# US 2016/0366533 A1 · Dynamic Positional Audio

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- Number: US 2016/0366533 A1
- Document ID: US20160366533A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/178,131
- Filed: 2016-06-09
- Published: 2016-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2014-08-25
- Assignees: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Applicants: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
- Inventors: Chris Robinson; Shawn Kercher; Derek Johnson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366533A1

## CPC

- H04S 7/308: {Electronic adaptation dependent on speaker or headphone connection}
- G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path}
- H04R 3/12: for distributing signals to two or more loudspeakers {(specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)}
- H04R 5/04: Circuit arrangements, {e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments (combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S)}
- H04S 7/303: {Tracking of listener position or orientation}
- H04R 3/005: {for combining the signals of two or more microphones (specially adapted for hearing aids H04R25/407)}
- H04R 2227/005: Audio distribution systems for home, i.e. multi-room use
- H04R 2400/03: Transducers capable of generating both sound as well as tactile vibration, e.g. as used in cellular phones
- H04S: STEREOPHONIC SYSTEMS
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)

## Abstract

System and methods for providing dynamic positional audio are disclosed. Methods can comprise determining availability of one or more devices to output audio and determining a location of the one or more available devices. Audio information can be received and at least a portion of the audio information can be configured to generate assigned audio information based on the determined location of the available devices. The assigned audio information can be transmitted to the available devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method comprising:
determining a plurality of available devices to output audio;
determining a first location of a first device and a second location of a second device of the plurality of available devices;
receiving audio information;
generating a first assigned audio signal based on the received audio information and the first location;
generating a second assigned audio signal based on the received audio information and the second location, wherein one or more of generating the first assigned audio signal and generating the second assigned audio signal comprises encoding a portion of the received audio information;
transmitting the first assigned audio signal to the first device; and
transmitting the second assigned audio signal to the second device.