Headset-based telecommunications platform
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- an earpiece module including a microphone, an earphone, an antenna, a microprocessor, a memory, a data port, and a mechanism for receiving power from a battery associated therewith; and
a camera phone (CP) module including a processor, a memory storage, a camera, a data port, and a mechanism for receiving power from any of an onboard or external power source;
wherein the earpiece module and the CP module each include a complementary connector with which the CP module and the earpiece module are configured to be electrically and mechanically engaged;
wherein when the earpiece module and the CP module are disengaged, the earpiece module and the CP module are each configured to exhibit independent functionality, and when the earpiece module and the CP module are engaged, the earpiece module and the CP module operate interdependently as a unified apparatus;
wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are disengaged;
the earpiece module is independently operable as any of a standalone media player and a wireless communications device for communication with any of the detached CP module or another wireless device over a network; and
the CP module is independently operable as a phone; and
wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are engaged;
the attached CP module and earpiece module operate as a unified video camera and telecommunications headset that is wearable by a user hands-free with the earphone positioned in the user'"'"'s ear.
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Abstract
A hands-free wireless wearable GPS enabled video camera and audio-video communications headset, mobile phone and personal media player, capable of real-time two-way and multi-feed wireless voice, data and audio-video streaming, telecommunications, and teleconferencing, coordinated applications, and shared functionality between one or more wirelessly networked headsets or other paired or networked wired or wireless devices and optimized device and data management over multiple wired and wireless network connections. The headset can operate in concert with one or more wired or wireless devices as a paired accessory, as an autonomous hands-free wide area, metro or local area and personal area wireless audio-video communications and multimedia device and/or as a wearable docking station, hot spot and wireless router supporting direct connect multi-device ad-hoc virtual private networking (VPN). The headset has built-in intelligence to choose amongst available network protocols while supporting a variety of onboard, and remote operational controls including a retractable monocular viewfinder display for real time hands-free viewing of captured or received video feed and a duplex data-streaming platform supporting multi-channel communications and optimized data management within the device, within a managed or autonomous federation of devices or other peer-to-peer network configuration.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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an earpiece module including a microphone, an earphone, an antenna, a microprocessor, a memory, a data port, and a mechanism for receiving power from a battery associated therewith; and a camera phone (CP) module including a processor, a memory storage, a camera, a data port, and a mechanism for receiving power from any of an onboard or external power source; wherein the earpiece module and the CP module each include a complementary connector with which the CP module and the earpiece module are configured to be electrically and mechanically engaged; wherein when the earpiece module and the CP module are disengaged, the earpiece module and the CP module are each configured to exhibit independent functionality, and when the earpiece module and the CP module are engaged, the earpiece module and the CP module operate interdependently as a unified apparatus; wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are disengaged; the earpiece module is independently operable as any of a standalone media player and a wireless communications device for communication with any of the detached CP module or another wireless device over a network; and the CP module is independently operable as a phone; and wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are engaged; the attached CP module and earpiece module operate as a unified video camera and telecommunications headset that is wearable by a user hands-free with the earphone positioned in the user'"'"'s ear. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of operation for an apparatus comprising an earpiece module comprising a microphone, an earphone, an antenna, a microprocessor, a memory, a data port, and a battery associated therewith, and a camera phone (CP) module comprising a processor, a memory storage, a data port, and a battery associated therewith, wherein the earpiece module and the CP module each include a complementary connector with which the CP module and the earpiece module are configured to be electrically and mechanically engaged, wherein the method comprises:
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operating the earpiece module and the CP module with independent functionality when the earpiece module and the CP module are disengaged from each other; and operating the earpiece module and the CP module as a unified apparatus when the earpiece module and the CP module are engaged with each other; wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are disengaged from each other; the earpiece module operates independently as any of a standalone media player and a wireless communications device to communicate with any of the detached CP module or another wireless device over a network; and the CP module operates independently as a phone; and wherein when the CP module and the earpiece module are engaged with each other; the attached CP module and earpiece module operate as a unified video camera and telecommunications headset that is wearable by a user hands-free with the earphone positioned in the user'"'"'s ear. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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