Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for disrupting bone conduction signals. According to one aspect, a device can receive a signal via a communication path that is external to a body of a user associated with the device. The device can generate a disruption signal to disrupt the signal. The device can send the disruption signal through the body of the user to disrupt the signal.

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›1.independentA method comprising:nreceiving, at a device, a first instance of a signal via a communication path external to a body of a user, the user associated w…+7

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein sending, by the device, the disruption signal through the body of the user to disrupt the second instance of the signal…d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, at the device, the first instance of the signal via the communication path external to the body of the user …d2

›4.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein receiving, at the device, the first instance of the signal via the communication path external to the body of the user …d2+2

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein generating, by the device, the disruption signal comprises shifting a frequency of the signal to an inaudible range.d2

›8.↳ 1The method of claim 1, wherein generating, by the device, the disruption signal comprises generating the disruption signal with signal characteristics…d2

›9.independentA device comprising:na processor; anda memory that stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations…+7

›10.↳ 9The device of claim 9, wherein sending the disruption signal through the body of the user to disrupt the second instance of the signal comprises sendi…d2

›11.↳ 9The device of claim 9, wherein receiving the first instance of the signal via the communication path external to the body of the user associated with …d2

›12.↳ 9The device of claim 9, wherein receiving the first instance of the signal via the communication path external to the body of the user associated with …d2+3

›16.↳ 9The device of claim 9, wherein generating the disruption signal comprises generating the disruption signal with signal characteristics to cancel a por…d2

›17.independentA computer storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to perform operations…+3

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Section G — Physics

G08C19/12
G08C17/02

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related publication	US 20150137960 A1	21 May 2015

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