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`Commissioner for Patents
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`Dear Sir:
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`The following are transmitted herewithto be filed in the patent application:
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`Powerof Attorney by Applicant and its transmittal in 2 pages.
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`Certification & Request for Prioritized Examination under 37 CFR 1.102(e) in 2 pages.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`KNOBBE, MARTENS. OLSON & BEAR, LLP
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`Dated: _September 1. 2017
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`26606977
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`By:___/Mincheol Kim/
`Mincheol Kim
`Registration No. 51,306
`Attorney of Record
`Customer No, 20995
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`Title of Invention:
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`PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND WIRELESS
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`AcknowledgementReceiptwill establish thefiling date of the application.
`NationalStageof an International Application under 35 U.S.C. 371
`If a timely submission to enter the national stage of an international application is compliant with the conditions of 35
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`national stage submission under 35 U.S.C. 371 will be issued in addition to the Filing Receipt, in due course.
`New International Application Filed with the USPTO as a Receiving Office
`If a new international application is being filed and the international application includes the necessary componentsfor
`an international filing date (see PCT Article 11 and MPEP 1810), a Notification of the International Application Number
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`COMBINED DECLARATION & ASSIGNMENT(37 CFR1.63(e))
`Application Data Sheetfiled previously or concurren
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`Docket No.: PNN.001C2
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`Page 1 of 2
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`Title: PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND WIRELESS EARBUD
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`Inventor(s): Seung Jin KIM
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`Declaration
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`This Declaration is directed to the invention identified above that:
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`Is attached, where “attached” meansfiled concurrently with, or
`and
`Was filed on
`as US Patent Application No.
`In
`incorporating any amendments made thereto prior to the signature date of this Declaration.
`case this Declaration is signed without the filing date and/or the application number, | authorize
`the registrants of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, Customer No. 20,995 to add the filing date
`and application numberin the blank(s) above before filing this Declaration with the United States
`Patent and Trademark Office.
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`As a named inventor, | declare that:
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`The above-identified application was made or authorized to be made by me.
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`| believe that | am the original inventor or an original joint inventor in the application.
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`| hereby acknowledge that any willful false statement made in this Declaration is punishable
`under 18 USC 1001 by fine or imprisonment of not more thanfive (5) years, or both.
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`Assignment from Inventor
`WHEREAS, each undersigned inventor (hereinafter “ASSIGNOR”) invented certain new and useful
`improvements, technology, inventions, developments, ideas or discoveries, and hereby assign or is under
`an obligation to assign to the below identified Assignee the above-titled application for Letters Patent in
`the United States (hereinafter the “Application”).
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`AND WHEREAS,PINN, INC.with its principal place of business at 2512 Chambers Rd., Suite 204,
`Tustin, CA 92780 (hereinafter the “ASSIGNEE’), desires to acquire the entire right,title, and interestin
`and to the Application.
`NOW, THEREFORE,for good and valuable consideration of which receipt is hereby acknowledged,
`ASSIGNORhereby acknowledges that ASSIGNORhassold, assigned, transferred and set over, and by
`these presents does herebysell, assign, transfer and set over, unto said ASSIGNEE,its successors,legal
`répresentatives and assigns, the entire right, title, and interest in the Application and related application(s)
`filed or issued upon the Application (collectively “Patent Properties”), where “Patent Properties” include,
`but are notlimited to:
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`the Application;
`all provisional application(s) to which the Application claimspriority;
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`all nonprovisional applications claiming priority to aforementioned provisional(s) and/or the
`Application, including, all divisional applications, continuation applications, and continuations-in-
`part applications, and reissue applications; and
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`all Letters Patent of the United States which may be granted on the Application and the
`aforementioned nonprovisional applications, and all reissues and extensions thereof.
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`COMBINED DECLARATION & ASSIGNMENT(37 CFR 1.63(e))
`Application Data Sheetfiled previously or concurrentl
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`Docket No.: PNN.001C2
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`Page 2 of 2
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`Title: PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND WIRELESS EARBUD
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`Inventor(s); Seung Jin KIM
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`ASSIGNOR hereby acknowledges the ASSIGNEE as the Applicant for all aforementioned Patent
`Properties, and authorizes and requests the Commissioner of Patents of the United States to issue all
`related Letters Patent to the ASSIGNEE,its successors, legal representatives and assigns, in accordance
`with the terms of this instrument.
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`legal
`its successors,
`transfer, and convey to ASSIGNEE,
`ASSIGNOR does hereby sell, assign,
`representatives, and assigns all claims for damages and ail remedies arising out of any violation of the
`rights assigned hereby that may have accrued prior to the date of this assignment to ASSIGNEE, or may
`accrue hereafter, including, but not limited to, the right to sue for, collect, and retain damages for past
`infringements of all Patent Properties;
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`AND ASSIGNOR DOES HEREBY covenant and agree that ASSIGNOR will communicate to said
`ASSIGNEE,its successors, legal representatives and assigns, any facts known to ASSIGNORrespecting
`the Patent Properties, and testify in any legal proceeding, assist in the preparation of any applications
`relating to the Patent Properties, sign/execute ail lawful papers, execute and make all rightful oaths and/or
`declarations in connection with the Patent Properties and generally do everything possible to aid the
`ASSIGNEE,its successors,
`legal representatives and assigns,
`to obtain and enforce proper patent
`protection for the Patent Properties.
