US 2001/0041588 A1 · Method of using a communications device together with another communications device, a communications system, a communications device and an accessory device for use in connection with a communications device

Abstract

A method of using a first communications device (2), such as a mobile telephone, together with at least one other communications device (27), such as a telephone, comprises the steps of playing back audio signals in the first communications device (2), transmitting the same audio signals to the other communications device (27), and playing back the audio signals in the other communications device (27). By transmitting the audio signals played back in the first communications device to the other device and playing them back there, shared audio listening is achieved and in this way the communications devices can be used also for the shared listening to e.g. music. Thus it is possible for two persons present at different locations to listen to the same audio signals simultaneously or at least almost simultaneously.

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Dependent claims

A method of using a first communications device (2) together with at least one other communications device (27), characterized in that the method comprises the steps of:

playing back audio signals in said first communications device (2),
transmitting the same audio signals to the other communications device (27), and
playing back said audio signals in the other communications device (27).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/726,987Filed 30 Nov 2000

Priority

EP 99610075.63 Dec 1999

Published

15 Nov 2001

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04M 1/72403
User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
H04M 1/6041
For providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets: portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
H04M 1/72442
With means for local support of applications that increase the functionality: for playing music files
H04M 1/72445
With means for local support of applications that increase the functionality: for supporting Internet browser applications

Method of using a communications device together with another communications device, a communications system, a communications device and an accessory device for use in connection with a communications device

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Method of using a communications device together with another communications device, a communications system, a communications device and an accessory device for use in connection with a communications device

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Abstract

Claims18