U.S. Patent 8103009 was awarded to KCS Industries Inc. on 2012-01-24 and describes a “Wired, wireless, infrared, and powerline audio entertainment systems.” This patent has been cited 294 times by other U.S. patents which places it in the top 500 cited patents since 2010 according to our law firm research, and makes it of the most innovative audio-visual technology patents in the field of electrical engineering. The abstract states:

A method and system for communicating audio signals between an input device and an output device via a network. The output device can include loudspeakers and headphones. In some embodiments an output device, for example a center channel speaker, transmits audio signals to other output devices. In some embodiments, the output device is coupled to, or combined with, a speaker stand or speaker bracket. The network can be wireless, wired, infrared, RF, and powerline. Link: U.S. Patent 8103009

This patent was originally filed on 2003-01-27 which gives it a processing time of 3284 days, compared to an average processing time of 1576 in the field. KCS Industries Inc. has 34 total patents. The first named inventor is William A. McCarty of San Diego, CA. The primary examiner was Xu Mei.

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