Physically and electrically-separated, data-synchronized data sinks for wireless systems
First Claim
1. A wireless system, comprising:
- a first wireless receiver coupled to a first data sink; and
a second wireless receiver coupled to a second data sink,wherein said first and second data sinks have no physical or electrical connection between them, and said first and second wireless receivers are operable to reduce a differential latency between data received by said first wireless receiver and data received by said second wireless receiver.
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Abstract
Wireless systems having a plurality of physically and electrically-separated data sinks. An exemplary wireless system includes first and second data sinks having no physical or electrical connection therebetween. The first and second data sinks each include a wireless communication device, e.g., a radio frequency (RF) receiver or transceiver configured to receive data signals over one or more single-access wireless links or over a multi-access wireless link. The first and second data sinks in exemplary embodiments may comprise audio data sinks, e.g., stereo speakers, left-ear and right-ear earphones (e.g., earbuds or canalphones), left-ear and right-ear circum-aural over-the-ear headphones, etc. At least one of the first and second data sinks may also be coupled to a wireless transmitter and accompanying data source (e.g., a microphone or sensor), so as to provide, for example, two-way communications between a user and an external data device (e.g., a cellular telephone).
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42 Claims
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1. A wireless system, comprising:
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a first wireless receiver coupled to a first data sink; and a second wireless receiver coupled to a second data sink, wherein said first and second data sinks have no physical or electrical connection between them, and said first and second wireless receivers are operable to reduce a differential latency between data received by said first wireless receiver and data received by said second wireless receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A wireless headphone system, comprising:
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a right-ear data sink having first means for wirelessly receiving a data modulated carrier signal; and a left-ear data sink having second means for wirelessly receiving a data modulated carrier signal, wherein said right-ear and left-ear data sinks have no physical or electrical connection between them. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a first data sink coupled to a first wireless communication means; a second data sink coupled to a second wireless communication means; and third wireless communication means for modulating data from a first data source onto one or more carrier signals and transmitting one or more data modulated carrier signals to at least one of said first and second wireless communication means, wherein said first and second data sinks have no physical or electrical connection between them and at least one of said first and second wireless communication means is operable to reduce a differential latency between data provided to said first data sink and data provided to said second data sink. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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