# US 8,571,611 B2 · System and method for wirelessly providing multimedia > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,571,611 B2 - Document ID: US8571611B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 11/801,528 - Filed: 2007-05-10 - Published: 2008-11-13 - Granted: 2013-10-29 - Earliest claimed: 2007-05-10 - Assignees: Texas Instruments Incorporated - Applicants: Yoram Solomon - Inventors: Yoram Solomon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8571611B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/6066: {including a wireless connection} - H04R 5/033: Headphones for stereophonic communication {(details thereof, e.g. relating to batteries, cables or control elements H04R1/10)} - H04M 1/05: specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast - H04M 2250/02: including a Bluetooth® interface - H04R 1/1041: {Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H)} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract System and method for wirelessly providing multimedia. A system includes a headset and a wireless communications device. The wireless communications device controls the operation of the headset with transmissions over a first wireless network. The headset includes a first ear piece, a second ear piece, and a connecting piece. The first ear piece has a first speaker, a first network interface to send and receive transmissions over the first wireless network, a second network interface to receive transmissions over a second wireless network, and a connecting piece. The connecting piece is coupled between the first ear piece and the second ear piece. The connecting piece includes a wire to electrically couple the second ear piece, the first ear piece, and the second network interface and to receive transmissions over the second wireless network. The wire may be made to any length since it may be embedded inside the connecting piece. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A headset comprising: a first ear piece having a first speaker, the first ear piece comprising, a first wireless network interface, the first network interface configured to send and receive transmissions over a first wireless network, and a second wireless network interface, the second network interface configured to receive transmissions over a second wireless network; a second ear piece having a second speaker; and a connecting piece mechanically coupled at a first end to the first ear piece and at a second end to the second ear piece, the connecting piece comprising a conductive wire configured to electrically couple the second ear piece to the first ear piece, wherein said conductive wire is connected to said second network interface and operates as an antenna to receive air interface signaling associated with the second wireless network and provides the received air interface signaling as input to said second network interface, and wherein said conductive wire receives output signal from said second network interface and provides said output signaling as input to said second speaker. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the conductive wire is embedded inside the connecting piece. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the connecting piece is shaped so that it holds the first ear piece adjacent a first ear of a wearer and the second ear piece adjacent a second ear of the wearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein said output comprises audio signals. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The headset of claim 4, wherein the second wireless network interface provides said audio signals to the first speaker via a second wire. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the second network interface comprises: a low pass filter coupled to the conductive wire, wherein said output signaling includes audio signals passed by said low pass filter; and a high pass filter coupled to the conductive wire to filter said received air interface signaling. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the conductive wire is further coupled to the first wireless network interface, and wherein the conductive wire operates as an antenna that sends and receives air interface signaling associated with the first wireless network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the first ear piece includes a further conductive wire connected between said second network interface and said first speaker to provide output signal from said second network interface to the first speaker. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the connecting piece is made from a material selected from the group consisting of: plastic, metal, fiber, fabric, and combinations thereof. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The headset of claim 1, wherein the connecting piece is the conductive wire. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: a headset comprising, a first ear piece having a first speaker, the first ear piece comprising, a first wireless network interface, the first network interface configured to send and receive transmissions over a first wireless network, and a second wireless network interface, the second network interface configured to receive transmissions over a second wireless network, a second ear piece having a second speaker, and a connecting piece mechanically coupled at a first end to the first ear piece and at a second end to the second ear piece, the connecting piece comprising a conductive wire configured to electrically couple the second ear piece to the first ear piece, wherein said conductive wire is connected to said second network interface and operates as an antenna to receive air interface signaling associated with the second wireless network and provides the received air interface signaling as input to said second network interface, and wherein said conductive wire receives output signal from said second network interface and provides said output signaling as input to said second speaker; and a wireless communications device wirelessly coupled to the headset over the first wireless network, the wireless communications device to control the operation of the headset with transmissions over the first wireless network”. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the second wireless network interface receives multimedia transmissions over the second wireless network, and wherein information contained within the multimedia transmissions are provided to a user over the first speaker and the second speaker. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the headset further comprises a microphone coupled to the first wireless network interface, the microphone to convert audible information into electrical signals. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the second network interface comprises: a low pass filter coupled to the conductive wire, and an amplifier coupled to drive the low pass filter, wherein the low pass filter provides said output signaling; and a high pass filter coupled to the conductive wire to filter said received air interface signaling, and an RF circuit coupled to the high pass filter to receive the filtered air interface signaling.