Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US10013381B2/en
Timestamp: 2019-04-20 19:57:55
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Matched Legal Cases: ['Application No. 200780032155', 'Application No. 07', 'Application No. 15188314', 'Application No. 04103624', 'Application No. 16178769', 'Application No. 2013', 'Application No. 2015', 'Application No. 2009', 'Application No. 2009']

US10013381B2 - Media playing from a docked handheld media device - Google Patents
US10013381B2
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2006-08-31 Application filed by Bose Corp filed Critical Bose Corp
2006-08-31 Priority to US11/513,957 priority Critical patent/US10013381B2/en
2006-08-31 Assigned to BOSE CORPORATION reassignment BOSE CORPORATION ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: MAYMAN, AVRUM G., DRIMUSZ, LASZLO, YEWELL, SCOTT TALBOT, ZAMIR, LEE
2008-03-27 Publication of US20080075295A1 publication Critical patent/US20080075295A1/en
2018-07-03 Publication of US10013381B2 publication Critical patent/US10013381B2/en
1. A docking station for a handheld media device, comprising a housing; a docking port in the housing for mechanically coupling the handheld media device to the docking station; an interface disposed within the docking port to make a wired electrical connection to the handheld media device, circuitry within the housing for receiving content from the handheld media device; a speaker included in the housing and coupled to the circuitry to produce a first audible signal from content received from the handheld media device through the interface, and a transmitter included within the housing and coupled to the circuitry, the transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit content received from the handheld media device to a receiving station that has a remote speaker for producing a second audible signal on the remote speaker, wherein the first and second audible signals are produced at substantially the same time, the docking station further including a receiver to wirelessly receive a signal from the receiving station to control operations of the docking station.
4. The docking station of claim 1 further comprising a wireless remote control to control operations of both the docking station and the handheld media device.
6. The docking station of claim 1 further comprising a receiver included in the housing to receive a message from the remote speaker to initiate an operation of the handheld media device.
7. The docking station of claim 1 in which the interface receives an analog signal from the handheld media device that represents the content.
8. The docking station of claim 1 in which the transmitter transmits a digitized version of the content.
9. The docking station of claim 1 in which the content includes data that identifies the remote speaker.
10. The docking station of claim 1 in which the content includes audio content.
11. The docking station of claim 1 in which the content is stored in the handheld media device.
12. The docking station of claim 1 in which the content includes MPEG layer 3 format compressed audio content.
13. The docking station of claim 1 in which the content is provided from a satellite signal.
14. A receiving station comprising a housing; a receiver integrated within the housing to receive from a docking station a wireless signal that represents content provided to the docking station from a handheld media device and information to control operations of the receiving station, a speaker integrated within the housing and coupled to the receiver to produce an audible signal from the received wireless signal, and a transmitter integrated within the housing to wirelessly transmit a signal to control operations of the docking station.
15. The receiving station of claim 14 further comprising a wireless remote control to control operations of the speaker.
16. The receiving station of claim 15 in which the wireless remote control further controls operations of the receiver.
17. The receiving station of claim 16 in which the wireless remote control further controls operations of the docking station.
18. The receiving station of claim 15 in which the wireless remote control implements infrared technology.
19. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the transmitter is also to wirelessly transmit a signal to control operations of the handheld media device.
20. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the transmitter is also to wirelessly transmit the content to a remote speaker.
21. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the wireless transmission from the docking station includes data that identifies the receiving station.
22. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the content includes audio content.
23. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the content is stored in the handheld media device.
24. The receiving station of claim 14 in which the handheld media device includes a hard drive.
25. A system comprising a docking station comprising a housing; a docking port coupled to the housing; an interface disposed in the docking port to make a wired electrical connection to a handheld media device; circuitry for receiving content from the handheld media device via the interface; a speaker included in the housing and coupled to the circuitry to produce a first audible signal from the content received from the handheld media device through the wired electrical connection; and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit content received from the handheld media device and control information, and a receiving station comprising a housing, a receiver integrated within the housing to receive from the docking station the wireless signal that represents the content and control information to control operations of the receiving station; a speaker integrated within the housing and coupled to the receiver to produce a second audible signal from the received wireless signal transmission, and a transmitter integrated within the housing to wirelessly transmit a signal to control operations of the docking station.
26. The system of claim 25 in which the transmitter is included in the housing of the docking station.
27. The system of claim 25 further comprising a wireless remote control to control operations of the docking station and the handheld media device.
28. The system of claim 27 in which the wireless remote control controls operations of the receiving station.
29. The system of claim 27 in which the wireless remote control initiates a wireless transmission from the receiving station to the docking station to control operations of the docking station.
30. The system of claim 27 in which the wireless remote control initiates a wireless transmission from the docking station to the receiving station to control operation of the receiving station.
31. The system of claim 25 in which the receiving station transmits the content to another receiving station.
32. The system of claim 25 in which at least one battery provides power to the docking station.
33. The system of claim 25 in which the transmitted content identifies the receiving station.
34. The system of claim 25 in which the content includes MPEG layer 3 format compressed audio content.
35. The system of claim 25 in which the content is provided from a satellite network.
36. The system of claim 25 in which the docking station further comprises a display for displaying video content stored on the handheld media device.
37. The system of claim 25 in which the receiving station further comprise a display for displaying video content stored on the handheld media device and transmitted to the receiving station.
38. The system of claim 25 wherein the first audible signal and the second audible signal correspond to the same content.
39. The system of claim 25 wherein the first audible signal and the second audible signal correspond to different content.
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