Wireless headphones and data transmission method
AssigneeSennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsAxel Haupt, André Michaelis, Rolf Meyer, Katrin Huss, Jens Wildhagen
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Abstract
There is provided a wireless headphone unit having at least one electroacoustic transducer and a transmitting/receiving unit for wirelessly receiving first signals which contain audio signals to be reproduced on the electroacoustic transducer and a network identification unit for storing the network identification of the wireless headphone unit, wherein the transmitting/receiving unit is adapted for wirelessly transmitting the network identification of the headphone unit.
Claims3
A method of transmitting first data comprising audio signals based on an Internet protocol from a server with a first Internet protocol address to a mobile reproduction unit with a second Internet protocol address, said mobile reproduction unit being a wireless headphone unit having at least one electroacoustic transducer, a transmitting/receiving unit, and a network identification unit in which the second Internet protocol address is stored, said first data comprising audio signals a user of said wireless headphone unit has a right of utilization for, and said server being a public server connected to the Internet, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection between the wireless headphone unit and the server based on the first and second Internet protocol addresses;
- wirelessly transmitting the second Internet protocol address of the wireless headphone unit to the server;
- preventing communication of the first data if an Internet protocol address of a data receiver is not in conformity with said second Internet protocol address;
- transmitting the first data comprising the audio signals from the server to the wireless headphone unit;
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- reproducing received audio signals by the at least one electroacoustic transducer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.