Patent ID: 8433243
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
1. An audio device, comprising: a first Bluetooth physical interface configured to operate as a Bluetooth receiver capable of wirelessly receiving signals in at least two audio channels in a first Bluetooth piconet; a second Bluetooth physical interface configured to operate as a Bluetooth transmitter capable of wirelessly retransmitting at least a first one of the two audio channels in a second Bluetooth piconet; a speaker configured to play at least a second one of the two audio channels; and a housing that contains the Bluetooth receiver, the Bluetooth transmitter, and the speaker, the housing shaped to fit in or on an ear of a user, wherein the audio device is configured to operate with two separate Bluetooth addresses simultaneously, a first Bluetooth address for the first Bluetooth physical interface, and a second address for the second Bluetooth physical interface, and is capable of communicating with the at least two audio channels in the two separate Bluetooth piconets simultaneously using a respectively different Bluetooth address in each of the piconets, wherein the audio device is configured to operate as a master in the first Bluetooth piconet, while simultaneously operating as a master in the second Bluetooth piconet.