Patent ID: 11880632
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method of managing at least one audio playback equipment group comprising at least one piece of audio playback equipment provided with a light-emitting identification interface, and arranged for playing a sound playback of an audio stream comprising at least one audio channel, the method comprising the steps of:
using the light-emitting identification interface (1) of the piece of audio playback equipment to display a light pattern (2) characteristic at least of the group to which said piece of equipment belongs, the pattern;
being defined by a shape, and/or by blinking, and/or by animation, and
being characteristic of a role of the piece of equipment within said group;

in the event of at least one of the pieces of audio playback equipment being selected, performing an action relating to the associated piece of audio playback equipment;
using the light-emitting identification interfaces of pieces of audio playback equipment belonging to the same group to display different variations of a common pattern associated with said group, the different variations of said common pattern having for goal, for each pieces of audio playback equipment of said group, to communicate the role of said piece of audio playback equipment within said group, the role of said piece of audio playback equipment being to play a particular audio channel of the audio stream.