Patent ID: 11950033
Assignee: KOSS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 10:
11. A system comprising:
a loudspeaker comprising:
an enclosure that defines an internal volume, wherein the enclosure comprises a smooth topmost surface that does not include protrusions extending therefrom and that comprises a dielectric material of a capacitive touch user interface, wherein an entirety of the smooth, topmost surface is substantially smooth;
one or more speakers within the volume defined by the enclosure;
a wireless communication circuit inside the enclosure, wherein the wireless communication circuit is for receiving and transmitting wireless signals to and from the loudspeaker, and wherein the wireless communication circuit causes data associated with a track currently being listened to on the loudspeaker to be sent to a server;
at least one capacitive sense electrode, wherein:
the at least one capacitive sense electrode forms part of the capacitive touch user interface for the loudspeaker that allows a user of the loudspeaker to control operation of the loudspeaker through touching the smooth topmost surface of the enclosure; and
the dielectric material of the smooth topmost surface serves as a dielectric layer for the capacitive touch user interface; and

a mobile device that is in communication with the loudspeaker via an ad hoc wireless communication link, wherein the mobile device is for transmitting to the loudspeaker wirelessly via the ad hoc wireless communication link credential data for an infrastructure wireless network, such that the loudspeaker, upon receiving the credential data, can connect to the infrastructure wireless network, wherein the credential data comprises a network identifier for the infrastructure wireless network and a password for the infrastructure wireless network.