Patent ID: 7337111
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G11B,H04H,H04R,H04S

Abstract:
1. A system that provides an audio/visual output to each of a plurality of listeners in a manner that permits individualized audio volume adjustment for the plurality of listeners located in an audience, comprising: a video device that displays the video portion of the audio/visual output to plurality of listeners located in the audience; one or more elements of a storage medium that stores the video portion of the audio/visual output and the corresponding audio portion of the audio/visual output, wherein the audio portion comprises a first audio signal being substantially a voice signal and a second audio signal including substantially audio content other than the voice signal; a transmitter that transmits the first and second audio signals from the one or more elements of the storage medium in synchronization with the transmission of the video portion of the audio/visual output, to a plurality of personal listening devices, wherein each of the plurality of personal listening devices is associated with each of the plurality of listeners in the audience, each of the personal listening devices comprising: wherein the system permits each of the plurality of listeners to adjust the first and second audio signals independently of other ones of the plurality of listeners in the audience.