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US 2008/0075295 A1Published application
Media playing from a docked handheld media device
AssigneeBose Corporation
InventorsAvrum G. Mayman, Scott Talbot Yewell, Lee Zamir, Laszlo Drimusz
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Abstract
In addition to other aspects disclosed, a docking station that receives content through a wired connection from a handheld media device, plays or displays the content through a speaker, and transmits content to a remote speaker.
Claims41
A docking station for a handheld media device, comprising
- a housing;
- a docking port in the housing for mechanically coupling the handheld media device to the docking station;
- an interface disposed within the docking port to make a wired electrical connection to the handheld media device,
- circuitry within the housing for receiving content from the handheld media device;
- a speaker included in the housing and coupled to the circuitry to produce a first audible signal from content received from the handheld media device through the interface, and
- a transmitter included within the housing and coupled to the circuitry, the transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit content received from the handheld media device to a remote speaker for producing a second audible signal on the remote speaker, wherein the first and second audible signals are produced at substantially the same time.
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A receiving station comprising
- a housing;
- a receiver integrated within the housing to receive from a docking station a wireless signal that represents content provided to the docking station from a handheld media device and information to control operations of the receiving station, and
- a speaker integrated within the housing and coupled to the receiver to produce an audible signal from the received wireless signal.
A system comprising
- a docking station comprising
- a housing;
- a docking port coupled to the housing;
- an interface disposed in the docking port to make a wired electrical connection to a handheld media device;
- circuitry for receiving content from the handheld media device;
- a speaker included in the housing and coupled to the circuitry to produce a first audible signal from the content received from the handheld media device through the wired electrical connection;
- and
- a transmitter to wirelessly transmit content received from the handheld media device and control information, and
- a receiving station comprising
- a receiver to receive from the docking station the wireless signal that represents the content and control information to control operations of the receiving station;
- and
- a speaker coupled to the receiver to produce a second audible signal from the received wireless signal transmission.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.