Patent ID: 8764565

Claim:
A wearable loudspeaker unit, comprising: a loudspeaker; an audio reproduction processor; a wireless communications unit operable to communicate wirelessly with a base unit using a protocol that distinguishes the wearable loudspeaker unit from any other wearable loudspeaker units in communication with the base unit; and a user input interface operable to select one of a plurality of wearable loudspeaker unit wearing positions on a user's body; and in which the wireless communications unit is operable to transmit the selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit to the base unit, and is operable to receive from the base unit a respective one of a plurality of different audio data that corresponds to the respective selected wearing position of the wearable loudspeaker unit; and the audio reproduction processor is operable to output the received audio data through the loudspeaker.