Musical Instrument Mixer
AssigneePorto Vinci Ltd. Limited Liability Company
InventorPatrick T. Igoe
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Abstract
A method of managing a power state of devices in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of a plurality of devices, where the plurality of devices includes at least one sink device and at least one source device. A selection of one of the source devices is received for presentation of program content to a user in the home entertainment system. A subset of the at least one sink device is determined for presentation of the program content to the user based on the selection of the source device. Each sink device in the subset of the at least one sink device is ensured to be active.
Claims21
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A method for presenting audio data using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:
- transmitting a first instruction to at least one musical source device registered with a wireless home entertainment hub to transmit audio data to a musical instrument mixing device;
- controlling the musical instrument mixing device to downmix the audio data based on available channels in a current sink device configuration;
- transmitting a second instruction to at least one musical sink device registered with a wireless home entertainment hub to receive downmixed audio data from the musical instrument mixing device;
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- transmitting a third instruction to the at least one musical source device to increment an internal reference count based on transmitting the downmixed audio data to the at least one musical sink device, wherein the internal reference count describes a number of zones, from a plurality of zones, receiving the downmixed audio data, wherein each zone comprises at least one sink device.
A method for presenting audio data using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:
- receiving audio data from at least one musical source device in response to a first instruction from the wireless home entertainment hub;
- downmixing the audio data based on available channels in a current sink device configuration;
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- transmitting the downmixed audio data to at least one musical sink device in response to a second instruction from the wireless home entertainment hub, wherein the at least one musical source device comprises an internal reference count incremented based on the transmitting of the downmixed audio data to the at least one musical sink device, wherein the internal reference count describes a number of zones, from a plurality of zones, receiving the downmixed audio data, and wherein each zone comprises at least one sink device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.