162results about "Devices with bluetooth interfaces" patented technology

A method and system for limiting mobile device functionality when the mobile device is located in a pre-defined fixed geographic area. The mobile device may receive a local disabling signal from a disabling device, which, when detected by a Device Owner Application resident on the mobile device, limits the mobile device functionality. Alternatively, the system may use GPS based geofencing to determine that the mobile device is in a predefined geographic area, and then transmit instructions to the mobile device, where a Device Owner Application operates to restrict the mobile device functionality. Mobile device functionality may be limited by restricting the mobile device's ability to send and receive text messages, email messages and phone calls; restricting the mobile device's ability to respond to user input; restricting the mobile device's ability to utilize a web browser; and restricting the mobile device's web browser from accessing predetermined web sites.

This application provides a wearable device management method, a related apparatus, and a communication system. The method may be applied to a wearable device that integrates a smartwatch and earphones. The smartwatch may be used as a control and management device of the earphones. A user may perform an operation on the smartwatch, to manage the smartwatch and the earphones. The user may further perform an operation on an electronic device connected to the smartwatch, to manage the smartwatch and the earphones. The foregoing method can improve use experience of the user using the wearable device, so that life convenience of the user can be improved through the wearable device.

An audio data transmission method and apparatus for a wireless earphone, and a storage medium and a terminal are provided. A play mode adopted by the wireless earphone includes a first play mode and a second play mode, and the method includes: determining whether the first play mode currently adopted by the wireless earphone satisfies a transmission bandwidth required by to-be-played audio data at least based on parameter information of the to-be-played audio data; and based on the first play mode not satisfying the transmission bandwidth required by the to-be-played audio data, transmitting the to-be-played audio data through a connection channel corresponding to the second play mode.

Embodiments provide for a system and method that address challenges associated with audio routing of an incoming call between two devices operatively coupled via a short-range wireless connection. Ultrasonic watermark signals are generated and sent between the two devices. Detection and non-detection of the ultrasonic watermark signals controls the audio routing. The ultrasonic watermark signals can be modified based on a predetermined operational characteristic known only to the two devices for increased robustness to the system.

This application provides a multi-device joint calling method and apparatus. The method includes: a first device establishing short-range communication with a second device; the first device obtaining relevant information about the second device based on the short-range communication; the first device sending the relevant information of the second device and the relevant information of the first device to a third device; and the first device receiving a paging from the third device. The paging is sent by the third device based on the relevant information of the second device and the relevant information of the first device. In this way, in cases where the second device has insufficient power or malfunctions, the second device can reliably transmit emergency information through the first device. This allows the third device to analyze the relevant information of the second device and the relevant information of the first device, send a paging to the first device, and obtain rescue-related information, thereby dispatching personnel to carry out rescue operations.

Embodiments of this application provide a Bluetooth connection method, a device, and a system, and relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, so that a Bluetooth headset can automatically switch, through a virtual connection, between audio services of a plurality of electronic devices for processing, and power consumption of the Bluetooth headset and the electronic devices can be reduced. The solution is as follows: A communications system includes a Bluetooth headset, and a first electronic device and a second electronic device that have been paired with the Bluetooth headset. The Bluetooth headset is configured to establish a first connection to the first electronic device, where the first connection includes an ACL connection.

In some embodiments, an electronic device operates in a streaming mode to automatically stream content from the electronic device to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents selectable options to control playback of content on a streaming destination while the electronic device streams content to the streaming destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents visual indications that the electronic device is operating in a streaming mode to stream content to a playback destination. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling electronic devices that automatically reconfigures to support different user inputs and issues different commands based on the type of electronic device being controlled. In some embodiments, an electronic device presents a user interface for controlling electronic devices that automatically provides context-specific selectable options based on the content being displayed on the electronic device being controlled.

In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes displaying a satellite communication mode enabling control in a first interface; receiving an operation for the satellite communication mode enabling control and displaying a first page in response to receiving the operation, where the first page includes first indication information that indicates a user to adjust a posture of holding the first electronic device; establishing a satellite communication connection to a satellite in response to the first electronic device being aligned with the satellite; receiving a dialing operation for a first number; displaying a first prompt on an in-call screen, where the first prompt prompts the user to maintain or adjust a current posture of holding the first electronic device; and making a call to a second electronic device corresponding to the first number via the satellite communication connection.

