Multi-stream Audio Streaming to Smart Headsets
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional portable computing devices are limited to streaming audio content from a single or two audio sources to one or two headsets due to physical design and cost constraints, restricting multi-streaming capabilities.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising an audio streaming device that encodes audio output channels from multiple audio sources and selectively streams them to multiple smart headsets wirelessly, enabling simultaneous or intermittent streaming to separate or grouped headsets using Bluetooth or other wireless communication protocols, with a software environment that manages audio channel distribution based on user-defined policies.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional portable computing devices stream audio to one or two headsets, then the device maintains simple physical design and lower cost, but the device cannot provide multi-streaming capabilities to multiple headsets simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless communication interface (Bluetooth or other wireless protocols) as an intermediary between the audio streaming device and multiple headsets. This intermediary enables multi-streaming capabilities without requiring complex physical connections or additional audio output hardware, thereby resolving the contradiction between versatility and device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a universal wireless audio output interface that can serve multiple headsets simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows a single audio output channel to be distributed to multiple devices through wireless communication, eliminating the need for separate physical audio outputs for each headset while enabling multi-streaming functionality
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional portable computing devices stream audio to one or two headsets, then the device maintains lower cost, but the device cannot provide multi-streaming capabilities to multiple headsets
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical audio output system (physical audio jacks and wired connections) with a wireless communication system. This substitution eliminates the need for multiple physical audio output channels, reducing manufacturing costs while enabling multi-streaming to multiple headsets through software-based audio distribution over wireless protocols
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates virtual copies of the audio output channel through wireless communication protocols. Instead of duplicating physical audio hardware for each headset, the system transmits audio data streams wirelessly to multiple headsets, effectively copying the audio content distribution capability without the associated hardware costs
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables multiple audio sources to be streamed to multiple smart headsets, enhancing user flexibility and convenience by allowing simultaneous or prioritized audio playback across multiple devices while maintaining secure and encrypted communication channels.
Implementation Method 1
A system comprising an audio streaming device that encodes audio output channels from multiple audio sources and selectively streams them to multiple smart headsets wirelessly
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AI summary
A method and device for streaming the output of one or more audio sources to one or more smart headsets includes establishing a secure connection with a smart headset, associating an audio channel of the one or more audio sources with the smart headset, and streaming the associated audio channel to the smart headset. The audio streaming device may selectively stream one or more audio channels from one or more audio sources to one or more of the smart headsets as a function of a streaming policy.