Patent ID: 11863239
Assignee: L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 17:
18. An apparatus comprising:
one or more speakers;
one or more microphones; and
one or more processors configured to:
obtain, via the one or more microphones, a first acoustic signal from a transceiver of a plurality of transceivers arranged in an installation pattern, wherein the first acoustic signal is configured with data to be distributed throughout the plurality of transceivers;
determine, from the first acoustic signal configured with the data to be distributed throughout the plurality of transceivers, a location of the apparatus within a message distribution pattern;
determine a delay based upon the location of the apparatus within the message distribution pattern; and
provide, via the one or more speakers after the delay, a second acoustic signal corresponding to the first acoustic signal and comprising the data to be distributed throughout the plurality of transceivers.