US 2005/0037818 A1 · Providing a universal wireless headset

Abstract

Providing of a universal wireless headset begins for an incoming call by determining whether a piconet can be established between an initiating device and the wireless headset. If a piconet cannot be established, the processing continues by determining whether the headset can establish a piconet with a device coupled to a network. The network may be a local area network, which includes wireless devices and/or wired devices. When the wireless headset can establish the piconet with a device coupled to the network, the piconet is established. Once the piconet is established, the processing continues by establishing a logical connection between the initiating device and the device coupled to the network. As such, the incoming communication is supported via the logical connection and the piconet.

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Dependent claims

A method for supporting a universal wireless headset, the method comprises:

determining whether a piconet can be established between an initiating device and the universal wireless headset for an incoming communication;
when the piconet cannot be established, determining whether the universal wireless headset can establish a piconet with a device coupled to a network;
when the universal wireless headset can establish the piconet with the device coupled to a network, establishing the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the device coupled to the network;
and
establishing a logical connection between the initiating device and the device coupled to the network via the network, wherein the incoming communication between the universal wireless headset is supported via the logical connection and the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the device coupled to the network.

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A method for supporting a universal wireless headset, the method comprises:

transmitting, by the universal wireless headset, a request to establish a piconet to one of a plurality of host devices;
when none of the plurality of host devices provides a response to the request within a timeout period, transmitting, by the universal wireless headset a request to establish a piconet to one of a plurality of devices coupled to a network;
when at least one of the plurality of devices coupled to the network provides the response within the timeout period, establishing the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the at least one of the plurality of devices;
and
establishing a logical connection between the one of the plurality of host devices and the at least one of the plurality of devices to support an outgoing communication from the universal wireless headset via the logical connection and the one of the plurality of host devices.

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An apparatus for supporting a universal wireless headset, the apparatus comprises:

processing module;
and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory stores operational instructions that cause the processing module to:
determine whether a piconet can be established between an initiating device and the universal wireless headset for an incoming communication;
when the piconet cannot be established, determine whether the universal wireless headset can establish a piconet with a device coupled to a network;
when the universal wireless headset can establish the piconet with the device coupled to a network, establish the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the device coupled to the network;
and
establish a logical connection between the initiating device and the device coupled to the network via the network, wherein the incoming communication between the universal wireless headset is supported via the logical connection and the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the device coupled to the network.

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An apparatus for supporting a universal wireless headset, the apparatus comprises:

processing module;
and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory includes operational instructions that cause the processing module to:
transmit, as the universal wireless headset, a request to establish a piconet to one of a plurality of host devices;
when none of the plurality of host devices provides a response to the request within a timeout period, transmit, as the universal wireless headset a request to establish a piconet to one of a plurality of devices coupled to a network;
when at least one of the plurality of devices coupled to the network provides the response within the timeout period, establish the piconet between the universal wireless headset and the at least one of the plurality of devices;
and
establish a logical connection between the one of the plurality of host devices and the at least one of the plurality of devices to support an outgoing communication from the universal wireless headset via the logical connection and the one of the plurality of host devices.

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An apparatus for supporting a universal wireless headset, the apparatus comprises:

processing module;
and
memory operably coupled to the processing module, wherein the memory includes operational instructions that cause the processing module to:
monitor signal strength of communications with a piconet that includes the universal wireless headset and a device coupled to a network;
when the signal strength compares unfavorably to a signal strength threshold, identify another device coupled to the network;
and
establish a piconet between the universal wireless headset and the another device coupled to the network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Providing a universal wireless headset

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