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US 20110026727A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. N0.2 US 2011/0026727 A1 Braithwaite et al. (43) Pub. Date: Feb. 3, 2011 (54) INTELLIGENT NETWORK 10/513,737, ?led on Nov. 4, 2004, now Pat. No. 7,643, COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN AN AUDIO 894, Continuation of application No. 11/467,340, ?led VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM on Aug. 25, 2006. Publication Classi?cation (75) Inventors: Michael Braithwaite, Austin, TX (US); Herman Cardenas, (51) Int. Cl. Georgetown, TX (U S) H04B 3/00 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................................ .. 381/77 Correspondence Address: (57) ABSTRACT Matthew J. Booth & Associates, PLLC c/o CPA Global This disclosure describes an intelligent network communica P.O. Box 52050, 900 Second Avenue South, Suite tion device in an audio video distribution system that uses a 1560 local area network that includes a network speaker node; an Minneapolis, MN 55402 (US) audio input device that receives the analog audio signal and that couples to a network speaker node through a speaker/ (73) Assignee: NETSTREAMS, LLC, Austin, TX microphone driver; and an audio output device that transmits (Us) the analog audio signal and that couples to the network speaker node through the speaker/microphone driver. The (21) App1.No.: 12/900,666 network speaker node further includes a controller with a network interface that couples to the local area network, Filed: Oct. 8, 2010 where the controller further comprises an embedded control (22) ler with memory and which is programmed to function as a web server. The network speaker node further includes a Related US.
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