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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2022
Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Ekin Binal, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Neil Hildick-Smith, New York, NY (US);
Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and system for playing an audio indicator in a loudspeaker to identify a location of the loudspeaker in a room is described herein, comprising: at least two loudspeaker assemblies, each of which are adapted to receive digitally encoded audio signals and other digital signals, each of the at least two loudspeaker assemblies having a unique digital address and each comprising at least one loudspeaker; at least one processor communicatively coupled to each of the at least two loudspeaker assemblies; an input device communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and a memory operatively connected with the at least one processor, wherein the memory stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to execute a method that comprises: receiving an input from the input device at the at least one processor, the input indicating which one of the at least two loudspeaker assemblies to identify a location thereof; generating a message to be transmitted to the indicated loudspeaker assembly, wherein the message contains commands and data to generate an audio indicator in the indicated loudspeaker assembly; transmitting the message to the indicated loudspeaker assembly; and playing the audio indicator according to the message at the indicated loudspeaker assembly.