US 10,481,855 B2Granted

Interactive sound reproducing

AssigneeBose Corporation

InventorsPaul Eric Beckmann, Santiago Carvajal, Christopher H. Perry

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Abstract

An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the sound reproduction device with a computer. The computer provides audio signals from a plurality of sources, the sources including a computer CD player, digitally encoded computer files stored on the computer, and a computer network connected to the computer. The sound reproduction device further includes control buttons for controlling at least one of the computer CD player, the digitally encoded computer files and the computer network.

Claims25

Dependent claims

An audio system comprising:

(a) a sound reproduction device configured to operably connect to a plurality of remote digital music sources, the sound reproduction device comprising:
a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the remote digital music sources and convert the content to analog form;
an electroacoustical transducer;
and
a manually-operable control;
and
(b) a software program configured to run on a separate computer having a display, wherein the software program provides a user interface configured to present on the display of the computer a first set of user-assignable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the first set of preset indicators is configured such that a user can assign to it an entity corresponding to one of the remote digital music sources, and wherein:
the manually-operable control on the sound reproduction device is used to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, and
following activation of the manually-operable control to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, the user interface of the computer is caused to display a visible indication of the selected entity.

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Facts

Application: 15/590,625Filed 9 May 2017 · continuation
Priority: 12 Oct 2000
Published: US 2017/0242654 A124 Aug 2017
Granted: 19 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

H04B 1/20
Circuits: for coupling gramophone pick-up, recorder output, or microphone to receiver
G06F 3/04847
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
G06F 16/68
Of audio data: retrieval characterised by using metadata, e.g. metadata not derived from the content or metadata generated manually

Family

Application09/689,337Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Oct 2000
Application11/608,034Parent of this continuation · filed 7 Dec 2006
US 7,277,765 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Oct 2007
Application12/541,742Parent of this continuation · filed 14 Aug 2009
Application13/427,404Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Mar 2012
Application13/728,188Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Dec 2012
US 8,364,295 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Jan 2013
US 8,401,682 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Mar 2013
Application14/610,461Parent of this continuation · filed 30 Jan 2015
US 8,977,375 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Mar 2015
Application14/955,413Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Dec 2015
US 9,223,538 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Dec 2015
US 2017/0242654 A1Pre-grant publication · published 24 Aug 2017
US 10,140,084 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2007/0142945 A1Published application
US 2010/0179672 A1Published application
US 2012/0281852 A1Published application
US 2013/0158693 A1Published application
US 2015/0142148 A1Published application
US 2016/0154623 A1Published application
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