Patent ID: 11968268
Assignee: DOLBY LABORATORIES LICENSING CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. The audio session management method of claim 1, further comprising:
establishing a further smart audio device communication link between the audio session manager and at least a further smart audio device, the further smart audio device comprising either a single-purpose audio device or a multi-purpose audio device, the further smart audio device including one or more microphones;
determining, by the audio session manager, one or more second media engine capabilities of a further media engine of the further smart audio device, the further media engine being configured for receiving microphone data from the one or more microphones and for performing further smart audio device signal processing on the microphone data; and
controlling the further smart audio device according to the further media engine capabilities, by the audio session manager, via further audio session manager control signals transmitted to the further smart audio device via the further smart audio device communication link.