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 Title: |
US6006115:
Wireless headphones for entertainment and telephonic communication
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Wingate, Richard C.; Scarsdale, NY
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| Assignee: |
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-12-21
/ 1997-10-15
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| Application Number: |
US1997000950833
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H04B 1/38;
H04M 1/00;
H04M 1/60;
H04R 1/10;
IPC-7:
H04B 1/38;
H04M 1/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
H04M1/60T; T04R5/033; T04R201/107; T04R420/07;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
455/575.2;
379/110.01;
379/430;
455/563;
455/569.1;
D14/205;
Original:
455/568;
455/569;
455/563;
279/110.1;
279/420;
279/430;
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| Field of Search: |
379/88.03,110.1,420,430
455/563,568,564,569,575,90
381/074,311,375
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| Priority Number: |
| 1997-10-15 |
US1997000950833 |
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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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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Kananen, Ronlad P.Rader, Fishman & Grauer ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Loomis, Paul;
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An apparatus for providing portable audio programming for the listening enjoyment of a user while preventing the user from missing telephone calls comprising:
- 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.
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| Forward References: |
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