Patent ID: 8755845

Claim:
A system, comprising: a headset base configured to communicate with a processor-based host executing a headset integrator application; a wireless headset in wireless communication with the headset base, the wireless headset being configured to transmit audio signals between the headset and headset integrator application executed by the host via the headset base; and a program activation mechanism provided by the wireless headset comprising a plurality of program activation buttons on the wireless headset, each program activation button mapped to a corresponding target application program and configured to, upon depression, automatically activate its corresponding associated target application program on the processor-based host via the headset base and the headset integrator application by transmitting a message containing a key code corresponding to the program activation mechanism to the headset base, the headset base being further configured to decode the message containing the key code to generate program activation data and to transmit the program activation data to the headset integrator application executing on the processor-based host.