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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2013
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Glenn Gomes-Casseres, Framingham, MA (US);
Yong Gao, Hopkinton, MA (US);
John Michael Sakalowsky, West Newton, MA (US);
Bose Corporation, Framingham, MA (US);
Abstract
An audio system including an audio playback device that is configured to operatively connect to a plurality of digital audio sources for playback of content from the digital audio sources and each of the audio playback devices including a set of preset indicators. Each preset indicator in the set of preset indicators is configured to have assigned to it an entity associated with one of the plurality of digital audio sources. A first control device is wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a first wireless communication interface and includes a first level of control functionality while a second control device is wirelessly coupled to the audio playback device via a second wireless communication interface and includes a second level of control functionality that is greater than the first level of control functionality.