New Delhi, Oct 9 : Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has filed a patent application in India for its new audio headset, which can be connected with various devices using bluetooth technology.
The company, established in a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, has approached Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks filing patent application on August 18 this year.
Approving authorities have published the claims made by the company in their latest Patent Office Journal, giving a public notice.
Sony Ericsson, has a research and development (R&D) site in India and manufacturing units in China.
In its patent application, the company has said, "A general object of invention is to simplify the management of an audio headset, which is connectable to two or more audio sources."
More specifically, it is an object to provide a headset which is configured to handle voice call by wireless connection to a phone and also to receive streaming audio such as music from a streaming audio source, it added.
The object is fitted with an audio headset, comprising signal transceiver, wirelessly connectable to a plurality of devices, including a voice call device and an audio device. The device uses Bluetooth technology.
Bluetooth is basically a wireless personal area network technology, which is an open standard for short-range transmission of digital voice and data between predominantly mobile devices, such as laptops and mobile phones.
However, Sony Ericsson further adds, "Other communication protocols and systems (other than Bluetooth) could be employed for communicating between the headset and the connected audio devices."
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