Distributed microphones in a wireless audio system are disclosed. A microphone device generates a transmit audio stream via at least one microphone on the microphone device. The microphone device transmits the transmit audio stream to a computing device via a first wireless connection and ignores a receive audio stream received from the computing device via the first wireless connection. A speaker device obtains a set of connection parameters for the first wireless connection between the microphone device and the computing device, intercepts the receive audio stream transmitted from the computing device to the microphone device using the first wireless connection, and plays the receive audio stream on a speaker of the speaker device.

This application discloses a Bluetooth reconnection method, and relates to the field of short-range wireless communications technologies. The method includes: When a charging case is closed, a first earbud breaks a Bluetooth connection, where the first earbud stores a Bluetooth address of a terminal and a Bluetooth address of a second earbud. When the charging case is opened, the charging case accommodates only the first earbud, and a first preset condition is met, the first earbud sends a first paging request to the second earbud based on the Bluetooth address of the second earbud. The first preset condition is that the Bluetooth connection includes a Bluetooth connection between the first earbud and the second earbud. In this way, reconnection duration of the first earbud when the charging case is opened can be reduced.

A proximity-enabled machine control system includes a user mobile device having a processor, a touch sensitive screen coupled to the processor, and non-transitory computer readable media with code segments executable on the processor for: (a) determining if the user mobile device is within a proximity zone of a machine; (b) displaying on the touch sensitive screen at least one machine control button for the machine; (c) detecting an activation of the at least one machine control button by the user; and (d) developing a machine control signal to control the machine.

A wireless communication system including an adapter is provided. The adapter is configured to connect with a host through a universal serial bus interface and connect with a handset through a Bluetooth interface to form a Bluetooth connection. After the adapter connects with the host through the universal serial bus interface and connects with the handset through the Bluetooth interface, the adapter is configured to provide a first IP address of the host to the handset to establish a Wi-Fi connection between the host and the handset. The Bluetooth connection is further configured to transmit an encryption key between the host and the handset. The Wi-Fi connection is not configured to transmit the encryption key.

This application discloses a Bluetooth third-party application call management method, an electronic device, and a system, and relates to the field of terminals. The method includes the following steps: when an electronic device learns about that a third-party application has a call task to be processed, the electronic device sends call scenario information to a wearable device based on a Bluetooth connection through a first application, so that the wearable device can acquire a current call scenario; and when the wearable device receives a first operation acting on the wearable device, the wearable device sends a first command corresponding to the first operation to the first application in the electronic device through the Bluetooth connection, so that the first application executes a first function corresponding to the first command (such as answering an incoming call, hanging up a call, or rejecting an incoming call).

Disclosed are a device switching method for a display apparatus and a display apparatus. The method includes: recognizing a first class of device of a Bluetooth device, and presenting the first class of device in a first user interface; in response to a device switch command being received within a specified time from outside, determining that the first class of device is different from an actual second class of device, updating the first class of device in the first user interface to the second class of device, and interacting with the Bluetooth device according to the second class of device; and in response to no device switch command being received within the specified time input from outside, determining that the first class of device is the same as the actual second class of device, and interacting with the Bluetooth device according to the second class of device.

An electronic device having a user interface for accessing phone features. The user interface accounts for whether the electronic device is connected to a companion cellular phone. The user interface accounts for a headset is available for use to carry on a call. The user interface permits transition between using one or more of cellular phone, headset, and / or the electronic device to be used for carrying on incoming or outgoing calls.

A method comprising: storing, on a user device associated with a user, a list of control terms, each control term in the list of control terms configured to invoke the user device to instruct an application to perform a particular action, receiving, at the user device, a voice input from the user, the voice input comprising one of the control terms in the list of control term stored on the user device and one or more other terms; identifying, by the user device, that the voice input comprises the one of the control terms in the list of control terms stored on the user device; in response to identifying that the voice input comprises the one of the control terms, processing, by the user device, the one or more other terms in the received voice input to identify a subject of the particular action for the application to perform; and instructing, by the user device, the application to perform the particular action based on the identified subject of the particular action identified by the speech-to-text conversion on the one or more other terms.

