Patents
US 12439206 B2: Systems and methods for casting to multiple wireless speakers
- Granted
- 2025-10-07
- Filed
- 2022-09-13 application 17944025
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A method for casting to multiple wireless speakers, the method including: receiving at a casting device a request from a user device to cast audio signals to multiple wireless speakers, wherein the audio signals include multiple channels; sending an inquiry request; receiving responses to the inquiry request from multiple wireless speakers; connecting to a plurality of speakers from the multiple wireless speakers; sending test signals to each of the plurality of speakers; receiving information from a microphone for each of the one or more test signals output from each of the plurality of speakers, wherein the microphone is a component of a remote control associated with the casting device; selecting one or more of the multiple channels to send to each of the plurality of speakers based on the received information; and sending the corresponding selected one or more of the multiple channels to each of the plurality of speakers.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251007.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISH Network L.L.C. 561 patents | US company or organization | Englewood, CO | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Bellerjeau | Littleton, CO | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Luke VanDuyn | Conifer, CO | 81 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Caroline Condon | Denver, CO | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04R | Loudspeakers, microphones, gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers; electric hearing aids; public address systems | H04R3/12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| H04S | Stereophonic systems | H04S7/301 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-13 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BELLERJEAU, AMBER signed 2022-08-18 CONDON, CAROLINE signed 2022-08-25 VANDUYN, LUKE E. signed 2022-08-25 | DISH NETWORK L.L.C. ENGLEWOOD, CO | 61082/122 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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