Patent ID: 8971546
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F,H03G,H04L,H04R

Abstract:
1. An audio playback device, comprising: a speaker to play audio based on audio information received from one of a plurality of signal sources, the plurality of signal sources including a display device and a network-based audio information source; a device interface including at least a first interface and a second interface, the device interface to identify a first message as being received from the display device via the first interface; and a source selector configured to change configuration of the audio playback device such that the signal source of the speaker is switched from the network-based audio information source received via the second interface to the display device received via the first interface in response to the first message from the display device such that the speaker plays audio based on audio information received from the display device via the first interface, wherein the device interface is to receive a second message from the display device when the signal source is the display device, the second message being based on a command from a user input device configured to communicate with the display device and including a volume command, the speaker to change a volume of the audio based on the second message.