Embodiments of this application provide a Bluetooth connection method, a device, and a system, and relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, so that a Bluetooth headset can automatically switch, through a virtual connection, between audio services of a plurality of electronic devices for processing, and power consumption of the Bluetooth headset and the electronic devices can be reduced. The solution is as follows: A communications system includes a Bluetooth headset, and a first electronic device and a second electronic device that have been paired with the Bluetooth headset. The Bluetooth headset is configured to establish a first connection to the first electronic device, where the first connection includes an ACL connection. The first electronic device is configured to display connection information of the Bluetooth headset after establishing the first connection to the Bluetooth headset. The Bluetooth headset is further configured to send a BLE broadcast message. The second electronic device is configured to: after receiving the BLE broadcast message, establish a second connection to the Bluetooth headset, and display connection information of the Bluetooth headset on an interface. The embodiments of this application are used for Bluetooth connection.

An example playback device is configured to determine a first characteristic associated with at least one of a first device, the playback device, or a context in which at least one of the playback device or the first device is operating. The playback device can further identify a particular connection configuration in a set of connection configurations based on the first characteristic. Each connection configuration in the set of connection configurations comprises at least one additional rule, in addition to any rule defined by a wireless communications protocol. A communication link is established with the first device via the communication interface in accordance with the wireless communication protocol and the particular connection configuration. The first communication link enables transmission of media content from the first device for playback by the playback device.

A method for Bluetooth audio multi-streaming by a first electronic device includes establishing a Broadcast Isochronous Group (BIG) with second electronic devices, broadcasting a first audio to the second electronic devices over the BIG, detecting an audio event at the first electronic device while broadcasting the first audio to the second electronic devices, determining one or more primary electronic devices of the second electronic devices and one or more secondary electronic devices of the second electronic devices, and continuing to broadcast the first audio over the BIG to the one or more secondary electronic devices and concurrently unicasting a second audio that corresponds to the audio event over a Connected Isochronous Group (CIG) connection to the one or more primary electronic devices.

A computer-implemented method executed on data processing hardware of a user device that causes the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising: receiving a voice input from a user associated with the user device, the voice input comprising a control term and one or more other terms; before performing any speech-to-text conversion on the received voice input to convert the one or more other terms in the received voice input into text, identifying that the voice input comprises the control term; in response to identifying that the voice input comprises the control term: performing speech-to-text conversion on the one or more other terms in the received voice input to convert the one or more other terms in the received voice input into text; and identifying, from the text of the one or more other terms, a subject of a particular action for an application to perform; and instructing the application to perform the particular action based on the subject of the particular action identified from the text of the one or more other terms.

An audio system, device, and method for broadcasting, discovering, and receiving wireless audio data connections. The exemplary systems and methods described herein utilize an Isochronous Broadcast Stream topology to unilaterally broadcast a wireless audio data stream from a first audio device to a plurality of second audio devices. The audio devices described are configured to receive audio content according to a first wireless protocol, generate a Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) broadcast stream based on the audio content, and broadcast the Bluetooth LE broadcast stream to a plurality of second audio devices.

A portable information terminal is provided with a first communication function and a second communication function that can be wirelessly connected to the external device, a camera that captures video of a surrounding of the portable information terminal, a video processing unit that processes the video captured by the camera, a display that displays the video processed by the video processing unit, a memory unit that stores first identification information of the external device used for the first communication function, and second identification information of the external device used for the second communication function, and a control unit. The control unit calculates a relative position of the external device to the portable information terminal using the second communication function, and generates an overlaid video in which the first identification information is overlaid on the calculated relative position of an external device in the video and displays it on the display.

In some aspects, the present disclosure provides methods, apparatuses, and systems for efficient thermal mitigation while maintaining wireless device performance on a primary component carrier (PCC). Embodiments described may include implementation of target transceiver module configurations, where bandwidth (e.g., PCC bands and secondary component carrier (SCC) bands) may be monitored by a wireless device based on intra-module target configurations and / or inter-module target configurations. An intra-module target configuration may include a target transceiver module monitoring both PCC bands and SCC bands. An inter-module target configuration may include or refer to a plurality of target transceiver modules together monitoring PCC bands and SCC bands. In scenarios where operating temperatures exceed temperature thresholds, target transceiver module configurations may be implemented to transition PCC bands, SCC bands, or both, from a PCC-resident transceiver module to another transceiver module to reduce the operating temperatures of concern. Various additional and alternative aspects are described herein.

