Patent ID: 7343177

Claim:
A modular wireless multimedia device operable to support voice communications over at least one servicing network, wherein the modular wireless multimedia device comprises: a wireless earpiece operable to receive radio frequency (RF) signals and render the received RF signals audible, wherein the at least one earpiece further comprises: a first wireless interface operable to receive and transmit RF signals; a first processing circuit operable to recover a first digital audio signal from received RF signals; a digital to analog converter (DAC) operably coupled to the wireless interface and first processing circuit, wherein the DAC is operable to produce analog audio signals from the digital audio signals; and a speaker module coupled to the DAC, wherein the speaker module is operable to render the analog audio signals audible; a wireless microphone operable to capture audio signals and convert the audio signals into transmitted RF signals, wherein the at least one wireless microphone further comprises: a microphone transducer operable to capture audio signals and convert the captured audio signals into analog audio signals; an analog to digital converter (ADC) operably coupled to the microphone transducer, wherein the ADC is operable to produce digital audio signals from the analog audio signals in accordance with: a voice recognition software (VRS) coder decoder (CODEC) when the ADC operates in a voice command mode; and a voice CODEC operable to support voice communications when the ADC operates in a voice mode; a second processing circuit operable to produce an RF signals from the digital audio signal from; and a second wireless interface, operably coupled to the second processing circuit, wherein the second wireless interface is operable to receive and transmit RF signals; and a processing circuit communicatively coupled to the wireless microphone, wherein the processing circuit is operable to implement user voice commands.