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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. 06, 2015

Filed:

Jul. 16, 2014
Applicant:

Terence Sean Sullivan, Somerville, MA (US);

Inventor:

Terence Sean Sullivan, Somerville, MA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 60/09 (2008.01); H04B 1/18 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H03J 7/18 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04B 1/16 (2006.01); H04W 84/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03J 7/18 (2013.01); H04B 1/16 (2013.01); H04B 1/18 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 84/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method to efficiently use a plurality of 'receivers' to monitor a larger plurality of 'sources' for audio content. Upon identifying that a source is active, one of the plural receivers is assigned to convey the content to a destination. All other receivers are prevented from monitoring that specific source for the duration of its activity, but continue to monitor the remaining sources. ‘Source’ includes any source of information containing audio content. ‘Receiver’ includes any device capable of selectively conveying such content, including physical switches, hardware or software multiplexers, microphones, radio receivers, or any other means of obtaining such content.


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