Patent ID: 8644478

Claim:
A method of broadcasting an audio stream comprising, producing an audio stream to be transmitted by an audio transmitting apparatus, capturing the audio stream, and passing audio stream to the audio transmitting apparatus, connecting the audio transmitting apparatus with an audio stream server, the audio transmitting apparatus providing the audio stream server with the audio stream by sending signals to the audio stream server, and the audio stream server providing audio streaming services to audio transmitting apparatuses and audio transceivers connected thereto by being capable of handling multiple connections with audio transmitting apparatuses and audio transceivers and further capable of managing and executing the receipt and transmission of audio streams, transmitting the audio stream from the audio transmitting apparatus to the audio stream server, connecting an audio transceiver with the audio stream server via a telephonic connection, and passing the audio stream from the audio stream server to the audio transceiver via the telephonic connection, wherein the audio stream from a broadcaster passes from the audio transmitting apparatus to the audio stream server, the audio stream server connects with an audio transceiver via the telephonic connection, and the audio stream is then passed to the audio transceiver; and wherein the audio stream telephonic connection uses the voice band of the telephone to pass the audio stream from the audio stream server to the audio transceiver via the telephonic connection; wherein the audio transmitting apparatus has one or more controls for controlling one or more functions of the audio transmission apparatus, and further including providing an interface that communicates with said audio stream transmitting apparatus and said audio transceiver, wherein said audio transceiver transmits control signals to said audio transmitting apparatus to control said one or more controls of said audio transmitting apparatus; and wherein the steps of producing and capturing the audio stream to be transmitted comprises speaking into a microphone, the microphone being attached to the audio transmitting apparatus for capturing audio from a speaking individual live in real time.