LG Electronics Assigned Patent for Audio Data Conversion Method

LG Electronics, a leading technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, has been granted a patent for a method of converting audio data for portable devices. The patent, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, describes a way to convert encrypted audio data for playback on portable devices with relatively low computing power. The method involves decrypting the encrypted audio data, inserting information for setting equalizer, and transmitting the data to the portable device. The device then sets the equalizer using the inserted information, decrypts the audio data, and outputs the decrypted audio data while amplifying or attenuating audio data for each band according to the set equalizer.

Key Takeaways:

• The patent (RE42,399) was developed by Won Jun Yang, a resident of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, and was assigned to LG Electronics.
• The method of converting audio data allows for playback on portable devices with relatively low computing power.
• The method involves decrypting the encrypted audio data, inserting information for setting equalizer, and transmitting the data to the portable device.
• The portable device sets the equalizer using the inserted information, decrypts the audio data, and outputs the decrypted audio data while amplifying or attenuating audio data for each band according to the set equalizer.
• The patent application was filed on June 29, 2009, with the application number 12/494,253.
• The full-text of the patent can be found at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website.

Statistics:

• Patent number: RE42,399
• Application number: 12/494,253
• Filing date: June 29, 2009
• Assignee: LG Electronics
• Inventor: Won Jun Yang
• Publication date: May 25 (no explicit publication date in the original text)

Sources:

• "LG Electronics Assigned Patent for Audio Data Conversion Method" (U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, May 25, 2023)