US 12,267,374 B2
Intercommunication system
Iad Al-Dahleh, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US); Pierre Charbonneau, Ladera Ranch, CA (US); and Scott Coleman, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to Palomar Products, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed by Palomar Products, Inc., Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,430.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/175,203, filed on Apr. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0337651 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 19/16 (2013.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 65/611 (2022.05) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 19/167 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An intercommunication system, comprising:
an interface unit coupled to a baseband audio source and communicatively coupled to a network, the interface unit configured to provide a network interface to the baseband audio source;
a record/playback unit having a storage device and communicatively coupled to the network, the record/playback unit configured to capture audio on the network for storage on the storage device and playback audio stored on the storage device to the network; and
a digital crew unit coupled to at least one of an audio input device or an audio output device, the digital crew unit having a user interface and being communicatively coupled to the network, the digital crew unit configured to transmit audio captured by the at least one audio input device via the network or to receive audio from the network for output via the at least one audio output device,
wherein each of the interface unit, the record/playback unit, and the digital crew unit is configured to at least one of transmit or receive an audio stream multicasted via the network, and
wherein each unit of the interface unit, the digital crew unit, and the record/playback unit include:
a processor;
a communication interface to communicatively couple the unit to the network; and
a component interface to couple the unit to a peripheral device.