Patent ID: 8027485
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
Classification: H04H,H04S

Abstract:
1. An audio processing system that receives audio from a primary source and data from a secondary source, the audio having a plurality of channels, the audio processing system comprising: a communication pathway; a processor; and a transmitter that couples the processor and the communication pathway, wherein the processor delivers the plurality of channels of the audio received from the primary source to the communication pathway via the transmitter, wherein the processor selectively replaces at least one of the plurality of channels with the data from the secondary source for delivery onto the communication pathway via the transmitter, wherein the processor determines a first number of channels available for the audio in transmitter, a second number of channels available in a remote receiver associated with the communication pathway and capable of receiving the audio on the communication pathway, and wherein the processor causes the secondary source to adaptively communicate a combination of data from the plurality of supplementary sources in some of the plurality of channels of the audio based upon the first number of channels and the second number of channels in real time.