Wireless multi-user audio system
OwnerMartin Reed Bodley, Jean-Pierre Carney +1inventors
InventorsMartin Reed Bodley, Jean-Pierre Carney, Donald William Kugler, JR.
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Abstract
Various methods and devices are provided for a wireless audio system for a number of users. The system includes a base unit that is adapted to removably store, recharge and communicate with personal microphone modules, table-top microphones, and audio adapters. The system also includes a plurality of personal microphone modules that each are adapted to be removable and coupled to a user's clothing, and to communicate wirelessly with the base unit, and table-top microphones that are adapted to communicate wirelessly with the base unit.
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A wireless audio system for use in audio conferencing among a plurality of users, comprising:
- at least one base unit having a plurality of unique audio channels that is configured to communicate with at least one audio adapter;
- and
- at least one audio adapter, each adapter being configured to be registered with the base unit such that pairing information is passed between the registered audio adapter and the base unit to allow the registered audio adapter to receive information from the base unit, said information comprising an assignment of a unique channel for communication with the base unit;
- wherein the at least one audio adapter is configured to be removably coupled to a conventional wireless microphone and to communicate wirelessly with a single base unit at any time.
A plurality of wireless audio microphone systems for use in audio conferencing among a plurality of users, comprising:
- two or more base units, each having a plurality of unique audio channels and being configured to communicate with a least one personal microphone module (PMM) and at least one audio adapter;
- one or more PMMs that each comprise a mutable microphone and are configured to be removably coupled to a user to communicate wirelessly with on base unit at any time using one or the unique audio channels;
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- one or more audio adapters configured to removably couple to a conventional wireless microphone and communicate wirelessly with on unit at any time using one of the unique audio channels;
- wherein a wireless link can be established between a PMM or an audio adapter and a first base unit and the PMM or the audio adapter is automatically muted when the link is established;
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- wherein the wireless link between the PMM or the audio adapter and the first base unit can be deactivated and a wireless link can be established with a second base unit when the PMM or the audio adapter is registered with the second base unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.