Method and System for a Wireless Headset Receptacle

• US 20090036119A1
• Filed: 07/30/2007
• Published: 02/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Alton, Carras, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US11/830,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20090036119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0258 for a headset device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

Described are a method and a system for a wireless headset receptacle. The method includes a step of detecting one of a presence and an absence of a wireless receiver from a receptacle within a communication device. The wireless receiver includes a power supply and an interface for wireless communication with the communication device. The method also includes a step of performing at least one action based on one of the detected presence and the detected absence of the wireless receiver from the receptacle.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a receptacle storing a wireless receiver;

at least one sensor detecting an absence and a presence of the wireless receiver within the receptacle; and

a processor performing at least one action based on one of the detected presence and the detected absence of the wireless receiver from the receptacle.

2. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one action performed is one of terminating a telephone call on the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle and activating a telephone application on the communication device when the wireless receiver is absent in the receptacle.

3. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one action performed is providing an electronic charge from the communication device to the power supply of the wireless receiver when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle.

4. The mobile computing device according to claim 3, wherein the electronic charge is one of a trickle charge and a charge current when the mobile computing device is connected to a charging cradle.

5. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one action performed is one of pairing, bonding, and profiling the wireless receiver with the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle.

6. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one action performed is one of deactivating a component on the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle, and activating the component on the communication device when the wireless receiver is absent in the receptacle.

7. The mobile computing device according to claim 6, wherein the component of the communication device is one of a display, a touch screen, a speaker, a microphone, an antenna, a wireless communication interface, an illumination source, and a keypad.

8. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless receiver is one of a “

hands-free”

headset and a “

hands-free”

earpiece.

9. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is one of mobile telephone, a Voice over Internet Protocol (“

VoIP”

) telephone, and a walkie-talkie.

10. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the interface for wireless communication between the wireless receiver and the communication device is of a Bluetooth standard.

11. The mobile computing device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor is one of a mechanical switch, an electrical detector, a magnetic detector, an optical detector, a mass detector, a capacitance detector, and a conductivity detector.

12. A method, comprising:

detecting one of a presence and an absence of a wireless receiver from a receptacle within a communication device, the wireless receiver including a power supply and an interface for wireless communication with the communication device; and

performing at least one action based on one of the detected presence and the detected absence of the wireless receiver from the receptacle.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one action performed is one of terminating a telephone call on the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle and activating a telephone application on the communication device when the wireless receiver is absent in the receptacle.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one action performed is providing an electronic charge from the communication device to the power supply of the wireless receiver when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one action performed is one of pairing, bonding, and profiling the wireless receiver with the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the at least one action performed is at least one of deactivating a component on the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle, and activating the component on the communication device when the wireless receiver is absent in the receptacle.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the component of the communication device is one of a display, a touch screen, a speaker, a microphone, an antenna, a wireless communication interface, an illumination source, and a keypad.

18. The method according to claim 12, wherein the interface for wireless communication between the wireless receiver and the communication device is of a Bluetooth standard.

19. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a sensing means for detecting one of a presence and an absence of a wireless receiver from a receptacle within a communication device, the wireless receiver including a power supply and an interface for wireless communication with the communication device; and

a processing means for performing at least one action based on one of the detected presence and the detected absence of the wireless receiver from the receptacle.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the at least one action performed is one of terminating a telephone call on the communication device when the wireless receiver is present in the receptacle and activating a telephone application on the communication device when the wireless receiver is absent in the receptacle.