CHARACTERISTIC-BASED COMMUNICATIONS

• US 20140270284A1
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: JAWB Acquisition LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael Edward Smith
• Application Number:
  US13/802,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20140270284A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2227/003 Digital PA systems using, e.g. LAN or internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 27/00 Public address systems circuits for preventing acoustic reaction H04R3/02; circuits for distributing signals to loudspeakers H04R3/12; monitoring or testing arrangements for public address systems H04R29/007; amplifiers H03F
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 5/02 Spatial or constructional arrangements of loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 1/00 Two-channel systems H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04S 3/00 Systems employing more than two channels, e.g. quadraphonic H04S5/00, H04S7/00 take precedence

Abstract

Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and portable and wearable media devices. Media devices may include a plurality of RF transceivers and an audio system. The RF transceivers and/or audio system may be used to wirelessly communicate between media devices and allow configuration and other data to be wirelessly transmitted from one media device to another media device. Each media device introduced into an eco-system of other media devices is configured to wirelessly communicate with other the devices and to change its role based on media content and data in each devices configuration file that specify user preferences under different circumstances.

Claims

1. A wireless media device, comprising:

a controller in electrical communication with

a data storage system having non-volatile memory that includes configuration data for configuring the wireless media device,

radio frequency (RF) system including at least one RF antenna configured to be selectively electrically de-tunable, the RF antenna electrically coupled with a plurality of RF transceivers that a communicate using different protocols, at least one of the plurality of RF transceivers comprises an Ad Hoc (AH) transceiver configured to wirelessly communicate only with other wireless media devices having the AH transceiver,

an audio/video (A/V) system including a loudspeaker electrically coupled with a power amplifier and a microphone electrically coupled with a preamplifier, and

a proximity sensing system including at least one sensor for sensing an environment external to the wireless media device.

2. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the RF system senses a RF signal including content from a user device the wireless media device is configured to recognize, and based on the content, the wireless media device uses a configuration to re-configure the wireless media device.

3. The wireless media device of claim 2, wherein the configuration comprises the configuration data in the data storage system of the wireless media device.

4. The wireless media device of claim 2, wherein the configuration comprises configuration data from a different wireless media device that is wirelessly communicated to the wireless media device using the RF system, the A/V system, or both.

5. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to wirelessly re-configure a different wireless media device based on signals generated by a selected one or more of the RF system, the A/V system, or proximity sensing system.

6. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to allow a different wireless media device to wirelessly re-configure the wireless media based on signals generated by a selected one or more of the RE, the A/V, or proximity sensing systems of the wireless media device, the different wireless media device, or both wireless media devices.

7. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to wirelessly re-configure a different wireless media device based on signals generated by a selected one or more of the RF system, the A/V system, or proximity sensing system of the different wireless media device.

8. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to re-configure itself to a surround sound speaker when a selected one or more of the RF system, the A/V system, or proximity sensing system of the wireless media device senses a different wireless media device.

9. The wireless media device of claim 8, wherein the surround sound speaker type is selected from the group consisting of a left channel speaker, a right channel speaker, a center channel speaker, a left-rear channel speaker, a right-rear channel speaker, a rear center channel speaker, a left surround speaker, a right surround speaker, a subwoofer, a left-front height speaker, a right-front height speaker, a left-rear height speaker, a right-rear height speaker, a front center channel speaker, and a rear center channel speaker.

10. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to re-configure itself to speaker phone or conference call phone when a selected one or more of the RF system, the A/V system, or proximity sensing system of the wireless media device senses content comprising a phone conversation on a user device.

11. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to re-configure itself from being a speaker phone or conference call phone when a selected one or more of the RF system, the A/V system, or proximity sensing system of the wireless media device senses content comprising a phone conversation on a user device and senses the presence of a person other than a user of the user device.

12. The wireless media device of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes data operative to cause the wireless media device to re-configure itself from a first role to a second role based on different configuration data wirelessly transmitted from a different wireless media device.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium for configuring a wireless media device, comprising:

first executable instructions operative to cause the wireless media device to configure itself for a first role;

second executable instructions operative to cause the wireless media device to configure itself for a second role that is different than the first role in response to information wirelessly transmitted from a different wireless media device.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first role comprises a first speaker type and the second role comprises a second speaker type that is different than the first speaker type.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first role comprises a speaker and the second role comprises a conference call speaker.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the first executable instructions, the second executable instructions, or both reside in a configuration file stored in a non-volatile memory of the wireless media device.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium for configuring a wireless media device, comprising:

first executable instructions operative to cause the wireless media device to configure itself for a first role;

second executable instructions operative to cause the wireless media device to configure itself for a second role that is different than the first role in response to content from a user device that is wirelessly sensed by the wireless media device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the content is selected from the group consisting of a phone conversation, audio, video, music, and surround sound data.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first executable instructions, the second executable instructions, or both reside in a configuration file stored in a non-volatile memory of the wireless media device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein an application comprised of another non-transitory computer readable medium disposed on a wireless user device is operative to generate and wirelessly transmit the first executable instructions, the second executable instructions, or both from the wireless user device to the wireless media device.