IP Library Granted Patent US 12,395,824
Granted Patent B2
US 12,395,824 · App. 18/416,046 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Method, device, and computer program for audio routing in wireless communication system, and recording medium therefor

Inventor: Jea Ho Lee (Cheongju-si, KR)
Assignee: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
H04W4/80G06F3/165H04L65/40H04L65/611H04L65/80H04L67/30
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Patent No.
US 12,395,824
App. No.
18/416,046
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to audio routing in a wireless communication system. A method by which a first device performs audio routing in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: transmitting audio routing basic information to a second device; receiving an audio routing modification request from the second device; and transmitting, to the second device, audio-routing-related information modified on the basis of the audio routing modification request, wherein the audio routing basic information may comprise at least one of available audio routing device information, set audio routing device information, and audio routing content type information.

Claims (28)

1. A method performed by a first device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, from the first device to a second device, first availability information related to first at least one context type associated with a first audio stream that is established between the first device and the second device;

transmitting, from the first device to a third device, second availability information related to second at least one context type;

based on a context type associated with a second audio stream from the third device being included in the second availability information, accepting the second audio stream with interrupting the first audio stream; and

based on the context type associated with the second audio stream from the third device not being included the second availability information, rejecting the second audio stream with maintaining the first audio stream,

wherein the first device is an acceptor maintaining audio streams with a single initiator,

wherein the second device is an initiator that starts or ends unicast audio streams with the acceptor, and

wherein the third device is another initiator that starts or ends unicast audio streams with the acceptor.

2. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the at least one context type includes a ringtone, a call-audio, a media playback.

3. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the first device indicates a preference based on the at least one context type.

4. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the accepting the second audio stream is further based on a control of a user through a user interface of the first device.

5. The method according to the claim 1 , wherein the first device, the second device, and the third device include Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol stack.

6. A first device in a wireless communication system, the device comprising:

a transceiver for performing a signal transmission and reception with at least one of a second device or third device;

at least one other device; and

a processor for controlling the transceiver and the first device,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit, through the transceiver, from the first device to a second device, first availability information related to first at least one context type associated with a first audio stream that is established between the first device and the second device;

transmit, through the transceiver, from the first device to third device, second availability information related to second at least one context type;

based on a context type associated with a second audio stream from the third device being included in the second availability information, accept the second audio stream with interrupting the first audio stream; and

based on the context type associated with the second audio stream from the third device not being included the second availability information, reject the second audio stream with maintaining the first audio stream,

wherein the first device is an acceptor maintaining audio streams with a single initiator,

wherein the second device is an initiator that starts or ends unicast audio streams with the acceptor, and

wherein the third device is another initiator that starts or ends unicast audio streams with the acceptor.

7. The first device according to the claim 6 , wherein the at least one context type includes a ringtone, a call-audio, a media playback.

8. The first device according to the claim 6 , wherein the first device indicates a preference based on the at least one context type.

9. The first device according to the claim 6 , wherein the accepting the second audio stream is further based on a control of a user through a user interface of the first device.

10. The first device according to the claim 6 , wherein the first device, the second device, and the third device include Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol stack.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2026
From: INTELLECTUAL DISCOVERY CO., LTD.
To: BLUE WIRELESS
Reel/Frame 076026/0190 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0075281 · Jun 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17597036
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