Patent ID: 8660055

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a processor; a transceiver accessible to the processor and configured to engage in wireless communications with a first wireless device; a storage accessible to the processor and having a routine stored therein comprising a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to: induce the first wireless device to transmit a piece of audio-related data to the apparatus across a first wireless link formed between the apparatus and the first wireless device by operating the transceiver to transmit to the first wireless device across the first wireless link a false indication that the apparatus is capable of performing at least one audio function requiring receipt of the piece of audio-related data from the first wireless device, wherein the apparatus is not capable of performing the at least one audio function; operate the transceiver to receive the piece of audio-related data from the first wireless device across the first wireless link; and operate the transceiver to wirelessly communicate with a second wireless device through a second wireless link formed between the apparatus and the second wireless device to coordinate a substantially simultaneous receipt of the piece of audio-related data from the first wireless device by both the apparatus and the second wireless device, wherein: the apparatus receives the piece of audio-related data from the first wireless device across the first wireless link; the second wireless device receives the piece of audio-related data directly from the first wireless device; and no indication is provided to the first wireless device that the second wireless device is receiving the piece of audio-related data directly from the first wireless device.