Patent ID: 8073137

Claim:
An audio headset, comprising a signal transceiver for wireless signal communication with a plurality of devices that are each operatively connectable over corresponding wireless connections, the plurality of devices including at least a first device that has a voice call function and other devices that each have an audio device function, and the first device having higher priority than the other devices; a speaker; a microphone for input of speech signals; a control unit, configured to relay audio signals from only one connected device at a time to the speaker based on audio signals received over the signal transceiver; and a switch operable to selectively set the control unit between two settings, including: a single point connection setting, in which the headset is confined to wireless connection with the first device and only audio signals received from the first device are relayed to the speaker and in which signals from the microphone are transmitted to the first device, and a multiple point connection setting, in which the signal transceiver is allowed to connect with the first device and the other devices, and audio signals received from one of the first device or one of the other devices are relayed to the speaker automatically according to relative predetermined priority of the devices from which the audio signals are received so that during a voice call involving the first device only audio signals received from the first device are relayed to the speaker and signals from the microphone are transmitted to the first device; a memory configured to store identities of the plurality of devices as determined by pairing of each device with the audio headset and to store the predetermined priority of the devices, the priority of the first device determined by the order of the pairing of the devices with the audio headset and changeable by re-initiating the pairings.