Wireless Sound Tranmission System and Method

A system for providing sound, the system comprising:

• an audio receiving device, wherein the audio receiving device is configured to:
• receive audio sounds and convert the audio sounds to audio data;
• transmit the audio data via a digital wireless link,
• wherein the audio data is transmitted as audio data packets in separate slots of a frame structure,
• wherein the frame structure comprises a listening slot during which at least one of the synchronized network members listens;
• a listening device, wherein the listening device is configured to:
• receive the transmitted audio data and provide an output audio signal to a user;
• synchronize the audio receiving device and the listening device to form a wireless network comprising the audio receiving device and the listening device as synchronized network members;
• and
• a remote control device configured to transmit control data to the listening device or the audio receiving device in a control data block based on a sequence pattern,
• wherein the sequence pattern is based at least partially on a duration and periodicity of the listening slot, and
• wherein the remote control device is not a synchronized network member.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause a system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving audio signals;
• converting the audio signals into audio data;
• transmitting the audio data via a digital wireless link from a transmission unit to a receiver unit;
• synchronizing the receiver unit and the transmitting unit to form a wireless network comprising the transmission unit and the receiver unit as synchronized network members;
• providing sound to a user based at least partially on the audio data received at the receiver unit,
• wherein the audio data is transmitted as audio data packets in separate slots of a frame structure,
• wherein the frame structure comprises a listening slot during which at least one of the synchronized network members listens;
• and
• transmitting control data from an external control device to the receiver unit in a control data block based on a sequence pattern,
• wherein the sequence pattern is based at least partially on a duration and periodicity of the listening slot, and
• wherein the external control device is not a synchronized network member.