US 12,483,219 B2
Synchronized controller
Ekin Binal, Brooklyn, NY (US); and Rakeshkumar Patel, Emerson, NJ (US)
Assigned to Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US)
Filed by Crestron Electronics, Inc., Rockleigh, NJ (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/634,688.
Application 18/634,688 is a continuation of application No. 17/730,574, filed on Apr. 27, 2022, granted, now 11,962,280.
Application 17/730,574 is a continuation of application No. 17/685,894, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,320, filed on Nov. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0339979 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
Int. Cl. H03G 5/16 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10L 15/26 (2006.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01); H03F 3/72 (2006.01); H03K 5/1532 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H03M 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/06 (2022.01); H04R 1/00 (2006.01); H04R 3/04 (2006.01); H04R 5/04 (2006.01); H04R 29/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H03G 5/165 (2013.01) [G06F 3/162 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10L 15/26 (2013.01); G10L 25/30 (2013.01); G10L 25/87 (2013.01); H03F 3/72 (2013.01); H03K 5/1532 (2013.01); H03M 1/1071 (2013.01); H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 67/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04R 1/00 (2013.01); H04R 3/04 (2013.01); H04R 5/04 (2013.01); H04R 29/001 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H03M 1/001 (2013.01); H04R 2430/01 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for configuring an audio distribution system (ADS), wherein the ADS comprises
a plurality of interconnected audio devices and at least one server, and wherein
each of the plurality of interconnected audio devices is adapted to be configured with configuration information and further wherein
each of the plurality of interconnected audio devices comprises
a processor and a memory, and wherein the memory has stored therein a virtual manager software application (VM App), the method comprising:
designating a first of the plurality of interconnected audio devices as a virtual manager of the ADS;
discovering, by the virtual manager, each of the remaining plurality of interconnected audio devices and establishing communications with each of the remaining plurality of interconnected audio devices and at least one server;
obtaining, by the virtual manager, information from each of the remaining plurality of audio devices with which communications have been established, such information including one or more of an audio device name, part number, serial number, internet protocol address number, and physical location;
receiving, at the virtual manager, a first set of configuration information pertaining to a first audio device from a user that, when installed on the first audio device by the virtual manager, causes the first audio device to operate in a known manner; and
copying, by the virtual manager, the first set of configuration information to other audio devices of a same specific type of audio device in the ADS as the first audio device.