Headset with integrated radio and piconet circuitry
First Claim
1. A portable audio device comprising:
- a first transducer for converting electrical signals to acoustic signals;
a radio receiver for receiving wireless radio transmissions and for driving the first transducer with a corresponding radio electrical signal;
circuitry for communicating over a personal area network (PAN); and
override circuitry for interrupting a signal from the radio receiver to the first transducer.
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Abstract
A portable headset 30 has a speaker 42, a radio receiver 32, and PAN circuitry 50 for receiving wireless electrical signals over a piconet such as Bluetooth. The radio receiver 32 or the PAN circuitry 50 may drive the speaker 42, and override circuitry 68 enables the PAN circuitry 50 to mute the radio receiver 32. The headset 30 may have a microphone 52. A mobile phone call incoming to a mobile phone 46 automatically causes a speech connection over the PAN to be established between the mobile phone 46 and the headset 30. The radio receiver 32 is muted and the user 44 carries on a phone conversation through the headset 30 without manually turning off the radio. Muting may be ceased upon termination of the phone call or of the PAN connection. A mobile phone user interface 56 may be used to control the radio receiver 32.
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27 Claims
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1. A portable audio device comprising:
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a first transducer for converting electrical signals to acoustic signals;
a radio receiver for receiving wireless radio transmissions and for driving the first transducer with a corresponding radio electrical signal;
circuitry for communicating over a personal area network (PAN); and
override circuitry for interrupting a signal from the radio receiver to the first transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication system comprising a portable audio device and an audio gateway, wherein the portable audio device comprises:
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a first transducer for converting electrical signals to acoustic signals;
a radio receiver for receiving wireless radio transmissions and for driving the first transducer with a corresponding electrical signal; and
headset PAN circuitry comprising circuitry for transmitting and for receiving PAN signals, override circuitry for interrupting a signal from the radio receiver to the first transducer, and circuitry for driving the first transducer with an electrical signal corresponding to a PAN audio signal;
and the audio gateway comprises;
a second transducer for converting acoustic signals to electrical signals and audio gateway PAN circuitry connected to the second transducer comprising circuitry for transmitting and for receiving PAN signals. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of transferring audio signals from an audio gateway to a physically separated audio device that comprises a radio receiver and a transducer, the method comprising:
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establishing a connection over a PAN network between the audio gateway and the separate audio device, interrupting an audio signal from the radio receiver to the transducer, providing a different audio signal to the transducer that is related to signals received at the audio gateway over a network other than the PAN network.
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