Wireless output devices or wireless controllers for establishing wireless connectivity and for receiving digital content

A method for establishing a wireless communication link between a wireless output device and a smart phone, the wireless output device includes:

• wireless communication circuitry, the wireless communication circuitry includes one or more wireless communication chips or chipsets supporting, at least in part short range wireless communication;
• an output device for outputting or playing digital content;
• and
• memory storing at least an attribute or identification information related to the wireless output device, the method comprising:
• (1) facilitating, by the wireless output device and via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless output device, a wireless discovery operation for the smart phone to wirelessly discover the wireless output device or for the wireless output device to wirelessly discover the smart phone, wherein the wireless discovery operation is based, at least in part, on physical proximity between the wireless output device and the smart phone;
• (2) wirelessly transmitting, by the wireless output device to the smart phone and via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless output device, at least the attribute or the identification information that is related to the wireless output device and that is stored in the memory of the wireless output device, the wireless transmitting of the attribute or the identification information is based, at least in part, on physical proximity between the wireless output device and the smart phone, and the wireless transmitting of the attribute or the identification information is subsequent to either the wireless output device having wirelessly discovered the smart phone in (1), or the smart phone having wirelessly discovered the wireless output device in (1);
• (3) wirelessly receiving, by the wireless output device and via the wireless communication circuitry of the wireless output device, a service request or a connection request from the smart phone, the service request or the connection request from the smart phone is subsequent to the wireless output device having wirelessly transmitted the attribute or the identification information from the wireless output device to the smart phone in (2);
• (4) wirelessly establishing, by the wireless output device and using the one or more wireless communication chips or chipsets of the wireless output device, a wireless communication link between the wireless output device and the smart phone in response to the wireless output device having wirelessly received the service request or the connection request in (3), the wireless communication link being a short range wireless communication link;
• (5) wirelessly receiving, by the wireless output device and via the one or more wireless communication chips or chipsets of the wireless output device and over the wireless communication link wirelessly established in (4), output data from the smart phone, the output data including audio digital content or voice digital content, individually or in any combination;
• (6) processing or decoding, by the wireless output device, at least part of the output data wirelessly received in (5) for outputting or playing at an output device of the wireless output device, at least part of the audio digital content or the voice digital content;
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• (7) outputting or playing, using the output device of the wireless output device, at least part of the output data processed or decoded in (6), the output data processed or decoded in (6) being related to at least part of the audio digital content or the voice digital content.

A wireless output device for receiving and playing digital content, comprising:

• an output device;
• and
• wireless communication circuitry, having at least a wireless communication chip or chipset, which is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth specifications;
• wherein the wireless output device is operable for:
• (1) facilitating, via the wireless communication circuitry within the wireless output device, a wireless device discovery operation, the wireless device discovery operation is for a client of the wireless output device to wirelessly discover the wireless output device;
• (2) subsequent to the wireless output device being wirelessly discovered by the client in the wireless device discovery operation in (1), wirelessly transmitting, via the wireless communication circuitry within the wireless output device, at least an attribute or identification information related to the wireless output device from the wireless output device to the client,
• (3) subsequent to the wireless output device having wirelessly transmitted the attribute or the identification information related to the wireless output device in (2), wirelessly receiving, by the wireless output device and via the wireless communication circuitry, a query or a service request from the client;
• (4) subsequent to the wireless output device having wirelessly received the query or the service request in (3), establishing a wireless communication link between the wireless output device and the client, using the wireless communication chip or chipset that is within the wireless output device and that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards or within Bluetooth specifications;
• (5) wirelessly receiving, by the wireless output device and over the wireless communication link established in (4), output data from the client;
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• (6) outputting or playing, using an output device within the wireless output device, at least part of the output data wirelessly received in (5);
• wherein the output data is related to at least part of the digital content for outputting or playing at the wireless output device;
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• wherein at least part of the output data is device dependent for outputting or playing at the wireless output device in (6), and the output data wirelessly received in (5) is associated, at least in part, with the attribute or the identification information wirelessly transmitted in (2);
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• wherein the client is either a mobile information apparatus or a client application executable at the mobile information apparatus, and the mobile information apparatus is a distinct device from the wireless output device.