Patent ID: 7957771

Claim:
A teleconferencing apparatus for use with a single wireless communications device and for use with first and second wireless headsets the teleconferencing apparatus comprising: an adapter configured for connection to the single wireless communications device and to the first and second wireless headsets, each wireless headset including at least an acoustic transducer that functions as a speaker, wherein each wireless headset includes a microphone and a wireless transceiver, wherein the wireless transceiver in each wireless headset receives an electrical signal generated by the microphone and converts the electrical signal into a wireless format; wherein the adapter comprises a first wireless transceiver and a second wireless transceiver, each wireless transceiver in the adapter configured to format wireless signals into short range radio frequency (RF) signals, which are then transmitted to and decoded by the wireless transceivers in the first and second wireless headsets, respectively; wherein at least one of the wireless headsets further comprises an acceptance/termination switch, which, when actuated, causes a wireless call to be accepted or terminated; wherein the adapter includes circuitry enabling the first wireless transceiver and the second wireless transceiver in the adapter to communicate with each other; wherein the adapter includes a mute switch, which, when actuated, disables the microphone of one of the wireless headsets, the actuated mute switch also preventing the one wireless headset with disabled microphone from accepting or terminating the wireless call while keeping the other wireless headset enabled, and wherein the teleconferencing apparatus enables multiple users to participate in a telephone call over the single wireless communications device using the first and second wireless headsets.