Patent ID: 7558529

Claim:
A modular wireless headset operable to support multiple communications when paired with a base unit, comprising: a wireless microphone; and a wireless earpiece operable to exchange radio frequency (RF) signals with a base unit and render content within the exchanged RF signals to a user, wherein the wireless earpiece includes: a first wireless interface operable to communicate wirelessly with the base unit; a first processing circuit operable to recover a first audio stream wirelessly communicated from the base unit; a speaker communicatively coupled to the first processing circuit, wherein the speaker is operable to render the received first audio stream audible; a first user interface communicatively coupled to the first processing circuit, wherein the first user interface is operable to: alert the user to a second audio stream being wirelessly communicated from the base unit to the first processing unit; and allow the user to service both the first audio stream and the second audio stream using the modular wireless headset; and a first authentication module operable to: pair the wireless earpiece and wireless microphone; and register the modular wireless headset to use a base unit.