ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,213, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ALGO COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS LTD. (Burnaby, Canada).
"IP speaker system" was invented by Paul Zoehner (Coquitlam, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IP speaker system is disclosed that includes an IP speaker connected to one or more external speakers. The IP speaker comprises a CPU that provides an audio stream (directly or through an audio codec) to a plurality of amplifiers, including an amplifier for driving an internal driver of the IP speaker and one or more amplifiers for driving the external driver(s) of the external speaker(s). In some embodiments, the external speaker(s) are conne...