Patent ID: 7010332

Claim:
A method of controlling a wireless headset including a control circuit and a communications circuit, said communications circuit having a wireless communications interface and an audio interface, comprising the steps of: placing said communications circuit in an inactive state via said control circuit; detecting a predetermined condition via a sensor disposed in said wireless headset and associated with said control circuit while said headset circuit is in said inactive state; transitioning, via said control circuit, said headset circuit from said inactive state to a sleep state in response to said detection, wherein at least a portion of said communications circuit is enabled in said sleep state; detecting, via said enabled portion of said communications circuit, an activity signal from a base unit while said communications circuit is in said sleep state; and transitioning, via said control circuit, said communications circuit from said sleep state to an active state in response to said activity signal, wherein all of said communications circuit is enabled in said active state.