Audio Control Using a Wireless Home Entertainment Hub
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Abstract
A method of controlling presentation of audio data in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub comprises obtaining a registration of at least one audio sink device, where the at least one audio sink device is capable of receiving a first number of audio channels used for presenting the audio data to a user in the home entertainment system. The audio data comprising a second number of audio channels, wherein the second number of audio channels is greater than the first number of audio channels, is received from a source device at the wireless home entertainment hub. The audio data received is processed in response to the capabilities of the at least one audio sink device by down-mixing the audio data to the first number of audio channels. The processed audio data is transmitted to the at least one audio sink device for presentation to the user.
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48 Claims
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25. A method of controlling presentation of audio data in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the wireless home entertainment hub, audio data from a first source device, the audio data comprising a first number of audio channels; processing, by the wireless home entertainment hub, the audio data in response to presentation capabilities of at least one audio sink device by down-mixing the audio data to a second number of audio channels less than the first number of audio channels; transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, the audio data to the at least one audio sink device; transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, instructions to the at least one audio sink device to discontinue receiving data from the first source device and begin receiving data from a second source device in response to activation of the second source device; and transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, to the first source device an instruction to decrement an internal reference count, where in the first source device determines whether to stop transmitting based on the internal reference count. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of controlling presentation of audio data in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:
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receiving, by the wireless home entertainment hub, audio data from a first source device, the audio data comprising a number of audio channels; processing, by the wireless home entertainment hub, the audio data in response to presentation capabilities of the at least one audio sink device by matching each audio channel of the number of audio channels with a different audio sink device; transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, the audio data to a first subset of the at least one audio sink device, wherein the first subset includes each of the different audio sink devices matched to an audio channel of the number of audio channels; transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, instructions to the at least one audio sink device to discontinue receiving data from the first source device and begin receiving data from a second source device in response to activation of the second source device; and transmitting, by the wireless home entertainment hub, to the first source device an instruction to decrement an internal reference count, where in the first source device determines whether to stop transmitting based on the internal reference count. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method of controlling a presentation of audio data in a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub, the method comprising:
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receiving by the wireless home entertainment hub a first instruction to change a volume of the audio data being presented by the at least one audio sink device; transmitting by the wireless home entertainment hub a second instruction to the at least one audio sink device to change the volume of the audio data being presented by the at least one audio sink device; transmitting by the wireless home entertainment hub instructions to the at least one audio sink device to discontinue receiving data from a first source device and begin receiving data from a second source device in response to activation of the second source device; and transmitting by the wireless home entertainment hub to the first source device an instruction to decrement an internal reference count, where in the first source device determines whether to stop transmitting based on the internal reference count. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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