System and method of automatic switching of audio output between an audio headset and a speaker docking station

A method for manufacturing an audio headset including an automatic audio output device switching system comprising:

• disposing a first audio headset speaker in a first earcup assembly of the audio headset;
• disposing an audio headset communication pin that is electrically conductive within an audio headset pin connector housing on the first earcup assembly for operative coupling with a speaker docking station communication pin upon insertion of the audio headset pin connector housing within a speaker docking station pin connector housing;
• operatively coupling an audio headset port router and an audio headset antenna system of an audio headset network interface device for routing an audio signal received via the audio headset antenna system from a wirelessly coupled information handling system to a hardware processor executing code instructions of a headset audio driver of the audio headset via a printed circuit board and the first audio headset speaker and to the audio headset communication pin and a speaker docking station with a docking station speaker depending on instructions from the hardware processor executing code instructions of an automatic audio output device switching system for the audio headset;
• operatively coupling the headset audio driver to the first audio headset speaker for emitting sound according to the audio signal received via the headset antenna when the automatic audio output device switching system detects the audio headset as undocked from the speaker docking station;
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• operatively coupling the hardware processor, to detect a first headset docking triggering event for switching audio output devices indicating that the audio headset is docked in the speaker docking station, and to instruct the audio headset port router to reroute the audio signal received via the audio headset antenna away from the headset audio driver and to the speaker docking station for output via the audio headset communication pin to the docking station speaker.

An audio headset having an automatic audio output device switching system comprising:

• an audio headset speaker;
• an audio headset communication pin that is electrically conductive disposed within an audio headset pin connector housing for operatively coupling with a speaker docking station communication pin upon insertion of the audio headset pin connector housing within a speaker docking station pin connector housing;
• an audio headset port router operably connected to a hardware processor executing code instructions of a headset audio driver of the audio headset, the audio headset communication pin, and an audio headset network interface device, the audio headset port router for routing an audio signal received via the audio headset network interface device from an operatively coupled information handling system to the audio headset communication pin for transfer to a speaker docking station and a docking station speaker thereon and to the headset audio driver for transfer to the audio headset speaker depending on detection of a docking state with the speaker docking station;
• an audio headset power pin that is electrically conductive disposed within the audio headset pin connector housing for receiving an electrical current from the speaker docking station when the audio headset is docked in a speaker docking station;
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• a hardware processor executing code instructions of the automatic audio output device switching system for detecting receipt of the electrical current from the speaker docking station via the audio headset power pin and instructing the audio headset port router to route the audio signal received via the audio headset network interface device from the operatively coupled information handling system to a speaker docking station for output at the docking station speaker, via the audio headset communication pin when the audio headset is docked in the speaker docking station.