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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Corville O. Allen, Morrisville, NC (US);
Mario A. Maldari, Lyons, CO (US);
Monica A. Murray, College Park, GA (US);
Paul A. Smith, Cary, NC (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Establishing a wireless sound system is achieved using mobile devices, by: obtaining identifying information on multiple mobile devices within wireless proximity to a control node; automatically ascertaining acoustic-related specifications for the multiple mobile devices using the identifying information; dynamically assigning, based on the acoustic-related specifications, the multiple mobile devices to different component roles; and sending, from the control node of the sound system, wireless signal channels to the multiple mobile devices based on their different component roles to provide acoustic output. In one or more implementations, at least two mobile devices of the multiple mobile devices have different acoustic-related specifications, and two or more of the component nodes within the sound system have different desired specifications. The assigning matches mobile devices to component roles based on a comparing the acoustic-related specifications of the devices to the desired specifications of the component roles.