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US 9,137,602 B2Granted
System with speaker, transceiver and related devices
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsAvrum G. Mayman, Scott Talbot Yewell, Lee Zamir, Laszlo Otto Drimusz
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Abstract
A system includes a housing, a speaker included in the housing, and a first transceiver to wirelessly transmit and receive audio content and control information. The speaker is able to produce audible signals from the audio content received by the transceiver.
Claims29
A system comprising
- a housing;
- a speaker included in the housing;
- a transceiver to wirelessly transmit and receive audio content and control information, the speaker being able to produce audible signals from the audio content received by the transceiver;
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- a remote control that is able to control operation of the speaker and the transceiver, the remote control also being able to transmit a signal for selecting one or more remote speakers for operation which are remote from the housing, wherein the remote control can be used to control operations of one or more of the remote speakers, wherein the operations include one or more of volume control, balance, mute and equalization.
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A device, comprising:
- a remote control that is able to control operation of a speaker that is included in a housing as well as a transceiver that is associated with the housing, the transceiver being able to wirelessly transmit and receive audio content and control information, the speaker being able to produce audible signals from the audio content received by the transceiver, the remote control also being able to transmit a signal for selecting one or more remote speakers for operation which are remote from the housing, wherein the remote control can be used to control operations of one or more of the remote speakers, wherein the operations controlled by the remote control include playback parameters, and wherein the playback parameters include one or more of volume control, balance, mute and equalization.
A system comprising
- a housing;
- a speaker included in the housing;
- a first transceiver to wirelessly transmit and receive audio content and control information, the speaker being able to produce audible signals from the audio content received by the transceiver;
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- a remote speaker which is remote from the housing and which has a selector switch which can be placed in a state such that the remote speaker can be grouped with other remote speakers, one or more of the remote speakers being able to wirelessly communicate with the first transceiver;
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- a remote control that is able to control operation of the speaker and the transceiver, the remote control also being able to transmit a signal for selecting the remote speaker for operation, wherein the remote control can be used to control operations of the remote speaker, and wherein the operations include one or more of volume control, balance, mute and equalization.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.