Patent ID: 8462961
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: H04L,H04R

Abstract:
1. A method of registering a network speaker with an audio-transmission, message manager (“ATMM”) device and broadcasting one or more multicast messages from the ATMM device to the network speaker, the ATMM device and the network speaker connected to a client-server network, the method comprising: generating a first registration request that includes a device identification for the ATMM device within the client-server network and a speaker identification for the network speaker within the client-server network; sending the first registration request within the client-server network from the network speaker to the ATMM device; marking the network speaker as active; processing the first registration request, including processing at least one of a plurality of attributes of the network speaker; generating a first registration response that includes a first password; sending the first registration response within the client-server network from the ATMM device to the network speaker; waiting a first predetermined amount of time; generating a second registration request that includes the ATMM device identification and the network speaker identification; sending the second registration request to the ATMM device from the network speaker; generating a second registration response that includes a second password; and sending the second registration response to the network speaker from the ATMM device; generating a multicast request that includes the network speaker identification, a subsequent password, and a multicast message; sending the multicast request to the network speaker from the ATMM device; verifying, at the network speaker, the subsequent password in the multicast request; outputting, at the network speaker, as an audible signal, the multicast message from the ATMM device in response to the subsequent password being verified; and performing at the network speaker, at least one of outputting a test tone and/or test message, capturing audio, and sending a notification to the ATMM device about one or more activation or deactivation of selectors of the network speaker.