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Meta patents method for combining audio from two devices

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Meta describes a technique where a first device records sound from the environment and receives a copy of that sound from a second device. It then combines these two audio signals to create a modified version, which is sent back to the second device for playback.

Why it mattersThis could improve how multiple connected devices handle sound, potentially reducing echo or enhancing audio clarity in multi-device setups.

In the filing’s own words

A computer-implemented method comprises detecting, by an audio sensor communicatively coupled to the computer of a first device, a first instance of an audio signal from an environment external to the first device, the first device being communicatively coupled to a second device that receives a second instance of the audio signal, receiving, by the first device, a second instance of the audio signal from the second device that is communicatively coupled to the first device, generating by the first device, using the first instance of the audio signal and the second instance of the audio signal, a modified audio signal, and transmitting the modified audio signal to the second device for output.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising: detecting, by an audio sensor communicatively coupled to the computer of a first device, a first instance of an audio signal from an environment external to the first device, the first device being communicatively coupled to a second device that receives a second instance of the audio signal; receiving, by the first device, a second instance of the audio signal from the second device that is communicatively coupled to the first device; generating by the first device, using the first instance of the audio signal and the second instance of the audio signal, a modified audio signal; and transmitting the modified audio signal to the second device for output.

Facts

Company
Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title
MULTI-DEVICE INPUT BASED SHARED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Publication number
US20260310401A1
Application number
19636467
Filed
Apr 1, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
6
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 3/165 Physics & computingG06F 3/162 Physics & computingG06F 40/58 Physics & computingG10L 21/0216 Physics & computingG10L 21/055 Physics & computingG10L 21/057 Physics & computing
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