Patent ID: 9747071
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G06F,G10L,H04M,H04R,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising, in a wireless audio output device comprising at least a processor, a memory, a wireless interface, and a speaker: storing a list of a plurality of paired wireless audio sources in the memory, the list comprising information about each paired wireless audio source of the plurality, the information comprising a name of each paired wireless audio source of the plurality; receiving user input that includes a momentary activation of a switch, wherein the user input causes the processor to automatically sequence through the list of the plurality of paired wireless audio sources until a user selection is received, wherein the processor sequences through each paired wireless audio source of the plurality of paired wireless audio sources automatically after an elapsed time in the absence of the user selection; using a text-to-speech engine to generate an audio signal corresponding to a name of a selected paired wireless audio source in the list; using the speaker to output the generated audio signal; sequencing through the list in response to the user input, beginning with a first wireless audio source of the plurality of paired wireless audio sources; outputting to a user the generated audio signal corresponding to the name of the first wireless audio source; monitoring for the user selection; sequencing though the list to a second wireless audio source of the plurality of paired wireless audio sources in the absence of the user selection; receiving user selection selecting the second wireless audio source before the elapsed time; and using the speaker to playback audio signals generated by the second wireless audio source.