Patent ID: 9621224
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04R

Claim:
1. A portable audio networking system, comprising: a gateway interconnection device configured to receive a digital audio signal, receive a DC power from a power source, provide the DC power, and transceive a data signal; and a wireless audio receiver in communication with the gateway interconnection device, wherein the wireless audio receiver is configured to transmit the digital audio signal to the gateway interconnection device, receive the DC power from the gateway interconnection device, and transceive the data signal with the gateway interconnection device; wherein the gateway interconnection device and the wireless audio receiver are in communication over a Category 5 twisted-pair cable adapted to simultaneously transport the digital audio signal, the DC power, and the data signal; wherein the gateway interconnection device is further in communication with an audio device comprising one or more of an audio recorder or an audio mixer; wherein the gateway interconnection device is configured to generate a combined digital audio signal based on the digital audio signal, transmit the combined digital audio signal to the audio device, provide the DC power to the audio device, and transceive the data signal with the audio device, wherein the combined digital audio signal conforms to a Dante standard; wherein the data signal comprises a status of the gateway interconnection device and the wireless audio receiver.