Interactive sound reproducing
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1. An audio system comprising:
- (a) a sound reproduction device configured to operably connect to a plurality of remote digital music sources, the sound reproduction device comprising;
a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the remote digital music sources and convert the content to analog form;
an electroacoustical transducer; and
a manually-operable control; and
(b) a software program configured to run on a separate computer having a display, wherein the software program provides a user interface configured to present on the display of the computer a first set of user-assignable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the first set of preset indicators is configured such that a user can assign to it an entity corresponding to one of the remote digital music sources, and wherein;
the manually-operable control on the sound reproduction device is used to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, andfollowing activation of the manually-operable control to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, the user interface of the computer is caused to display a visible indication of the selected entity.
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Abstract
An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the sound reproduction device with a computer. The computer provides audio signals from a plurality of sources, the sources including a computer CD player, digitally encoded computer files stored on the computer, and a computer network connected to the computer. The sound reproduction device further includes control buttons for controlling at least one of the computer CD player, the digitally encoded computer files and the computer network.
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25 Claims
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1. An audio system comprising:
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(a) a sound reproduction device configured to operably connect to a plurality of remote digital music sources, the sound reproduction device comprising; a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the remote digital music sources and convert the content to analog form; an electroacoustical transducer; and a manually-operable control; and (b) a software program configured to run on a separate computer having a display, wherein the software program provides a user interface configured to present on the display of the computer a first set of user-assignable preset indicators, wherein each indicator in the first set of preset indicators is configured such that a user can assign to it an entity corresponding to one of the remote digital music sources, and wherein; the manually-operable control on the sound reproduction device is used to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, and following activation of the manually-operable control to select an entity associated with one of the indicators from the first set of preset indicators, the user interface of the computer is caused to display a visible indication of the selected entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A sound reproduction device configured to operably connect to a plurality of remote digital music sources, wherein the sound reproduction device comprises:
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an enclosure; an electroacoustical transducer; a digital-to-analog converter, the digital-to-analog converter configured to receive a digital representation of content from the remote digital music source and convert the content to analog form; and a manually-operable control located on the enclosure, the manually-operable control enabling selection of an audio preset from a set of audio presets, wherein an audio preset from the set of audio presets is selectable by a user by at least (i) user input via the manually-operable control on the sound reproduction device; and
(ii) selecting a corresponding preset indicator from a first set of preset indicators via a user interface on a separate computer operably coupled to the sound reproduction device, andwherein following selection of an audio preset by the user, the user interface of the computer is caused to display a visible indication of the selected audio preset. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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