Portable media player emulator for facilitating wireless use of an accessory
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating wireless communication between a device and an accessory for that device, wherein the accessory includes a docking cradle and a connector including a plurality of electrical contacts, and wherein at least one electrical contact of the connector is adapted to receive an audio signal, and wherein the device is capable of generating a first signal representative of audio information, the system comprising:
- a wireless communicator associated with the device, the wireless communicator being adapted to wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the audio information represented by the first signal; and
an adaptor configured to physically and communicatively couple with the connector of the accessory, the adaptor being adapted to wirelessly receive a transmission from the wireless communicator associated with the device, and to convert the at least a portion of the audio information into an audio signal that can be received by the at least one electrical contact of the connector.
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Abstract
A system for facilitating wireless communication between an accessory and a device comprising a device capable of converting at least an audio signal into a signal transmittable by a wireless communication means; a wireless communication means associated with the device capable of transmitting the converted signal; an accessory, including a docking cradle comprising a plurality of pins, wherein at least one pin on the docking cradle is capable of receiving an audio signal; and an adaptor capable of communicatively coupling with the accessory'"'"'s docking cradle, the adaptor being capable of receiving the transmission from the wireless communication means associated with the device and converting the signal into an audio signal that can be received by the accessory via the docking cradle.
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57 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating wireless communication between a device and an accessory for that device, wherein the accessory includes a docking cradle and a connector including a plurality of electrical contacts, and wherein at least one electrical contact of the connector is adapted to receive an audio signal, and wherein the device is capable of generating a first signal representative of audio information, the system comprising:
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a wireless communicator associated with the device, the wireless communicator being adapted to wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the audio information represented by the first signal; and
an adaptor configured to physically and communicatively couple with the connector of the accessory, the adaptor being adapted to wirelessly receive a transmission from the wireless communicator associated with the device, and to convert the at least a portion of the audio information into an audio signal that can be received by the at least one electrical contact of the connector. - 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 method of facilitating wireless communication between a device and an accessory, the accessory comprising a docking cradle having a docking cradle connector, the method comprising the steps of:
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generating, on a device, a first signal representative of audio information;
converting the first signal into a first wireless signal, wherein the first wireless signal is capable of being transmitted by a wireless transmitter associated with the device;
transmitting the first wireless signal via the wireless transmitter;
receiving the first wireless signal at an adaptor;
converting the first wireless signal into a first audio signal, the first audio signal corresponding to the audio information represented in the first signal; and
,providing the first audio signal from the adaptor to an accessory via the docking cradle connector associated with the accessory. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An adaptor comprising:
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a first wireless transceiver;
a first connector having a pinout, wherein the pinout is complimentary to a docking pinout of a docking connector of a docking cradle, wherein the adaptor is adapted to physically and electrically mate with the docking cradle; and
wherein the first wireless transceiver is adapted to transmit information to and receive information from a device comprising a device connector, the device connector having the pinout of the docking connector. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An adaptor for adapting an accessory speaker system to become a speakerphone system, wherein the speaker system comprises a docking cradle having a docking connector, the adaptor comprising:
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a connector configured to connect the adaptor to the accessory speaker system, wherein the connector is of a form factor compatible with the docking connector;
an adaptor housing of a form factor compatible with the docking cradle;
a microphone for receiving sound; and
,a bi-directional wireless communication system adapted to receive audio information from a phone call and to transmit information representative of sound received by the microphone. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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