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Interactive sound reproducing

  • US 10,481,855 B2
  • Filed: 05/09/2017
  • Issued: 11/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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