System of sound reproduction with audio headsets provided with sound processors, components of such a system and associated method

1. A system of sound reproduction by means of audio headsets, comprising:

a set of audio headsets adapted to perform a sound reproduction by applying processing operations, by means of a sound processor, in response to reproduction presets that are common to all the headsets;

a set of smart terminals provided with means for generating an audio flow;

communication means between the smart terminals and the associated audio headsets, adapted to transmit to said audio headsets, from the smart terminals, said audio flow as well as said reproduction presets to be applied to said audio flow;

a presets server, adapted to memorize reproduction presets respectively associated with works; and

network communication means between said server and said smart terminals;

at least certain smart terminals being user terminals comprising means adapted to collect from the server reproduction presets associated with works conveyed in audio flows, and to transmit said reproduction presets to the associated audio headset for the reproduction of said audio flows,

wherein:

said communication means between the smart terminals and the associated audio headsets are also adapted to transmit to the audio headsets, from the smart terminals, characteristic markers associated with the audio flow;

at least certain smart terminals being referent terminals comprising: means for generating reproduction presets associated with works in response to actions via a user interface; means for creating and/or selecting reproduction presets during the generation of an audio flow; and means for transmitting to said server the created and/or selected reproduction presets, in association with a marker characteristic of the audio flow for which a corresponding reproduction preset has been created and/or selected; and

it is provided in each audio headset a memory containing a reproduction preset database, and means for forming a database interrogation request from said characteristic markers received from a smart terminal in association with an audio flow so as to find the corresponding reproduction preset.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the characteristic markers are markers of identification of at least one among a track, an album, an artist, a style.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said audio headset comprises:

a processor adapted to apply a sound processing to the audio flow to be reproduced in response to a characteristic marker associated with the audio flow;

a memory adapted to store presets; and

means for reading in the memory and applying to said processor a preset chosen in said memory as a function of the characteristic marker received from the smart terminal associated to the audio headset,

and wherein:

said smart terminal associated to the audio headset is also adapted to transmit to the audio headset characteristic markers associated with said audio flow.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein said characteristic markers are metadata associated with an audio file adapted to be played in the smart terminal.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the smart terminal comprises means for updating the reproduction presets memorized in the audio headset, from recent reproduction presets received via said network from said preset server.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said audio headset comprises:

means for receiving an audio flow from a source;

a memory adapted to store reproduction presets;

a processor adapted to apply a sound processing to the audio flow to be reproduced in response to a preset,

means for receiving in association with the audio flow a marker characteristic of said flow; and

means for reading in the memory and applying to said processor a preset chosen as a function of the characteristic marker received.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein said characteristic markers are metadata associated with an audio file adapted to be played by a smart terminal.

8. The system of claim 6 , further comprising means for updating said presets, from a smart terminal.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of said referent terminal further comprises:

a) an audio player adapted to generate said audio flow;

b) connection means, for applying said audio flow to a sound reproduction device, said reproduction device being further adapted to store said reproduction presets, and

c) network communication means.