Architecture for a wireless media system

• US 10,367,593 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2018
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arria Live Media, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Arria Live Media, Inc.
• Inventors: Arrington, Edward D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu X
• Application Number:
  US16/057,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20190081715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 357 Days
• Field of Search: 455 306
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/423 Transmitter side
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/71 Wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

A media system that includes one or more wireless portions.

Claims

1. An audio system comprising:

(a) a transmitter system that includes a microphone for receiving an analog audio source and a transmitter module wirelessly transmitting a transmission signal representative of said analog audio source;

(b) said transmitter module transmitting said transmission signal in a UHF-band;

(c) said transmitter module supporting both unicast and broadcast modalities transmitting and receiving digital data in a 2.4 GHz band, where said digital data is at least one of control data for controlling said audio system and status data for the status of said audio system;

(d) said transmitter module configured to not being capable of sending said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source using said 2.4 GHz band;

(e) a receiver system remote from said transmitter module that includes a receiver module for wirelessly receiving said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source and converting a received said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source to a line-level audio output;

(f) said receiver system incorporating a module supporting both unicast and broadcast modalities transmitting and receiving digital data in a 2.4 GHz band, where said digital data is at least one of control data for controlling said audio system and status data for the status of said audio system.

2. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said microphone is hand-held.

3. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmitter module includes a body pack and said microphone.

4. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said digital data includes parameters of said transmitter system.

5. The audio system of claim 4 wherein said parameters includes at least one of (a) an assigned name, (b) a gain setting, (c) an equalization setting, (d) an effect send level, and (e) a scene data.

6. The audio system of claim 5 wherein said parameters are uniquely identified with said transmitter system by said receiver system based upon said parameters.

7. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system include a communication module that is capable of sending and receiving communication data over a wired packet switched network to send and receive communication data with another receiver system separate from said UHF-band and said 2.4 GHz band.

8. The audio system of claim 7 wherein said receiver system transmits said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source to said another receiver system, said another receiver system converting said transmission signal representative of said to analog audio source to another line-level audio output.

9. The audio system of claim 7 wherein said communication module includes no more than one connection for said packed switched network.

10. The audio system of claim 7 further comprising said another receiver system remote from said transmitter module that includes another receiver module for wirelessly another receiving another transmission signal representative of another analog audio source and converting said another received said another transmission signal representative of said another analog audio source to another line-level audio output.

11. The audio system of claim 10 wherein said another receiver system include another communication module that is capable of sending and receiving communication data over said packet switched network to send and receive communication data with said receiver system.

12. The audio system of claim 11 wherein said receiver system and said another receiver system are arranged in a peer to peer manner.

13. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system includes no accessible controls on the external thereof.

14. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system includes no accessible indicators on the external thereof.

15. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system includes no accessible display on the external thereof.

16. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system includes no accessible controls on the external thereof, said receiver system includes no accessible indicators on the external thereof;

said receiver system includes no accessible display on the external thereof, and said communication module includes no more than one connection for a packed switched network.

17. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system scans a radio-frequency environment upon being powered upon.

18. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system scans a radio-frequency environment upon a request being made from a transmitter system.

19. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system scans a radio-frequency environment upon a request being made from a networked based computing device.

20. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system periodically scans a radio-frequency environment while not being paired with a corresponding transmitter system.

21. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system periodically scans a radio-frequency environment when it is determined sufficient computational resources are available so as to not interfere with the receiver system being capable of receiving and processing other data.

22. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system scans a radio-frequency environment based upon a quality of said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source.

23. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system scans a radio-frequency environment based upon a change in quality of said transmission signal representative of said analog audio source.

24. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system based upon a scan of a radio-frequency environment modifies a frequency to receive said transmission signal.

25. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmitter system based upon a scan of a radio-frequency environment modifies a frequency to transmit said transmission signal.

26. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmitter system modifies a frequency for transmission of said transmission signal based upon said audio system scanning a local radio frequency environment.

27. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said receiver system modifies a frequency for receiving of said transmission signal based upon said audio system scanning a local radio frequency environment.

28. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmitter system modifies a power level used for transmitting said transmission signal in a UHF-band based upon received signal strength at said receiver system.

29. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmitter system modifies said power level used for transmitting said transmission signal in a UHF-band based upon received signal strength at multiple ones of said receiver system.

30. The audio system of claim 1 wherein said transmission signal is uniquely labeled with an identifier that identifies said microphone.