Wireless audio sharing
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1. A system for sharing an audible experience comprising:
- a first headphones comprising;
a first plurality of speakers;
a first wireless transceiver; and
a first control system for controlling said first wireless transceiver, the first control system adapted to selectively control a plurality of first control operations, the plurality of first control operations including at least two of;
(i) a transmission of a first signal simultaneous with a generation of an audio playback corresponding to the first signal,(ii) a reception of a second signal comprising different information content than the first signal simultaneous with each of the transmission of the first signal and a generation of an audio playback corresponding to the second signal; and
(iii) a reception and simultaneous retransmission of the second signal simultaneous with the generation of an audio playback corresponding to the first signal.
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for wireless sharing of audio sounds among a plurality of users with access to a dedicated, shared signal. A user of the present invention can communicate his or her audio sounds to other users, who can receive the audio sounds wirelessly and choose to rebroadcast them. As such, an audio sound sharing network can be readily established at any time and place among participants in the network.
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1. A system for sharing an audible experience comprising:
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a first headphones comprising; a first plurality of speakers; a first wireless transceiver; and a first control system for controlling said first wireless transceiver, the first control system adapted to selectively control a plurality of first control operations, the plurality of first control operations including at least two of; (i) a transmission of a first signal simultaneous with a generation of an audio playback corresponding to the first signal, (ii) a reception of a second signal comprising different information content than the first signal simultaneous with each of the transmission of the first signal and a generation of an audio playback corresponding to the second signal; and (iii) a reception and simultaneous retransmission of the second signal simultaneous with the generation of an audio playback corresponding to the first signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An audio sharing network comprising:
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a first playback system comprising; a first wireless transceiver; a first user interface responsive to user input; and a first control system for said first wireless transceiver adapted to selectively control in response to user input a plurality of first control operations including at least two of; (i) reception and playback of a first audio signal simultaneous with a retransmission of the first audio signal; (ii) reception and playback of the first audio signal simultaneous with a transmission of a second audio signal comprising different information content than the first audio signal; and (iii) reception and simultaneous retransmission of the first audio signal simultaneous with a playback of the second audio signal; and a second playback system comprising; a second wireless transceiver; a second user interface responsive to user input; and a second control system for said second wireless transceiver adapted to selectively control in response to user input a plurality of second control operations including at least two of; (i) reception and playback of one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal simultaneous with a respective retransmission of one of the first audio signal and the second audio signal; (ii) reception and playback of one from the group of the first audio signal and the second audio signal simultaneous with a transmission of a third audio signal comprising different information content than each of the first audio signal and the second audio signal; and (iii) reception and simultaneous retransmission of one from the group of the first audio signal and the second audio signal simultaneous with a playback of the third audio signal. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A device peripheral comprising:
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a controller; a transceiver controllable by the controller for selectively performing a signaling operation selected from a plurality of signaling operations comprising each of receiving reception signals, transmitting transmission signals, and simultaneously receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals; and a device interface couplable to a device for communicating with the controller and the device, the controller for selectively performing a communication operation via the device interface, the communication operation selected from a plurality of communication operations comprising each of transmitting first signals comprising first audio information to the device, receiving second signals comprising second audio information from the device, and simultaneously exchanging the first signals and the second signals with media data to the device, second media data to the device, and wherein the controller is operable to selectively control one of simultaneous and separate performance of the signaling operation and the communication operation, the reception signals carrying one of the first signals and third signals, the third signals comprising information content distinct from the first signals, and the transmission signals carrying one of the first signals, the second signals, the third signals and fourth signals, the fourth signals comprising information content distinct from the first signals, the second signals, and the third signals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A device comprising:
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a controller; a transceiver controllable by the controller for selectively performing a signaling operation selected from a plurality of signaling operations comprising each of receiving reception signals, transmitting transmission signals and simultaneously receiving the reception signals and transmitting the transmission signals; a playback module; and a data interface for communicating with the controller and the playback module, the controller for performing a communication operation via the data interface, the communication operation selected from a plurality of communication operations comprising each of transmitting first signals comprising first audio information to at least one other device, receiving second signals comprising second audio information from the at least one other device, and simultaneously exchanging the first signals and the second signals with the at least one other device, the playback module being operable for selective playback of one of the first signals and the second signals, wherein the controller is operable to selectively control one of simultaneous and separate performance of the signaling operation and the communication operation, the reception signals carrying one of the first signals and third signals, the third signals comprising information content distinct from the first signals, and the transmission signals carrying one of the first signals, the second signals, the third signals and fourth signals, the fourth signals comprising information content distinct from the first signals, the second signals, and the third signals. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73)
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