US 9,177,052 B2Granted

Audio systems and related devices and methods

AssigneeBose Corporation

InventorsGlenn Gomes-Casseres, Yong Gao, Conor Sheehan, John Michael Sakalowsky

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Abstract

A method for managing presets in an audio system is provided. The method includes syncing preset assignments on a plurality of audio playback devices such that preset assignments on any one of the audio playback devices correspond to respective preset assignments on each of the other audio playback devices, and, such that, if one of the preset assignments is changed on one of the audio playback devices, each of the other audio playback devices is automatically updated such that a corresponding change is made to a corresponding preset assignment on each of the other audio playback devices. Each of the preset assignments is an assignment of an entity associated with one of a plurality of digital audio sources to one of a plurality of preset indicators on the corresponding one of the audio playback devices.

Claims28

Dependent claims

An audio playback device configured to operably connect to a plurality of digital audio sources, the audio playback device comprising:

a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the digital audio sources and convert to analog form;
an electro-acoustic transducer;
a set of user-selectable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it an entity associated with the plurality of digital audio sources;
wherein the audio playback device is configured to:
update one or more preset assignments based on user input, each of the preset assignments representing an assignment of an entity associated with one of the digital audio sources to a corresponding one of the preset indicators;
and to
send information regarding the update to the one or more preset assignments to a remote server,
and wherein the audio playback device is further configured to:
receive notification from an other audio playback device regarding changes to preset assignments associated with the other audio playback device;
and, in response to receiving the notification regarding changes to the preset assignments on the other audio playback device, to update one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device such that the preset assignments on the audio playback device are synchronized with the preset assignments on the other audio playback device, and
wherein, in response to receiving the notification from the other audio playback device, the audio playback device is configured to update the one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device by:
contacting the remote server to request update information;
and
updating the one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device based on the update information received from the remote server such that the preset assignments on the audio playback devices are synchronized with the preset assignments on the other audio playback device,
wherein the update information is an updated list of preset assignments, and
wherein the remote server is separate and remote from the audio playback device and the other audio playback device.

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An audio playback device configured to operably connect to a plurality of digital audio sources, the audio playback device comprising:

a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the digital audio sources and convert to analog form;
an electro-acoustic transducer;
and
a set of user-selectable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it an entity associated with the plurality of digital audio sources,
wherein the audio playback device is configured to:
update one or more preset assignments based on user input, each of the preset assignments representing an assignment of an entity associated with one of the digital audio sources to a corresponding one of the preset indicators;
and to
notify one or more other audio playback devices within an audio system regarding the update to the one or more preset assignments, and
wherein the audio playback device is further configured to:
receive notification from an other audio playback device, within the audio system, regarding changes to preset assignments on the other audio playback device;
and, in response to receiving the notification from the other audio playback device, to update one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device such that the preset assignments on the audio playback device are synchronized with the preset assignments on the other audio playback device,
wherein, in response to receiving the notification regarding changes to the preset assignments on the other audio playback device, the audio playback device is configured to contact a remote server to request update information;
and to
update the one or more preset assignments on the audio playback device based on the update information received from the remote server such that the preset assignments on the audio playback device are synchronized with the preset assignments on the other audio playback device,
wherein the update information is an updated list of preset assignments, and
wherein the remote server is separate and remote from the audio playback device and the other audio playback device.

13 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/857,475Filed 5 Apr 2013 · continuation
Priority: 15 Mar 2013
Published: US 2014/0277639 A118 Sep 2014
Granted: 3 Nov 2015
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification15 codes

G06F 3/165
Sound input; Sound output: management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
G06F 16/27
Of structured data, e.g. relational data: replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database…
G06F 16/273
Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system…:…
G06F 16/60
Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor: of audio data

Family

Application13/833,394Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Mar 2013
US 2014/0277644 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 Sep 2014
US 2014/0277639 A1Published application
US 9,330,169 B2Related patent
US 9,177,052 B2This patent

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