Patent ID: 6987946
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: two or more pickups respectively associated with two or more positional locations relative to an event, the two or more pickups respectively transmitting two or more distinct signals; a transmitting-receiving station receiving the two or more distinct signals and having two or more channels respectively associated with the two or more distinct signals, the transmitting-receiving station encoding the two or more channels and transmitting a multiplexed signal carrying the encoded two or more channels; and a personal communications device receiving the multiplexed signal and decoding the encoded two or more channels, the personal communications device having a channel selector configurable to select from the two or more decoded channels; and a programmable decoding unit communicating with an encoding unit associated with the transmitting-receiving station, the personal communications device configurable to transmit a query to the transmitting-receiving station requesting information associated with the encoding unit.