Granted Patent B2

US 10,064,038 · App. 15/726,933 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

Claims (31)

1. A method, comprising:

in a headset that is configurable to process audio:

pairing with a first audio basestation configured for communicating audio between the headset and a game console, the pairing comprising establishing one or more wireless links for communicating the audio between the first audio basestation and the headset;

pairing with a second audio basestation; and

maintaining pairing with the first audio basestation after said pairing with the second audio basestation.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio comprises microphone audio communicated from the headset to the game console.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio comprises game and chat audio content communicated from the game console to the headset.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising automatically pairing the headset with one or both of the first audio basestation and the second first audio when the headset comes within a certain distance of the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising automatically pairing the headset with one or both of the first audio basestation and the second first audio in response to a physical contact between the headset and the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the physical contact corresponds to a tapping of the headset onto the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising identifying and/or validating one or more of the headset, a user of the headset, the first audio basestation, and the second audio basestation based on signals communicated during the pairing of the headset with the first audio basestation and/or the pairing of the headset with the second audio basestation.

8. The method of claim 7 , comprising securing communications between the between the headset and one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation based on the communicated signals.

9. The method of claim 1 , comprising determining whether to maintain the pairing with the first audio basestation after the pairing with the second audio basestation, based on availability of communication links between the headset and the first audio basestation.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising communicating signals over near filed communication (NFC) interface between the headset and one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation.

11. A system, comprising:

a headset that comprises:

one or more audio processing circuits operable to process audio for output via the headset; and

one or more control circuits operable to:

pair with a first audio basestation configured for communicating audio between the headset and a game console, the pairing comprising establishing one or more wireless links for communicating the audio between the first audio basestation and the headset;

pair with a second audio basestation; and

maintain pairing with the first audio basestation after said pairing with the second audio basestation.

12. The system of claim 11 , comprising a microphone integrated into or attached to the headset, and wherein the audio comprises microphone audio communicated from the headset to the game console.

13. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation is integrated into the game console.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation is a stand-alone device.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or more control circuits are operable to pair the headset with one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation occurs automatically when the headset comes within a certain distance of the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein one or more control circuits are operable to automatically pair the headset with one or both of the first audio basestation and the second first audio basestation in response to a physical contact between the headset and the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more control circuits are operable to secure communications between the headset and one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation based on the communicated signals.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the physical contact corresponds to a tapping of the headset onto the first audio basestation or the second audio basestation.

19. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more control circuits are operable to identify and/or validate one or more of the headset, a user of the headset, the first audio basestation, and the second audio basestation based on signals communicated during the pairing of the headset with the first audio basestation and/or the pairing of the headset with the second audio basestation.

20. The system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more control circuits are operable to determine whether to maintain the pairing with the first audio basestation after the pairing with the second audio basestation, based on availability of communication links between the headset and the first audio basestation.

21. The system of claim 11 , wherein the headset comprises a near field communication (NFC) circuit for communicating signals over an NFC interface between the headset and one or both of the first audio basestation and the second audio basestation.

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