Wireless adaptor for facilitating hands-free wireless communication functionality
First Claim
1. A method for providing hands-free access to a wireless communication functionality of a wireless communication device comprising the steps of:
- establishing a wired communication link from a wireless adaptor to a content player, the wireless adaptor is separate from the content player and removable from the wired communication link with the content player;
establishing a wireless communication link through a wireless proximity network from the wireless adaptor to a wireless communication device;
receiving, through the wired communication link, a request from the content player for access to at least one functional control of the wireless communication device;
responsive to the request, providing the content player with the access to the at least one functional control of the wireless communication device;
receiving at the wireless adaptor a signal for a remote access of a wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device; and
the wireless adaptor facilitating, through the wireless communication link, the remote access of the wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device.
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Abstract
Described herein are embodiments that facilitates hands-free wireless communication capability for new and existing vehicles and wireless transfer of content from a content source to a content player, or both. In one embodiment, there is provided a wireless adaptor that includes a wireless interface operable to form a wireless proximity network with a wireless communication device to remotely access a wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device, and a wired interface that facilitates a wired connection with a content player to facilitate a remote access of the wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device at the content player, wherein the wireless adaptor is separate from the content player and removable from the wired connection for another wired connection to another content player.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for providing hands-free access to a wireless communication functionality of a wireless communication device comprising the steps of:
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establishing a wired communication link from a wireless adaptor to a content player, the wireless adaptor is separate from the content player and removable from the wired communication link with the content player;
establishing a wireless communication link through a wireless proximity network from the wireless adaptor to a wireless communication device;
receiving, through the wired communication link, a request from the content player for access to at least one functional control of the wireless communication device;
responsive to the request, providing the content player with the access to the at least one functional control of the wireless communication device;
receiving at the wireless adaptor a signal for a remote access of a wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device; and
the wireless adaptor facilitating, through the wireless communication link, the remote access of the wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer readable medium on which is encoded program code for facilitating hands-free wireless communication functionality and wireless transfer of content, the program code comprising:
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program code for establishing a wired communication link with a content player;
program code for detecting a presence of a wireless communication device in proximity of the content player;
program code for establishing a wireless communication link with the wireless communication device based on the detection of the presence of the wireless communication device;
program code for receiving content stored in the wireless communication device via the wireless communication link;
program code for routing the content, through the wired connection, to the content player to facilitate playback of the content at the content player; and
program code for providing remote access to a wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device via at least the wireless communication link. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26)
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20. A wireless adaptor for providing hands-free access to a wireless communication functionality of a wireless communication device comprising:
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a wireless interface operable to form a wireless proximity network with a wireless communication device to remotely access a wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device; and
a wired interface that facilitates a wired connection with a content player to facilitate a remote access of the wireless communication functionality of the wireless communication device at the content player;
wherein the wireless adaptor is separate from the content player and removable from the wired connection for another wired connection to another content player. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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