Patent ID: 8103015

Claim:
A wireless headphone device comprising: a portable media player including: a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting compressed audio data; a memory for storing compressed audio data and/or a memory reading unit for reading memory modules; and a control unit (1) for reading the compressed audio data out of the memory or by means of the memory module reading unit, and (2) for controlling the wireless transmission of the read-out compressed audio data; a wireless headphone comprising: at least one electroacoustic transducer for the reproduction of audio signals; a receiver for wirelessly receiving transmitted compressed audio data at a first speed; an intermediate memory for putting the received compressed audio data into intermediate storage; an audio decoding unit for decoding compressed audio data stored in the intermediate memory; and a control unit for controlling the reproduction of the decoded audio data and for controlling reading-out of the audio data stored in the intermediate memory at a second speed; wherein the first speed is greater than the second speed; wherein the compressed audio data is transmitted together with control signals; and wherein the control unit is adapted to control the reading of the compressed audio data according to the received control signals.