WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method for wirelessly conferencing and sharing content among a number of participants in a mobile environment, such method comprising:
- providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces, mixes and cleans an audio signal from the audio inputs and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least three audio interfaces;
providing a first local wireless interface between a first audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a first local participant;
providing a second local wireless interface between a second audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a second local participant;
providing a third local wireless interface between a third audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a remote communications means for communicating with a remote participant, providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless non-call conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant, the second local participant, and the remote participant during wireless conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and the remote participant; and
, providing simultaneous one-way communications between an audio and/or video content source and the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the first local participant and the second local participant, wherein a first communication path to the first local participant, a second communication path to the second local participant, and a third communication path to the remote participant are all discrete, and wherein the audio and/or video content source is integrated within the remote communications means.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for setting up a wireless conference call, wireless non-call conference, and sharing audio and/or video content. The method includes the steps of providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces, mixes, cleans, and amplifies and/or de-amplifies the audio signal from the audio inputs and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least three audio interfaces; providing a first local wireless interface between a first audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a first local participant; providing a second local wireless interface between a second audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a second local participant; and, providing a third wireless interface between a third audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a remote communications means for communicating with a remote participant, wherein the communication paths to the first local participant, second local participant and the remote participant are all discrete, so as to permit simultaneous two-way (incoming and outgoing) communications between each participant during wireless conferencing between the local participants and during wireless conferencing between the local participants and the remote participant, and so as to permit simultaneous one-way communications between an audio and/or video content source and each local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the local participants.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for wirelessly conferencing and sharing content among a number of participants in a mobile environment, such method comprising:
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providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces, mixes and cleans an audio signal from the audio inputs and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least three audio interfaces;
providing a first local wireless interface between a first audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a first local participant;
providing a second local wireless interface between a second audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a second local participant;
providing a third local wireless interface between a third audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a remote communications means for communicating with a remote participant, providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless non-call conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant, the second local participant, and the remote participant during wireless conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and the remote participant; and
,providing simultaneous one-way communications between an audio and/or video content source and the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the first local participant and the second local participant, wherein a first communication path to the first local participant, a second communication path to the second local participant, and a third communication path to the remote participant are all discrete, and wherein the audio and/or video content source is integrated within the remote communications means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for wirelessly conferencing and sharing content among a number of participants in a mobile environment, such method comprising:
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providing an audio mixer that receives an audio input from each of at least four audio interfaces, mixes and cleans an audio signal from the audio inputs and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least four audio interfaces;
providing a first local wireless interface between a first audio interface of the at least four audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a first local participant;
providing a second local wireless interface between a second audio interface of the at least four audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a second local participant;
providing a third local wireless interface between a third audio interface of the at least four audio interfaces and a remote communications means for communicating with a remote participant;
providing a fourth local wireless interface between a fourth audio interface of the at least four audio interfaces and an audio and/or video content source;
providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless non-call conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and providing simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant, the second local participant, and the remote participant during wireless conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and the remote participant; and
,providing simultaneous one-way communications between the audio and/or video content source and the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the audio and/or video content source and the first local participant and the second local participant, wherein a first communication path to the first local participant, a second communication path to the second local participant, and a third communication path to the remote participant are all discrete. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An apparatus for wirelessly conferencing and sharing content among a number of participants in a mobile environment, such apparatus comprising:
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an audio mixer that receives an audio signal from an audio input from each of at least three audio interfaces, mixes and cleans the audio inputs, and provides an equalized audio output to each of the at least three audio interfaces;
a first local wireless interface between a first audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a first local participant;
a second local wireless interface between a second audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a wireless headset of a second local participant; and
a third local wireless interface between a third audio interface of the at least three audio interfaces and a remote communications means for communicating with a remote participant, wherein the audio mixer permits simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless non-call conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and permits simultaneous two-way communications between the first local participant, the second local participant, and the remote participant during wireless conferencing between the first local participant and the second local participant and the remote participant;
wherein the audio mixer provides simultaneous one-way communications between an audio and/or video content source and the first local participant and the second local participant during wireless sharing of audio and/or video content between the first local participant and the second local participant, and wherein a first communication path to the first local participant, a second communication path to the second local participant, and a third communication path to the remote participant are all discrete. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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