US Patent 8054948 Audio experience for a communications device user

A system and associated methods provide an audio experience such that a user spatially perceives one or more audio events. One particular method set forth involves obtaining audio events and presenting the audio events so that an audio experience is provided. According to one embodiment of the method, upon obtaining audio events, the audio events are associated with one or more corresponding audio components. Thereafter, the audio experience is determined based on the audio events and associated audio components. The audio experience is then presented such that the user may spatially perceive the audio events.