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APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TIME SYNCHRONIZATION OF WIRELESS AUDIO DATA STREAMS

  • US 20090298420A1
  • Filed: 07/09/2008
  • Published: 12/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operating a wireless audio system, the method comprising:

  • establishing a wireless communication network between an audio source device and a plurality of speaker devices;

    establishing a common network clock used by the audio source device and the plurality of speaker devices and which is timed relative to defined repetitively occurring signals of the wireless communication network;

    receiving a command from the audio source device at each of the speaker devices via the wireless communication network that defines a timing event relative to the common network clock when each of the speaker devices is to initiate sound generation from a packet of audio data received from the audio source device; and

    within each of the speaker devices, initiating sound generation from a packet of audio data previously received from the audio source device in response to occurrence of the timing event.

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