Patent ID: 9591392
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04R

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining a proximity of a wireless headset to a computing device connected to a communications network, the computing device operable to receive and display a text based instant message from the communications network; determining a usage condition of the wireless headset, the wireless headset comprising a sensor operable to detect the usage condition, the usage condition being independent of the proximity of the wireless headset to the computing device and the usage condition comprising whether a user has donned the wireless headset by putting it on or doffed the wireless headset by taking it off; receiving the text based instant message; and determining whether to display the text based instant message at a display of the computing device or convert the text based instant message to audible speech and output the text based message at the wireless headset utilizing the proximity of the wireless headset to the computing device and the usage condition of the wireless headset comprising whether a user has donned the wireless headset by putting it on or doffed the wireless headset by taking it off.