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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Debasmit Banerjee, Everett, MA (US);

Michael William Elliot, Grafton, MA (US);

Assignee:

Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2006.01); H04R 27/00 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04J 3/06 (2006.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 3/12 (2013.01); H04J 3/0632 (2013.01); H04J 3/0641 (2013.01); H04J 3/0667 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 27/00 (2013.01); H04W 56/0015 (2013.01); H04R 2227/003 (2013.01); H04R 2227/005 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

An audio distribution system includes an audio source; and a plurality of audio playback devices in communication with each other and with the audio source. A group of the audio playback devices are arranged to render audio content provided by the audio source in synchrony. One of the audio playback devices within the group is configured as an audio master which distributes audio content from the audio source to the other audio playback devices within the group, and one of the plurality of audio playback devices, other than the audio master, is configured as a clock master, which distributes clock information that the group of audio playback devices synchronizes to.


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