Ad-hoc proximity multi-speaker entertainment

• US 20080152165A1
• Filed: 01/18/2008
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Luca Zacchi
• Original Assignee: Luca Zacchi
• Inventors: Zacchi, Luca
• Application Number:
  US12/005,998
• Publication Number:
  US 20080152165A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/77
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/04 Circuit arrangements, e.g. for selective connection of amplifier inputs/outputs to loudspeakers, for loudspeaker detection, or for adaptation of settings to personal preferences or hearing impairments combinations of amplifiers H03F3/68; stereophonic systems H04S

Abstract

A new form of musical entertainment is provided by creating an audio show from a plurality of independently-generated audio data sets. Each of the independently-generated audio data sets contains a plurality of distinct audio parts prepared to play as part of an audio show in a synchronized manner. A group of people each having a personalized audio device is brought together at hearable distance from each other. On each device, a playback audio part is selected from the same audio data set. Comparing all selected audio parts in the group there will be at least two selected playback audio parts that are different from each other. All personalized audio devices in the group can be synchronized to a synchronized playback mode. The selected audio parts can be played back through the loudspeakers of the personalized audio devices thereby creating an audio show among the group.

Claims

1. A method for creating an audio show, comprising:

(a) having a plurality of independently-generated audio data sets, wherein each of said independently-generated audio data sets comprises a plurality of distinct audio parts prepared to play as part of an audio show in a synchronized manner;

(b) having together a group of personalized audio devices at hearable distance from each other for their respective users, wherein each of said personalized audio devices;

(i) is capable of communicating with and synchronizing to the other personalized audio devices in said group via a communication medium,

(ii) is capable of functioning as a loudspeaker,

(iii) is capable of playing back said audio parts,

(iv) has a user-interface for receiving input from it'"'"'s user, and

(c) on each of said personalized audio devices in said group selecting one of said playback audio parts from the same audio data set, wherein at least two of said selected playback audio parts in said group are different from each other when comparing all selected audio parts within said group;

(d) synchronizing said personalized audio devices in said group to a synchronized playback mode; and

(e) in said synchronized playback mode, playing back through the loudspeakers of the respective personalized audio devices said selected audio parts and thereby mixing said playback audio parts according to the determined synchronization and creating an audio show among the group of users with their personalized audio devices.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising having a storage system with a database containing said plurality of independently-generated audio data sets and their respective plurality of audio parts.

3. The method as set forth in claim 2, wherein said storage system is a remote storage system accessible by said group of personalized audio devices via said communication medium.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said personalized audio devices is capable of communicating with said storage device for selecting or downloading at least one audio part from an audio data set.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said personalized audio devices is capable of playing back said selected audio part from a storage medium on said personalized audio device or playing back said selected audio part from said storage system and over said communication medium.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising initiating said synchronized playback from one of said personalized audio devices thereby initiating said synchronized playback for all personalized audio devices in said group.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said synchronizing is time synchronizing.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising changing, during playback, one of said selected audio parts to another audio part from the same audio data set while remaining in synchronized playback mode.

9. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein each of said audio parts include an information data set pertaining to said audio part.

10. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising controlling one or more parameters on one or more of said personalized audio devices to change the audio output of said respective playback audio part.

11. The method as set forth in claim 10, wherein said controlling occurs during said synchronized playback and wherein the playback of said changed audio part remains in said synchronized playback mode.

12. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising having one of said personalized audio devices selecting an audio data set and distributing said selected audio data set with its audio data parts to the other personalized audio device within said group.

13. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said group is defined by having said personalized audio devices in proximity from each other or by sharing a unique code.