Engaging Terminal Devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- producing a first audio output from a first device; and
producing an electromagnetic field from one or more coils of the first device, where the electromagnetic field is configured for at least partially producing a second audio output from a second device based upon one or more coils of the second device being in the presence of the electromagnetic field from the first device, where the electromagnetic field is configured to provide a relationship between the first and second audio outputs such that;
when the first audio output is a first acoustic sound radiated from the first device, for the first acoustic sound to be configured to acoustically couple with second acoustic sound radiated from the second device which is based upon the second audio output, orwhen the first audio output is not acoustic sound, for the first audio output to be output from at least the first device for an external accessory of at least one first user.
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Abstract
A method including producing a first audio output from a first device; and producing an electromagnetic field from a coil of the first device. The electromagnetic field includes information for at least partially producing a second audio output from a second device. The information is configured to provide a relationship between the first and second audio outputs such that when the first audio output is a first acoustic sound, for the first acoustic sound to be configured to acoustically couple with second acoustic sound from the second device which based upon the second audio output, or when the first audio output is not acoustic sound, for the first audio output to be output from the first device for a headset of at least one first user.
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26 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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producing a first audio output from a first device; and producing an electromagnetic field from one or more coils of the first device, where the electromagnetic field is configured for at least partially producing a second audio output from a second device based upon one or more coils of the second device being in the presence of the electromagnetic field from the first device, where the electromagnetic field is configured to provide a relationship between the first and second audio outputs such that; when the first audio output is a first acoustic sound radiated from the first device, for the first acoustic sound to be configured to acoustically couple with second acoustic sound radiated from the second device which is based upon the second audio output, or when the first audio output is not acoustic sound, for the first audio output to be output from at least the first device for an external accessory of at least one first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a system for generating a first audio output; a coil configured to send information by inductive coupling from the apparatus by an electromagnetic field, where the information relates to the first audio output; and a controller connected to the system for generating the audio output and connected to the coil such that; when the first audio output is acoustic sound, the acoustic sound is generated with a time delay relative to sending of the information from the coil to allow the acoustic sound to acoustically couple with acoustic sound from at least one second device, where the acoustic sound from the at least one second device is generation dependent upon the information from the coil, or when the first audio output is not acoustic sound, for the first audio output to be output from the first device for a headset of at least one first user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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producing acoustic sound from a first device based, at least partially, upon an audio signal; producing an induction electromagnetic field from a coil of the first device, where the induction electromagnetic field comprises information relating to the audio signal; and buffering the audio signal in the first device before producing the acoustic sound to at least partially allow coordination between the producing of the acoustic sound and acoustic sound from at least one second device which is at least partially dependent upon the information from the coil. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A non-transitory program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine for performing operations, the operations comprising:
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producing an audio signal in a first device; producing an induction electromagnetic field from a coil of the first device, where the induction electromagnetic field comprises information relating to the audio signal; and either; outputting the audio signal to a transducer of a headset connected to the first device, or buffering the audio signal in the first device for a predetermined period of time before sending the audio output signal to a speaker of the first device to produce acoustic sound.
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