Patent ID: 7529566
Filing Date: 2009-05-05
Classification: H04B,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A speakerphone comprising: a first link for connecting to a telephone network; a microphone; a loudspeaker; a jack, wherein the jack is configured to couple to a headset jack of a wireless telephone handset, the wireless telephone handset comprising a handset microphone; and an electronic module coupled to the first link, the microphone, the loudspeaker and the jack, wherein the electronic module is operable to receive a first signal from the telephone network via the first link and to reproduce the first signal as sound via the loudspeaker; wherein the electronic module is operable to receive a second signal from the microphone and to send, upon processing the second signal, a corresponding third signal to the telephone network via the first link; wherein coupling the jack and the headset jack of the wireless telephone handset causes the first link to be automatically disabled; wherein the electronic module is operable to receive a fourth signal from the jack, the fourth signal being sent from a far end to the wireless telephone handset; wherein the speakerphone is operable to reproduce the fourth signal as sound via the loudspeaker; wherein the electronic module is operable to receive the second signal from the microphone and, upon processing the second signal, send a corresponding fifth signal to the jack for transmission to the far end via the wireless telephone handset; and wherein the wireless telephone handset microphone is automatically disabled in response to coupling of the jack of the speakerphone to the headset jack of the wireless telephone handset.