Patent ID: 7660602

Claim:
A speaker assembly comprising: a set of transducers selectably operable in a speaker mode to transduce received mobile-station audio file-content into acoustic form, and in a hands-free mode to transduce received mobile-station traffic data into acoustic form and to transduce locally-generated data into electrical form, said set of transducers includes a first acoustic transducer, a second acoustic transducer and a visual display transducer; and a transceiver coupled to said set of transducers, said transceiver configured to receive the received mobile-station audio-file-content, related video content, and the received mobile-station traffic data and to provide the received mobile-station audio-file content and mobile-station traffic data to said first and second acoustic transducers, to provide received video content when mobile-station audio file-content includes related video content to said visual display transducer, and to receive the locally-generated data, once transduced into electrical form, and to transmit the locally-generated data in electromagnetic form; and a selector configured to select in which of the speaker mode and the hands-free mode to operate said set of transducers.