Patent ID: 8107639
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G10K,H04K,H04R

Abstract:
1. A sound masking system for providing sound masking at a workstation for a user in a physical space, said sound masking system comprising: a communication network spanning at least a portion of the space; a plurality of sound masking devices, each of said sound masking devices being adapted to emit a sound masking signal in a user space, and one or more of said sound masking devices including a controller for controlling one or more output characteristics associated with said sound masking signal, a local interface comprising a client control graphical interface window configured with one or more user adjustable controls configured to control one or more of said output characteristics, and said user controls being responsive to actuation from the user for adjusting said user adjustable controls, and said controller further including a network interface configured for receiving network control messages from said communication network; a control unit, said control unit including a component for affecting at least one of the output characteristics of said sound masking signal and said control unit having a network interface for transmitting said network control messages over said communication network; and said controller of at least one of said sound masking devices having a component responsive to said network control messages for adjusting said associated output characteristic.