TRANSMISSION CONFIGURABLE AND STORAGE CAPABLE AUDIO SYSTEMS AND LOUDSPEAKERS

• US 20080137488A1
• Filed: 12/06/2006
• Published: 06/12/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SEAL Systems
• Original Assignee: SEAL Systems
• Inventors: Friedman, Mark R.
• Application Number:
  US11/567,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20080137488A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 369/6
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/205 with control bus for exchanging commands between units
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2205/021 Aspects relating to docking-station type assemblies to obtain an acoustical effect, e.g. the type of connection to external loudspeakers or housings, frequency improvement
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers

Abstract

An audio system that allows audio to be stored and/or moved between components of the audio system by means of digital plug-in cards.

Claims

1. An audio system comprising:

one or more audio components configured to convert an electromagnetic signal to an audio signal comprising one or more digital plug-in slots operably configured to replaceably interchange one or more digital plug-in cards;

one or more digital plug-in cards having wireless signal receiving capability positioned in said one or more slots; and

a central controller, remote from said one or more audio components, and configured to transmit a control signal to said one or more digital plug-in cards having wireless signal receiving capability.

2. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the digital plug-in card is a PCMIA card.

3. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the audio component is a loudspeaker.

4. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the central controller is a digital media player.

5. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the central controller is a digital media server.

6. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the control signal controls the audio played on the audio component.

7. The audio system of claim 1 wherein the control signal controls the audio stored on the audio component.

8. An audio device comprising:

a receiver operatively configured to receive and process electromagnetic transmissions encoding audio information;

one or more speakers operatively connected to said receiver configured for broadcasting audio information encoded in said electromagnetic transmissions; and

one or more digital plug-in slots adapted for interacting with a digital plug-in card, said plug-in slots connected to said receiver.

9. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the receiver is a radio transmission receiver.

10. The audio device of claim 8 comprising two or more speakers.

11. The audio device of claim 10 wherein the audio device produces stereo sound.

12. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of a PCMIA card.

13. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of a Sirius radio card.

14. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of an Ethernet card.

15. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of a wireless transceiver card.

16. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of a flash memory card.

17. The audio device of claim 8 wherein the digital plug-in card slot is adapted for receipt of a hard drive card.