship with detected audio content (e.g., the beat of music playing in the background). Some implementations involve obtaining first se...