Patent ID: 8725277

Claim:
An audio home network system that includes a plurality of network speaker nodes operating in a multi speaker session with a first master network speaker and a second or subsequent slave network speaker, comprising: a home network backbone; a plurality of network speaker nodes operating in a multi speaker session with a first master network speaker and a second or subsequent slave network speaker that couple to said home network backbone; said network speaker nodes further comprise: an embedded controller with memory and which is programmed to function as a web server; a pre-amplifier that couples to a digital signal processor and adjusts and filters the analog audio signal and an amplifier that couples to said pre-amplifier and amplifies the analog audio signal, said pre-amplifier further comprises an electronic crossover for frequency division; speaker sensors that include a microphone used for receiving and or gathering control information that enables internal auto adjustment by frequency separation to enhance speaker protection and performance from said network speaker nodes surroundings; a speaker/microphone driver that couples to said amplifier and provides the external connection to the speaker/microphone components for the analog audio signal; said network speaker nodes send control information to other devices on said home network backbone; and wherein said network speaker nodes operate in either a master mode or a slave mode wherein: said first master network speaker node operates in the master mode and originates, calculates and distributes multi session clock information for control; and said second or subsequent slave network speaker node that operates in the slave mode and receives the multi session clocking information from said first master network speaker node; and an audio source device that couples to said home network backbone, said audio source device provides digital audio to said network speaker nodes wherein the digital audio is in a compressed format; wherein the audio home network system optimizes the audio for said network speaker nodes current location.