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Digital wireless premises audio system and method of operation thereof

US6684060B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateApr 11, 2000
Grant dateJan 27, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 11, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2420/07
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital wireless premises audio system, a method of operating the same and a home theater system incorporating the audio system or the method. In one embodiment, the audio system includes: (1) a digital audio encoder/transmitter, located on the premises, that accepts an audio channel in digital form, encodes the channel into a stream of digital data and wirelessly transmits the stream about the premises and (2) a speaker module, located on the premises, couplable to a power source and including, in series, a digital audio receiver/decoder, an audio amplifier and a speaker, that receives the stream, decodes the audio channel therefrom, converts the audio channel to analog form and employs power from the power source to amplify the audio channel and drive the speaker therewith.

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