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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Astro Gaming, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert Jetter, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Lars Gilstrom, Berkeley, CA (US);
Kyle Hutchens, San Francisco, CA (US);
AG Acquisition Corporation, San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for providing multiple audio streams, such as a game audio stream and network chat audio stream, to a headset of a user of a gaming device are described. An exemplary system may include a gaming device having a port and that is adapted to transmit game audio and network chat to a transceiver inserted into the port thereof. The transceiver may be configured to receive local user chat. The system may also include a transceiver inserted into the port of the gaming device, the transceiver adapted to receive the game audio and the network chat transmitted from the gaming device, transmit the received game audio and network chat to a wireless headset, receive local user chat from the wireless headset, and transmit the received local user chat to the gaming device. In certain embodiments, the system may include at least one wireless headset wirelessly connected to the transceiver, the headset including a microphone and being adapted to receive the game audio and network chat from the transceiver, receive local user chat from the microphone, and transmit the local user chat wirelessly to the transceiver.