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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2018
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
James R. Milne, Ramona, CA (US);
Gregory Carlsson, Santee, CA (US);
Tomohiro Koyata, San Diego, CA (US);
Tonni Sandager Larsen, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04W 88/12 (2009.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/00 (2013.01); H04L 12/2856 (2013.01); H04L 12/40117 (2013.01); H04R 3/00 (2013.01); H04W 88/12 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01); H04R 2420/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
An audio network box is provided as a master for a networked speaker system. The audio box can be configured with different combinations of modules to provide functionality as may be desired by an end user. The modules may include a power over Ethernet module, a wireless communication module/access point (AP) module, and an analog speaker module.