A helmet system for a saddle riding vehicle includes a helmet for a driver of the saddle riding vehicle and including a holder for retaining a mobile phone. The holder is arranged at a rear of the helmet to provide a view of a display of the mobile phone retained by the holder. Further, a control device is adapted to be held by a pillion rider of the saddle riding vehicle and is configured to facilitate the pillion rider to operate and control the mobile phone.

A method for transferring a call from a vehicle to a mobile terminal is provided. According to the method, an emergency call system of the vehicle is initiated in order to place an emergency call, communication between the vehicle and a central unit is established, and at least one part of the communication between the vehicle and the central unit is transferred to a mobile terminal in order to implement a communication connection between the mobile terminal and the central unit.

A system and method for applying a low strength, low frequency magnetic field therapy to biological tissues. A coil is excited with a low frequency oscillating current, e.g., 10-1000 Hz. The coil is, e.g., 5-200 turns, having a diameter of 2-20 mm, and produces a magnetic field strength of about 0.01-5 mTelsa at a distance of 1 cm from the coil, or a cover over the coil, into the tissue. The current is preferably controlled by a smartphone or other programmable device controlled by a downloadable app in accordance with a PEMF program which may be separately downloaded or updated, and provided through an audio jack. Alternately, a digital interface and / or wireless interface may control the current. An app on the smartphone may be used to control the frequency, amplitude / envelope modulation, waveform, duration, etc. of the oscillation. The coil may be in mineral housing with a simple filter, and TRRS-type audio jack.

To provide a communication apparatus, in which an operation targeted at appropriate external device is possible when connection with one external device is established in a state where connection with other external device is established, and to provide a control method thereof.SOLUTION: A communication apparatus that can communicate with an external device using a first connection method and a second connection method is provided. When connection with the external device is established, the communication apparatus determines whether or not a screen for utilizing the external device from the communication apparatus is automatically displayed on a display device depending on the connection method with the external device and / or whether the external device is newly connected or reconnected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Embodiments of this application provide a Bluetooth connection method, a device, and a system, and relate to the field of wireless communications technologies, so that a Bluetooth headset can automatically switch, through a virtual connection, between audio services of a plurality of electronic devices for processing, and power consumption of the Bluetooth headset and the electronic devices can be reduced. The solution is as follows: A communications system includes a Bluetooth headset, and a first electronic device and a second electronic device that have been paired with the Bluetooth headset. The Bluetooth headset is configured to establish a first connection to the first electronic device, where the first connection includes an ACL connection. The first electronic device is configured to display connection information of the Bluetooth headset after establishing the first connection to the Bluetooth headset. The Bluetooth headset is further configured to send a BLE broadcast message. The second electronic device is configured to: after receiving the BLE broadcast message, establish a second connection to the Bluetooth headset, and display connection information of the Bluetooth headset on an interface. The embodiments of this application are used for Bluetooth connection.

The present disclosure provides a wireless communication system including a first host computer, a communication dongle, a second host computer and an input device. The communication dongle is connected to the first host computer via a USB interface, connected to the second host computer via a Bluetooth interface, and connected to the input device via a RF interface. The first host computer has first application software for intercepting the operating signal(s) of the input device and transferring, via the communication dongle, to the second host computer to be executed thereby. The first application software also controls the first host computer to ignore the operating signal(s) during the operating signal(s) is being transferred to the second host computer.

An intercom unit (3) for use in an intercom system comprises a permanently installed housing (6), a transmission interface for transmitting digital voice information data between the intercom unit (3) and an intercom, a converter unit for converting the digital voice information data into analog voice information data, and a sound transducer unit for converting analog voice information data into sound waves and vice versa. The intercom unit (3) additionally comprises a voice data converter unit for converting the voice information data into a wirelessly transmittable digital voice data stream and a voice data stream transmission unit with an antenna unit for wirelessly radiating the digital voice data stream. The radiated digital voice data stream can conform to the standardized specifications of low-energy Bluetooth.