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US 10,652,678 B2Granted
System and method for providing user location-based multi-zone media
AssigneeSound United, LLC
InventorsBradley M. Starobin, Matthew Lyons, Stuart W. Lumsden, Michael DiTullo, Paul O'Connor
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Abstract
A system and method for providing user location-based multi-zone media. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a first audio device operable to wirelessly receive and present audio content in a first audio zone;
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- a second audio device operable to wirelessly receive and present the audio content in a second audio zone different from the first audio zone, wherein a first audio signal output from the first audio device is operably synchronized, via a wireless signal, to a second audio signal output from the second audio device, and wherein the first audio signal is delayed relative to the second audio signal if a monitored listener is closer to the first audio device than the second audio device, and wherein the second audio signal is delayed relative to the first audio signal if the monitored listener is closer to the second audio device than the first audio device, and wherein a first volume of the first audio signal and a second volume of the second signal are independently controlled by the wireless signal.
A system, comprising:
- a first audio device operable to wirelessly receive and present audio content in a first audio zone, wherein:
- the first audio device is operable to wirelessly control a second audio device,
- the second audio device is operable to wirelessly receive and present the audio content in a second audio zone different from the first audio zone,
- a first audio signal output from the first audio device is operably synchronized to a second audio signal output from the second audio device, wherein the first audio signal is delayed relative to the second audio signal if a monitored listener is closer to the first audio device than the second audio device, and wherein the second audio signal is delayed relative to the first audio signal if the monitored listener is closer to the second audio device than the first audio device, and
- a first volume of the first audio signal and a second volume of the second signal are independently controlled.
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