SYNCHRONOUS AUDIO DISTRIBUTION TO PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICES

摘要

Analog audio inputs are processed by a digital signal processor and rebroadcast over a local wireless network synchronous with a separate broadcast device or in real time with a live audio source. A software application on a portable computing device provides end-users the option to select from a plurality of audio source streams, cached translations of preprocessed audio streams and speech-to-text captioning. An embodiment of the invention relays wirelessly received digital audio streams converted from an analog source to the portable computing device then onto a hearing aid.

主权项

1. An apparatus for transmitting audio to a portable computing device, the apparatus comprising:
a plurality of analog audio input feeds from a broadcast device selected from the group consisting of receivers, televisions, cable boxes and satellite boxes; an analog-to-digital signal processor receiving the analog input feeds and converting the feeds to digital audio streams in real time; an audio stream server providing access to the plurality of digital audio streams over a local wireless network; and a portable computing device software application stored in non-transitory media providing a first set of instructions for a processor to play one of the plurality of digital audio streams on the portable computer device, and a second set of instructions for the processor to capture an SSID of a WiFi access point and to pass the SSID to a web server as a query string, whereby the web server associates the SSID with a corresponding facility and delivers facility-specific content to the portable computing device.