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Method and apparatus to control a state of music reproducing device through wireless communicator

  • US 10,257,338 B2
  • Filed: 05/26/2016
  • Issued: 04/09/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A telephone apparatus, connectable to a telephone network to handle outgoing and incoming calls through the telephone network, the telephone apparatus comprising:

  • one or more of cordless telephone slave devices; and

    a cordless telephone master device, which is configured to control the one or more of the cordless telephone slave devices, wherein;

    the cordless telephone master device includes a wireless communicator that performs wireless reception of music data from a portable music player, wherein the portable music player is separate from the telephone apparatus, and that performs wireless transmission of control information to the portable music player;

    the cordless telephone master device integrally includes a speaker that outputs the music data received via the wireless communicator from the portable music player; and

    the cordless telephone master device includes a controller, whichin response to detecting an outgoing call originating from the one of the cordless telephone slave devices to the telephone network while the speaker is outputting the music data received from the portable music player, transmits the control information via the wireless communicator to the portable music player to suspend output of the music data and processes the outgoing call to support voice communication on the one of the cordless telephone slave devices, andin response to detecting termination of the voice communication on the one of the cordless telephone slave devices, transmits the control information via the wireless communicator to the portable music player to resume output of the music data via the wireless communicator to the speaker to thereby resume output of the music data from the speaker.

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