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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2020
Dolby International Ab, Amsterdam Zuidoost, NL;
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Glenn N. Dickins, Como, AU;
Mark R. P. Thomas, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Alan J. Seefeldt, Alameda, CA (US);
Joshua B. Lando, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Daniel Arteaga, Barcelona, ES;
Carlos Medaglia Dyonisio, Greystanes, AU;
David Gunawan, Sydney, AU;
Richard J. Cartwright, Killara, AU;
Christopher Graham Hines, Sydney, AU;
Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dolby International AB, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
An audio session management method may involve: determining, by an audio session manager, one or more first media engine capabilities of a first media engine of a first smart audio device, the first media engine being configured for managing one or more audio media streams received by the first smart audio device and for performing first smart audio device signal processing for the one or more audio media streams according to a first media engine sample clock; receiving, by the audio session manager and via a first application communication link, first application control signals from the first application; and controlling the first smart audio device according to the first media engine capabilities, by the audio session manager, via first audio session management control signals transmitted to the first smart audio device via a first smart audio device communication link and without reference to the first media engine sample clock.