Patent · US Expired

Digital interconnects of a PC with consumer electronics devices

US5787259A · kind A · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateMar 29, 1996
Grant dateJul 28, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 29, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/765
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer includes a housing, a processor positioned in the housing, and an external bus adapter configured to allow the processor to access consumer electronics devices positioned outside of the housing using an external bus. The processor is configured to produce a first digital audio signal, to mix the first digital audio signal with a second digital audio signal to produce a unified digital audio signal, and to transmit the unified digital audio signal to a consumer electronics device using the external bus.

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