Patent ID: 8060014

Claim:
An audio interposer device comprising: a processor; a transceiver accessible to the processor and configured to engage in wireless communications with a wireless device across a wireless point-to-point link formed between the audio interposer device and the wireless device; a connector accessible to the processor and configured to connect with a wired device to engage in wired communications with the wired device; a storage accessible to the processor and having a routine stored therein comprising a sequence of instructions that when executed by the processor causes the processor to: await an attempt by the wireless device to utilize a function for which an indication was sent to the wireless device that the audio interposer device is capable of performing that function thereby inducing the wireless device to enable use of a first protocol across the link to enable the link to be utilized to support the function, wherein the indication was sent to the wireless device without regard to whether or not either the audio interposer device or the wired device is actually capable of performing that function; determine whether or not the wired device is capable of performing the function; signal the wired device to perform the function in response to the attempt by the wireless device to utilize the function, and the wired device being determined to be capable of performing the function; perform the function in response to the attempt by the wireless device to utilize the function, the audio interposer device being capable of performing the function, and the wired device being determined to not be capable of performing the function; and operate the transceiver to utilize the first protocol to respond to the wireless device in a manner that simulates a successful performance of the function in response to the attempt by the wireless device to utilize the function, the audio interposer device not being capable of performing the function, and the wired device being determined to not be capable of performing the function.