Patent ID: 7894769

Claim:
A wireless microphone communication system for use by a plurality of operators on a stage, comprising: a plurality of wireless microphones each independently portable on the stage by the operators; a wireless receiver operable to wirelessly receive radio signals from each of the plurality of wireless microphones; and a plurality of computers each being connected to the wireless receiver over a Local Area Network (LAN) different from the radio signals received by the wireless receiver and each being connected to a respective display and a respective keyboard; wherein the wireless receiver obtains from the radio signals and continuously sends over the LAN information indicative of a status of at least one of the plurality of wireless microphones, wherein the status comprises at least one of: an RF level, a VU level, and a battery level, wherein the plurality of computers continuously receives the information sent over the LAN from the wireless receiver, wherein each computer displays the received information, wherein each computer displays one or more character strings input through the respective keyboard by an operator associated with the computer, and sends the one or more character strings to the other computers, and wherein each computer also displays one or more character strings being input by other operators associated with other computers through respective keyboards connected to the other computers and being sent from the other computers, thereby allowing all of the displays to display the same content.