Patent ID: 7778601

Claim:
A modular wireless headset operable to support voice communications when registered to a base unit, comprising: a wireless microphone; and a wireless earpiece operable to wirelessly communicate with the wireless microphone, wherein each of the wireless microphone and the wireless earpiece include: a pairing circuit operable to pair the wireless earpiece and the wireless microphone to each other, when pairing information associated with the wireless earpiece compares favorably to pairing information associated with the wireless microphone, wherein the paired wireless earpiece and wireless microphone form a trusted pair in which each of the wireless earpiece and the wireless microphone can automatically accept wireless communications within the trusted pair; and a registration circuit operable to register the modular wireless headset to the base unit when registration information associated with the modular wireless headset compares favorably with registration information associated with the base unit, wherein upon registration, automatic communications exchange occurs between the modular wireless headset and the base unit; and wherein management duties to provide the voice communications are divided between the modular wireless headset and the base unit by the modular wireless headset supporting a first portion of a cellular protocol stack and by the base unit supporting a second portion of the cellular protocol stack.