AUDIO DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AUDIO DEVICE USE INFORMATION

摘要

Audio devices and related methods are disclosed. An audio device includes audio inputs configured to receive audio signals from a media player, speaker elements configured to convert the audio signals to acoustic waves, and control circuitry. The control circuitry includes a tracking module configured to extract use information from the audio and store use data including the use information on a data storage device of the audio device. A method includes transmitting the use data to a use data router configured to route the use data to a remote sever. A method of transforming a personal computing device into a use data router includes storing computer-readable instructions configured to instruct a processing element of a personal computing device to receive the use data from the audio device, and transmit the use data to the remote server. The method also includes transmitting the computer-readable instructions to the personal computing device.

主权项

1. An audio device, comprising:
one or more electrical interfaces including:
one or more audio inputs configured to receive audio signals from a media player; andone or more communication interfaces configured to communicate with a use data router; one or more speaker elements operably coupled to the one or more audio inputs and configured to convert the audio signals from the media player to acoustic waves; and control circuitry including:
one or more data storage devices;a tracking module operably coupled to the one or more audio inputs and configured to extract use information from the audio signals and generate use data including the use information; anda storage interface operably coupled to the tracking module and the one or more data storage devices and configured to store the use data generated by the tracking module in the one or more data storage devices.