Patent ID: 9356658
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04B,H04R

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for powering and controlling an electronic accessory from a mobile digital device, comprising: a right audio channel input terminal; a left audio channel input terminal; a microphone output terminal; a signal selector coupled to the right audio channel input terminal and to the left audio channel input terminal, and having a power output for providing a power carrier from one or both of the right and left audio channel input terminals, a transmit data output for providing transmit data from one or both of the right and left audio channel input terminals, and an audio output for providing an audio signal from one or both of the right and left audio channel input terminals; a signal integrator coupled to the microphone output terminal for outputting on the microphone output terminal an integrated signal comprising an audio signal from an audio input and receive data from a receive data input; an application logic controller for controlling interactions between the mobile digital device and the electronic accessory, the application logic controller having an input coupled to the transmit data output of the signal selector, and an output coupled to the receive data input of the signal integrator; and an energy harvester coupled to the power output of the signal selector for generating power for the signal selector, the signal integrator, the application logic controller, and the electronic accessory from the power carrier.