Patent ID: 9438716
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. An activity indicator apparatus comprising: a housing comprising a housing first surface and a housing second surface, the housing first surface configured to attach to a display device second surface of a display device facing away from a user, the display device further comprising a display device first surface comprising a display screen facing the user in operation; a first light emitting device group visible on the housing second surface arranged to indicate a listen-only activity of a headset device and a second light emitting device group visible on the housing second surface arranged to indicate a headset telephony activity, the first light emitting device group distinct from and non-overlapping with the second light emitting device group; a power source; a wireless communications interface configured to receive from a computing device coupled to the housing one of either a first signal indicating the headset listen-only activity of a headset device or a second signal indicating the headset telephony activity of the headset device, wherein the computing device comprises the display device and the computing device is in communication with the headset; a processor; and a memory comprising an activity indication application configured to receive on the wireless communications interface from the computing device coupled to the housing either the first signal indicating the headset listen-only activity of the headset device or the second signal indicating the headset telephony activity of the headset device, and indicate the headset listen-only activity at the first light emitting device group responsive to the first signal and indicate the headset telephony activity at the second light emitting device group responsive to the second signal.