Device and method for controlling a speaker according to priority data

A method comprising:

• processing, at an audio processor in communication with a speaker-controlling processor, remote audio data, the remote audio data remote to the speaker-controlling processor;
• assigning, at the audio processor, priority data to the remote audio data;
• providing, at the audio processor, the remote audio data and the priority data to the speaker-controlling processor;
• processing, at the speaker-controlling processor, local audio data, the local audio data local to the speaker-controlling processor;
• and
• controlling, at the speaker-controlling processor, a speaker, with respect to the local audio data and the remote audio data, according to the priority data,
• wherein the speaker-controlling processor and the at least one audio processor are in communication via a two-channel stereo bus having a left channel and a right channel, and the remote audio data includes stereo audio data comprising left audio data and right audio data, and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• converting, at the audio processor, the left audio data and the right audio data, of the stereo audio data, to mono audio data, prior to providing the remote audio data and the priority data to the speaker-controlling processor;
• and
• providing, at the audio processor, the remote audio data and the priority data to the speaker-controlling processor by:
• providing, at the audio processor, the mono audio data to the speaker-controlling processor via a first channel of the left channel and the right channel of the two-channel stereo bus;
• and
• providing, at the audio processor, the priority data the speaker-controlling processor via a second channel of the left channel and the right channel of the two-channel stereo bus.