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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120045990 | Intelligent Audio Routing for Incoming Calls A user's wireless communication device communicates cellular signals with a remote party over a wireless communications network and short-range wireless signals with a headset worn by the user. Upon receiving an incoming call, a controller in the user's device determine... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110306393 | HEADSET BASE WITH DISPLAY AND COMMUNICATIONS BASE A headset base unit (2) comprising a base housing (4), a headset holder (5, 38) for holding a headset (3). The headset base unit (2) has control means (9), by means of which an audio channel can be opened between the headset ( 12/15/2011 | |
| 20110263303 | MULTI-BUTTON CONTROL HEADSET FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE The invention is directed at a headset for a mobile communication device having a multi-button control and is implemented with a standard headset jack. The multi-button control is decoded by a microprocessor after which an encoded signal is then transmitted from the pro... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110244927 | Apparatus and Method for Wireless Headsets In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided, comprising: a wireless headset configured to detect removal of the wireless headset from a holder; and perform at least one of switching to a powered state, establishing a commu... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110237311 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED INTERFERING ENERGY INTO AUDIO CIRCUIT AND RELATED METHODS A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing. RF circuitry and a processor are operative with each other and carried by the circuit board. A receiver speaker and microphone are carried by the housing. Audio circuitr... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110165920 | DUAL MODE ELECTRONIC HEADSET WITH LOCAL AND REMOTE FOCUSED MICROPHONES An electronic headset and audio enhancement method that improves remote and direct conversations conducted in a noisy environment. The electronic headset for mounting proximate a human ear of a user, the headset including a housing having a power source; a first microph... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20100331061 | Apparatus for Holding a Communication Device An apparatus for securely holding a communication or mobile device for hands-free use includes an attachment portion for that is extendable from a headset or pair of glasses. A suction or adhesive system is used to removably secure a mobile device to the attachment port... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100190536 | Headset holster A headset holster receives a small headset and includes a base member having a top face and a bottom face. A pair of protrusions extend from the top face. A channel is formed between the pair of protrusions. An elastic strap extending between the pair of protrusions, ov... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100167796 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE An electronic device includes a main body, an earphone partitioning structure, and a cover. The main body defines an earphone housing to removably receive an earphone. The earphone partitioning structure is disposed in the earphone housing and includes a first limiting ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100081488 | PORTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE A communication device includes a portable housing and a processor housed in the housing. The processor is configured to receive first signals from an external audio player. A transmitter is housed in the housing for wirelessly transmitting second signals to an external... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100056233 | Convertible Headset Ring For Wireless Communication An over-the-ear Bluetooth® type communications headset for hands-free communication with mobile phones and similar devices, the headset being convertible to a ring configuration for wearing on the finger as a communications device and as jewelry. The headset is divided... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100048135 | HEADSET AND EARPHONE There is provided a headset comprising a cable (200), an operating portion (500) displaceable along the cable (200) and having a wireless transmitting unit (510) for wirelessly transmitting control signals and a wireless receiving unit (11... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100041447 | WEARABLE HEADSET WITH SELF-CONTAINED VOCAL FEEDBACK AND VOCAL COMMAND A headset includes a wearable body, first and second earphones extending from the wearable body, controls for controlling an external communication/multimedia device wirelessly, a microphone for picking up vocal data from a user of the headset system and a signal proces... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100022269 | Systems and methods for accelerometer usage in a wireless headset This includes systems and methods for accelerometer usage in a wireless headset. An accelerometer can be used to determine the location of a wireless headset. The determined location can be used to control and improve a noise cancellation system. In some embodiments, th... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100016037 | CELL PHONE EARPIECE RETAINER A cell phone earpiece retainer includes a first attaching loop formed of resilient material, sized and shaped to fit frictionally about an ear mounting portion of a cell phone earpiece. An elongate strap portion has a first and second ends and is attached at the first e... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090325648 | WIRELESS EARPHONE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME A wireless earphone includes a body, a microphone and an earphone. The body includes a microphone end and an opposite earphone end. The microphone is disposed at the microphone end of the body. The earphone is retractably disposed at the earphone end of the body. The in... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090318201 | Earpiece Cable Control In an apparatus for controlling an earpiece cable, the apparatus has a housing of the earpiece cable. The housing has a first curve, such as a roller, for guiding the earpiece cable and a second curve for guiding the earpiece cable. Furthermore the housing has a handle ... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090318202 | HEARING DEVICE A wireless headset with an integral display is provided, the headset capable of communicating via a wireless network to a cellular telephone, cellular telephone adaptor, land-line telephone, land-line telephone adaptor, computer, personal digital assistant, or other dev... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090280873 | LOOK AND TUNE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE Systems and methods for a mobile communication device are disclosed. The system generally includes a housing such as a headset, a speaker, a microphone, and a wireless communication module. The wireless communications module provides for directional communication links.... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090264073 | NECKPAD COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR A HELMET A neckpad communications system for a helmet includes a neckpad body that includes coupling members for detachably coupling the neckpad body to a surface of the helmet. The system includes a communications unit having a first part that is disposed within and covered by ... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090253473 | Wireless transceiver device and wireless headset A wireless transceiver device includes a wireless transceiver unit, a signal transformer, an audio amplifier and a power supply device. The wireless transceiver unit is used for receiving and transmitting audio signals. The signal transformer is connected to the wireles... | 10/08/2009 |
