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Method and system for audio sharing

  • US 10,390,122 B2
  • Filed: 12/23/2015
  • Issued: 08/20/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A first headphone system for sharing audio with one or more second headphone systems, the first headphone system comprising:

  • a first module configured to communicate with a first audio device, the first module further configured to receive first audio data from the first audio device;

    a set of one or more first speakers configured to output a first instance of first audio based on the first audio data;

    at least one microphone configured to receive first voice data from a user while the set of one or more first speakers is outputting the first instance of first audio;

    a second module configured to establish a wireless network to communicate with one or more second headphone systems over one or more unicast communication channels; and

    a first processor configured to stream the first audio data from the first audio device over a respective unicast communication channel of the one or more unicast communication channels on the wireless network to each of the one or more second headphone systems, each of the one or more second headphone systems configured to output a respective second instance of the first audio based on the first audio data from the first audio device, the first processor further configured to communicate the first voice data to each of the one or more second headphone systems over the wireless network, each of the one or more second headphone systems configured to generate a respective instance of first voice output based on the first voice data while each of the one or more second headphone systems is outputting the respective second instance of the first audio, the first processor further configured to receive over the wireless network second voice data from at least one of the one or more second headphone systems, the set of one or more first speakers further configured to output an instance of second voice output based on the second voice data while the set of one or more first speakers is outputting the first instance of the first audio.

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