Patent ID: 11863966
Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. An audio playback method implemented in a connected speaker according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:
pairing the connected speaker with one or more external speakers each equipped with an external WPAN interface;
acquiring an input audio signal from an audio source via the LAN interface;
producing at least one distributed audio signal from the input audio signal;
allocating each distributed audio signal to one of the external speakers paired with the connected speaker;
transmitting, to each external speaker, via the WPAN interface of the connected speaker and the external WPAN interface of said external speaker, the distributed audio signal that is allocated to said external speaker, such that the connected speaker and the external speakers form a multichannel audio playback system.