Patent ID: 7149552

Claim:
An apparatus for wirelessly communicating audio information to and from a half-duplex radio, the apparatus comprising: an adapter for connection to a portable half-duplex radio, and a wireless headset for wirelessly communicating information to the adapter; wherein said wireless headset comprises: a body to be worn on a user's head; a speaker assembly included in the body to output audio information to the user; a microphone assembly included in the body to receive audio information from the user; a switch positioned on the body; an encoder to convert an analog signal representative of the audio information from the user to digital signal; a processor connected to the encoder to packetize the digital signal; and a transceiver to wirelessly transmit a first transmit mode signal representative of an engagement of the switch to the adapter and to wirelessly transmit the packetized digital signal of the audio information; and said adapter comprises: an interface for connection to the portable half-duplex radio; a transceiver to receive the first transmit mode signal directly from the wireless headset; and a processor connected to the interface to provide a second transmit mode signal to the half-duplex radio upon receipt of the first transmit mode signal, the second transmit mode signal for causing the half-duplex radio to enter a half-duplex transmission mode.