Patent ID: 6587682
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04M,H04R,Y02D

Abstract:
A wireless networked conferencing system, comprising:a base unit, including a network interface, for receiving a signal representative of acoustic information from a remote endpoint over a network, and a filter system, for filtering the received signal to produce a high-frequency component signal and a low-frequency component signal; a first audio driver, electrically coupled to the filter system, for receiving the low-frequency component signal and reproducing acoustic information represented thereby; a transmitter, coupled to the filter system, for transmitting the high-frequency component signal over a wireless channel; and a console, including a console receiver for receiving the high-frequency component signal transmitted over the wireless channel, and a second audio driver, coupled to the receiver, for reproducing the acoustic information represented by the signal; whereby power consumption of the second audio driver is reduced by eliminating the need to reproduce frequencies of the acoustic information by the second audio driver.