| 20090247245 | Improvements in or Relating to Electronic Headset Devices and Associated Electronic Devices An electronic headset comprising connectivity functionality, the connectivity functionality arranged to allow the headset to be operatively coupled to a remote associated electronic device for the transmission of signalling between the headset and the device, the headse... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090239591 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH AN ORIENTATION DETECTOR A wireless communication device (200) is disclosed. It can include: an electronic device (210) including a display (240); a wearable device (242) including a first orientation detector (244) configured to detect a suitable display view... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090209303 | Automatic Recharging Wireless Headset A wireless headset has a body, an ear clip, and at least two devices for converting at least two different sources of energy into electrical power. The body includes an RF integrated circuit in electrical communication with an antenna and a baseband circuit, the baseban... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090209304 | EARSET ASSEMBLY USING ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE An earset assembly including a first earpiece, a second earpiece, and an electrical circuit. The first earpiece includes an internal microphone to capture speech of a user and an internal speaker, and is positionable with respect to a first ear of the user so that the i... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090186668 | Wireless Handsfree Headset Method and System with Handsfree Applications Embodiments include method for providing a handsfree service to a user of a wireless, handsfree headset. In an embodiment the method comprises the headset performing service discovery on the audio gateway to determine a method of transferring an application to the audio... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090181731 | Modular wireless headset and/or headphones The modular wireless headset includes at least one wearable earpiece and at least one wearable microphone, where the earpiece is physically separate from the microphone. The wearable earpiece is operably to render inbound radio frequencies received from a host device au... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090176540 | AUDIO SELECTION CONTROL FOR PERSONAL COMMUNICATION DEVICES The distribution of audio signals to either a headset or to a base unit (such as a cell phone) is determined by whether the headset is ready for use when a call is made or received. The headset is considered ready for use if it is powered on, has been initialized to exc... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090131124 | WIRELESS EARPIECE DETERMINING PROXIMITY TO USER AND OPERATION BASED THEREON A wireless earpiece that is configured to fit to an ear of a user includes a sensor for sensing the proximity of the wireless earpiece to the user. The sensor produces a proximity signal indicative of whether the wireless earpiece is engaged with the user. If the proxim... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090124202 | Modular wireless multimedia device A modular wireless headset includes wearable earpiece(s) and wearable microphone(s), where the earpiece and microphone may be physically separate devices. The wearable earpiece renders inbound radio frequencies received from a host device audible. The wearable earpiece ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090111535 | HEADSET A communication unit, e.g. a headset, constructed as a slave station which may be coupled to a plurality of master stations, e.g. a mobile telephone, via a short-ranged communications connection, such as of the Bluetooth type or the DECT type, and has a plurality of add... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090082071 | Alert Processing Devices and Systems for Noise-Reducing Headsets and Methods for Providing Alerts to Users of Noise-Reducing Headsets A system includes an active noise-reducing headset and an alert processor. The active noise reducing headset includes a communication module that establishes a wireless communication link, a microphone that generates a microphone signal in response to ambient noise, a s... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090061822 | Method and apparatus for multiterminal support using bluetooth based audio gateway Disclosed herein is a system for configuring and setting up a one to one communication correspondence between a headset and a mobile device. The authentication PIN allows communication of the headset with only those devices that are authenticated using the PIN. A first ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090061957 | SOLAR OPERATED BATTERY HEADSET A wireless headset (eg. Bluetooth, a trade mark) is powered by one or more rechargeable batteries and has a solar panel mounted thereon connected to the battery to augment or replace the battery power. The solar panel is preferably used in conjunction with a battery in ... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090034713 | Projection Headset A headset apparatus including a virtual keypad and a method for inputting data into a headset are provided. In one embodiment, a headset includes a processor, at least one acoustic transducer, a projector operably coupled to the processor for displaying an image on a su... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20090005129 | User Interface for Wireless Headset on a Gaming Console A wireless headset having a user interface configured to allow the user to utilize the full functionality of the headset while minimizing the number of physical control inputs necessary is described. The user interface may have a user input control that is configured to... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080311966 | Miniature wireless earring headset A battery-powered miniature wireless headset is worn as a single earring or as a pair of earrings. The headset communicates with a phone or other host over a bidirectional wireless communication link allowing hands-free operation. The wireless earring headset is compris... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080280654 | System and method for wirelessly providing multimedia System and method for wirelessly providing multimedia. A system includes a headset and a wireless communications device. The wireless communications device controls the operation of the headset with transmissions over a first wireless network. The headset includes a fir... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080268922 | Information processing apparatus and cellular phone According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including: a storing unit configured to store a coded audio data corresponding to one of a plurality of codec types, an acquiring unit configured to acquire first information ... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080260169 | Headset Derived Real Time Presence And Communication Systems And Methods A method for real time digital instant messaging includes monitoring a condition of a wireless headset, estimating a potential for the user to receive and immediately respond to a real time digital message, such as an instant communications or a VoIP message, and then s... | 10/23/2008 |
