Wireless headphones for entertainment and telephonic communication
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1. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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a circuit on said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system;
wherein said circuit alerts a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and
wherein said circuit further comprises a switch for disabling said circuit from alerting the user of a transmission received from the phone base unit indicating an incoming phone call.
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Abstract
A pair of wireless headphones receives radio frequency transmissions from a sound system to provide music and other audio programming to a user who is free to move anywhere within the range of the transmissions. A telephone base unit also broadcasts notification of incoming phone calls to the wireless headphones. The headphones may provide an audio signal over or instead of the audio programming to notify the user of the incoming call. The headphones may also incorporate a microphone so that the user can receive the phone call with the headphones.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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headphones; and a circuit on said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; wherein said circuit alerts a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and wherein said circuit further comprises a switch for disabling said circuit from alerting the user of a transmission received from the phone base unit indicating an incoming phone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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4. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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headphones; a circuit on said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system, wherein said circuit alerts a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and a microphone on said headphones, wherein said circuit transduces verbal utterances of the user with said microphone and transmits said utterances to the phone base unit to conduct a telephone call; and wherein said microphone is disposed on an extension which can be extended from and retracted into said headphones. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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11. A method for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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providing headphones; providing a circuit with said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; with said circuit, alerting a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and disabling said circuit from alerting the user of a transmission received from the phone base unit indicating an incoming phone call with a switch provided with said headphones. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A method for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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providing headphones; providing a circuit with said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; with said circuit, alerting a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; transducing verbal utterances of the user with a microphone provided with said headphones; transmitting said utterances to the phone base unit to conduct a telephone call; and providing said microphone on an extension which can be extended from and retracted into said headphones. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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21. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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headphones; and a circuit on said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; wherein said circuit alerts a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and wherein said circuit decreases a volume of said audio programming being played on said headphones in response to reception of said incoming phone call and operation of said circuit to alert said user of said incoming phone call.
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22. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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headphones; and a circuit on said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; wherein said circuit alerts a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and wherein said circuit suspends said audio programming in response to reception of said incoming phone call and operation of said circuit to alert said user of said incoming phone call.
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23. A method for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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providing headphones; providing a circuit with said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; with said circuit, alerting a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and decreasing a volume of said audio programming being played on said headphones in response to reception of said incoming phone call and in coincidence with said alerting a user of said headphones to said incoming phone call.
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24. A method for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
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providing headphones; providing a circuit with said headphones which receives radio frequency wireless transmissions from both a phone base unit and an audio system; with said circuit, alerting a user of said headphones when a transmission received from the phone base unit indicates an incoming phone call; and suspending said audio programming in response to reception of said incoming phone call and in coincidence with said alerting a user of said headphones to said incoming phone call.
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