Un-tethered Wireless Audio System
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Abstract
A wireless speaker audio system configured to receive audio information wirelessly transmitted by an audio source including first and second wireless transceivers. The first wireless transceiver establishes a bidirectional secondary wireless link with the audio source for receiving and acknowledging receipt of the audio information. The first and second wireless transceivers communicate with each other via a primary wireless link. A wireless audio system including an audio source and first and second wireless transceivers. The first and second wireless transceivers communicate via a primary wireless link. The audio source communicates audio information to the first wireless transceiver via a secondary wireless link which is configured according to a standard wireless protocol. The first wireless transceiver is configured to acknowledge successful reception of audio information via the secondary wireless link. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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22 Claims
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3. A method, comprising:
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at a first speaker configured to communicate with a second speaker via a first wireless link, and configured to communicate with an audio source via a second wireless link; determining whether an audio packet has been received from the audio source via the second wireless link; determining whether a snoop acknowledgement corresponding to the audio packet has been received from the second speaker via the first wireless link; and when the audio packet has been received and the snoop acknowledgement corresponding to the audio packet has not been received, relaying the audio packet to the second speaker via the first wireless link. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A first speaker, comprising:
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a wireless communication interface configured to communicate with a second speaker via a first wireless link and to communicate with an audio source via a second wireless link, wherein the communication with the audio source is one of bidirectional or receive-only; and processor electronics configured to perform operations comprising; determining that an audio packet has been received from the audio source via the second wireless link; and transmitting, via the wireless communication interface, an acknowledgement corresponding to the audio packet to at least one of the second speaker or the audio source. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A first speaker configured to communicate with a second speaker via a first wireless link, and configured to communicate with an audio source via a second wireless link, comprising:
processor electronics configured to perform operations comprising; determining whether an audio packet has been received from the audio source via the second wireless link; determining whether a snoop acknowledgement corresponding to the audio packet has been received from the second speaker via the first wireless link; and when the audio packet has been received and the snoop acknowledgement corresponding to the audio packet has not been received, relaying the audio packet to the second speaker via the first wireless link.
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