WIRELESS AND WIRED SPEAKER HUB FOR A HOME THEATER SYSTEM
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Abstract
A method and system for communicating audio, video, and/or control signals within a home entertainment system. A plurality of audio channels is communicated between a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver. The wireless transmitter is located proximate to a speaker housing. In some embodiments the speaker housing also encloses a center channel loudspeaker. The center channel loudspeaker transmits an audio signal to a remote loudspeaker. An exemplary remote loudspeaker is a subwoofer loudspeaker. The subwoofer loudspeaker provides one or more received audio channels to one or more surround loudspeakers.
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66 Claims
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21. An entertainment system comprising:
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a first loudspeaker configured to emit a first channel of an audio signal;
a second loudspeaker configured to emit a second channel of the audio signal;
a first housing comprising;
at least one input configured to receive at least a portion of the audio signal;
a third loudspeaker configured to emit a third channel of the audio signal; and
a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit a plurality of channels of the audio signal, wherein the plurality of channels is different than the first channel, second channel, and third channel; and
a second housing comprising;
a receiver configured to wirelessly receive the plurality of channels;
at least one amplifier configured to amplify at least three of the received plurality of channels;
a fourth loudspeaker configured to emit a first one of the amplified plurality of channels;
a first output configured to output a second one of the amplified plurality of channels to a fifth loudspeaker; and
a second output configured to output a third one of the amplified plurality of channels to a sixth loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An entertainment system comprising:
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a first housing having a loudspeaker, wherein the loudspeaker is configured to emit a first channel of an audio signal;
a transmitter located proximate to the first speaker in a first selected area and configured to wirelessly transmit a plurality of channels of the audio signal, wherein the plurality of channels is different than the first channel;
a receiver located remote from the transmitter in a second selected area, wherein the receiver is configured to wirelessly receive the plurality of channels; and
a second housing located proximate to the receiver and having a second loudspeaker and an amplifier, wherein the amplifier is configured to amplify at least two of the received channels, and wherein the second loudspeaker is configured to broadcast one of the amplified channels and route the other amplified channel to a third housing. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A housing comprising:
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a wireless receiver configured to receive a plurality of audio channels;
an amplifier configured to amplify at least three of the plurality of received audio channels; and
a loudspeaker configured to emit one of the at least three amplified channels and transmit at least two of the at least three amplified channels, wherein the plurality of channels are received from a second loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50)
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51. An entertainment system configured to receive an audio signal from an input device and provide the audio signal to a plurality of remote loudspeaker, the system comprising:
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a center channel loudspeaker comprising a transmitter module configured to receive an audio signal and transmit at least a portion of the audio signal to a remote loudspeaker, wherein the audio signal includes a plurality of different channels; and
a remote loudspeaker having a receiver configured to receive at least the portion of the audio signal and distribute at least one of the received audio channels to a surround loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A multi-room entertainment system comprising:
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a transmitter located in a first area and configured to wirelessly transmit a plurality of channels of an audio signal;
a receiver located in a second area, wherein the receiver is configured to wirelessly receive the plurality of channels; and
a housing located proximate to the receiver and having a loudspeaker and an amplifier, wherein the amplifier is configured to amplify at least two of the received channels, wherein the loudspeaker is configured to emit one of the amplified channels, and wherein the amplifier is further configured to output the other amplified channel to a second loudspeaker. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66)
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