Patent ID: 8731225

Claim:
A wireless communication headset comprising: a headset connector assembly comprising at least one headset contact, wherein the at least one headset contact is operable to be coupled to at least one respective cable contact of a cable connector of a cable; the headset connector assembly is operable to receive electrical power from a telephone through the at least one headset contact and the at least one respective cable contact, and to supply the received electrical power to the wireless communication headset; a switching and cable connection detecting circuitry for automatically switching transmission of audio data for the wireless communication headset from at least one of a wireless mode to a wired mode in response to detecting connection of the cable to the headset cable connector and a wired mode to a wireless mode in response to detecting disconnection of the cable from the headset cable connector; and a microphone boot operable to be coupled to an acoustic tunnel of the cable connector of the cable to enable sound to be carried via the acoustic tunnel to a microphone coupled to the microphone boot.