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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2010
Matthew Blake Mcrae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
John Schindler, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Matthew Blake McRae, Laguna Beach, CA (US);
John Schindler, Ladera Ranch, CA (US);
Vizio, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
An application for a system for controlling speaker volume of externally amplified speakers connected to a television includes a television with one or more external amplifiers, each driving one or more speakers. There is a channel for connecting the external amplifiers to the television providing an audio signal to the external amplifiers and a channel for communicating commands from the television to the externally amplifiers, which in some embodiments is the same channel. Responsive to a signal (e.g. remote control command) to the television indicating a request to change the volume of one or more of the external amplifiers, a volume change command is sent to one or more of the external amplifiers over the channel for communicating.