Wireless sharing of audio files and related information
First Claim
1. A system for sharing an audible experience comprising:
- a first audio playback system headphones comprising;
a plurality of speakers;
a wireless transceiver; and
a first control system for said wireless transceiver adapted to control a transmission of a first audio signal and a first audio digital information to a second audio playback system headphones comprising a second wireless transceiver and a second control system adapted to generate an audio playback corresponding to said first audio signal and display said digital audio information.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for wireless sharing of audio sounds among a plurality of users. A user of the present invention can communicate his or her audio sounds to other users, who can receive the audio sounds wirelessly and choose to rebroadcast them. Along with the audio sound files users can share information regarding the audio sounds being shared, such as title, artist, collection, genre, year, encoding rate, size, playlist, and other desired information. The user of device can opt to set the device to transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, re-broadcast, receive or not to receive play-list information in addition to the audio sound files and the information regarding the audio sounds themselves.
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45 Claims
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1. A system for sharing an audible experience comprising:
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a first audio playback system headphones comprising; a plurality of speakers; a wireless transceiver; and a first control system for said wireless transceiver adapted to control a transmission of a first audio signal and a first audio digital information to a second audio playback system headphones comprising a second wireless transceiver and a second control system adapted to generate an audio playback corresponding to said first audio signal and display said digital audio information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An audio sharing network comprising:
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a first playback system comprising; a first wireless transceiver; and a first control system for said wireless transceiver adapted to control transmission of a first audio signal and a first dataset associated with said first audio signal; and a second playback system comprising; a second wireless transceiver; and a second control system for said second wireless transceiver adapted to control reception and playback of said first audio signal and display of at least some of said first dataset. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A device peripheral comprising:
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a controller; a transceiver controllable by the controller for performing a signaling operation, the signaling operation being one of receiving reception signals, transmitting transmission signals and simultaneously receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals; a device interface couplable to a device for communicating the controller with the device, the controller for performing a communication operation via the device interface, the communication operation being one of transmitting first dataset to the device, receiving second dataset from the device and simultaneously receiving first dataset from and transmitting second dataset to the device, each of the first and second dataset comprises at least a media data and digital information, wherein the controller is operable for one of simultaneous and separate performance of the signaling operation and the communication operation, the reception signals carrying and being convertible into one of a third dataset and the first dataset, and the transmission signals carrying and being converted from one of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset, wherein each of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset comprises at least one of a media data and digital information being at least one of indicative and descriptive of the media data, the media data comprising at least one of video data, image data and audio data. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A device comprising:
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a controller; a transceiver controllable by the controller for performing a signaling operation, the signaling operation being one of receiving reception signals, transmitting transmission signals and simultaneously receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals; a playback module; and a data interface for communicating the controller with the playback module, the controller for performing a communication operation via the data interface, the communication operation being one of transmitting first dataset to at least one other device, receiving second dataset from the at least one other device and simultaneously receiving first dataset from and transmitting second dataset to the device, the playback module being operable for playback of one of the first dataset and the second dataset, wherein the controller is operable for one of simultaneous and separate performance of the signaling operation and the communication operation, the reception signals carrying and being convertible into one of a third dataset and the first dataset, and the transmission signals carrying and being converted from one of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset, wherein each of the first dataset, the second dataset, the third dataset and a fourth dataset comprises at least one of a media data and digital information being at least one of indicative and descriptive of the media data, the media data comprising at least one of video data, image data and audio data. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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