Patent ID: 7881456
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. An audio system, comprising: an audio-enhancing station including at least one speaker and an audio-enhancing station docking connector, a music phone configured to play audio files and function as a wireless communication device separate from the audio-enhancing station, the music phone including a music phone docking connector that connects with the audio-enhancing station docking connector to dock the music phone with the audio-enhancing station, a clam-shell configuration with a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge pivotally connecting the first housing portion and the second housing portion together, a front and a rear, the front of the first housing portion including a display, the front of the second housing portion including input keys to operate the music phone, the rear of the first housing portion including a first external speaker, the rear of the second housing portion including a second external speaker, the first and second external speakers emitting sound resulting from the playing of the audio files, wherein the music phone and the audio-enhancing station together form an audio system where the first and second external speakers of the music phone and the at least one speaker of the audio-enhancing station emit sound from the playing of the audio files on the music phone, and the audio-enhancing station docking connector is a vertically extending combination audio and power plug that transmits electrical signals representative of the audio files played on the music phone to the at least one speaker of the audio-enhancing station, and transmits power to the music phone to recharge at least one power source of the music phone, the hinge includes the music phone docking connector, the music phone docking connector hinge matingly receives the vertically extending combination audio and power plug so as to support the music phone in an open position and form an audio system with the music phone docked to the audio-enhancing station.