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`Legal Name of inventor 1: KIM, Seung Jin Signature:
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`26143115
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`26621003
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`Doc Code: TRACK1.REQ
`DocumentDescription: TrackOne Request
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`PTO/AIA/424 (04-14)
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`CERTIFICATION AND REQUESTFOR PRIORITIZED EXAMINATION
`UNDER37 CFR 1.102(e) (Page 1 of1)
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`forms are submitted.
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`A request for continued examination has beenfiled with, or prior to, this form.
`If the application is a utility application, this certification and requestis being filed via EFS-Web.
`iii. The application is an original nonprovisionalutility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a), or is
`a national stage entry under 35 U.S.C. 371.
`iv. This certification and request is being filed prior to the mailing of a first Office action responsive
`to the request for continued examination.
`No prior request for continued examination has been granted prioritized examination status
`under 37 CFR 1.102(e)(2).
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`PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND WIRELESS EARBUD
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`APPLICANT HEREBY CERTIFIES THE FOLLOWING AND REQUESTSPRIORITIZED EXAMINATION FOR
`THE ABOVE-IDENTIFIED APPLICATION.
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`1. The processing fee set forth in 37 CFR 1.17(i)(1) and the prioritized examination fee set forth in
`37 CFR 1.17(c) have beenfiled with the request. The publication fee requirement is met
`becausethat fee, set forth in 37 CFR 1.18(d), is currently $0. The basicfiling fee, search fee,
`and examination fee are filed with the request or have been already been paid.
`| understand
`that any required excess claims fees or application size fee must be paid for the application.
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`| understand that the application may not contain, or be amended to contain, more than four
`independent claims, more thanthirty total claims, or any multiple dependentclaims, and that
`any request for an extension of time will cause an outstanding Track | request to be dismissed.
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`3. The applicable box is checked below:
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`lication (Track One)
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`- Prioritized Examination under
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`(a) The application is an original nonprovisionalutility application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a).
`This certification and request is beingfiled with the utility application via EFS-Web.
`ORs
`(b) The application is an original nonprovisional plant application filed under 35 U.S.C. 111(a).
`This certification and requestis being filed with the plant application in paper.
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`An executed inventor's oath or declaration under 37 CFR 1.63 or 37 CFR 1.64 for each
`inventor, or the application data sheet meeting the conditions specified in 37 CFR 1.53(f)(3)(i) is
`filed with the application.
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`| Request for Continued Examination - Prioritized Examination under § 1.102(e)(2)
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`signature!Mincheol Kim/
`Name Mincheol Kim
`Print/Typed
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`nate 2017-09-01
`Practitioner
`51 ,306
`Registration Number
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`This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4(d) for signature requirements and certifications.
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`First Named Inventor
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`Seung Jin KIM
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`PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM INCLUDING BASE STATION AND
`WIRELESS EARBUD
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`NOTE: This form must be signed in accordance with 37 CFR 1.33. See 37 CFR 1.4(d) for signature requirements and certifications. If
`more than one applicant, use multiple forms.
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`PATENT
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`PERSONAL MEDIA SYSTEM
`INCLUDING BASE STATION ANB WIRELESS EARBUD
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`INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE TO ANY PRIORITY APPLICATICNS
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`Any and all applications for which a foreign or domestic priority claim is
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`identified in the Application Data Sheet as fled with the present apmdication are bereby
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`incorporated byreference under 37 CFRES7,
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`BACKGROUND
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`Today, wireless communication devices are very widely used. Mobtle deviees
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`inchuling smart phones, tablel computers, or the hke are alien used in eanjunctionwithother
`wireless devices that can be paired with the mobile devices to provide betier access to the inputs
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`ard ouipuls {e.u., display, speaker, microphone, eto.) af the mobile devices, For example, a user
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`may want to keep his smart phone in fis pocket while he is having a phone call or listening fo
`music,
`in such a case, the user canestablish a pairing betweenhis smart phone and a wireless
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`headset, so that the wireless headset can relay ayformation to and from: his smart phone, thereby
`sliminatiog the nexdte have an unobstructed access to the inputs and ouipuls provided on the
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`srnart phone.
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`SUMMARY
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`One aypectof the Invention provides a personal media avstem comprisine: a base
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`siation ar main body comprising a cannection hole, a user iyput button, at least one processor, at
`leaal one memory. and circuitry; and a wireless earbiad capable of wireless pairing with a
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`smartphone ara! configured for plugging ints the connection hole of the base station to form an
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`jntegrated bodywith the base station.
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`in the system, in response te pressing af the user input button, the at least one
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`pragesser is configured fo execute computer program instructions stored in the al
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`memory fo initiate processing for the wireless pairing with the aneutphone. When the wireless
`pairing with the smartphone is made, the wireless carinal is configured to receive audio data
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`from the smartphone and play audic using the audio data from the smartphone.
`plugging the wireleas earbad inte the connection hole, the at least ane processar is configured te
`exocuie computer programinstractins stored in the af least one muamory to initiate charging ofa
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`battery of the wireless earbud, When the wireless carbud is pluggedinto the connection hale of
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`the base station, the wireless earhuud is configured to clectrically cormect with the cireuliry ofthe
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`hase station and finther coufigured te performing wired date commmuneation with the base
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`siatinn. The wireless earbud is not capable of wirelessly sending data to the base station.
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`The foregoing system may further comprise a mechanival clipintegrated with the
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`hase station and configured for clipping a persan’s clothing.
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`In the foregoing system, when the
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`wireless earbudis plugged inte the connection bole. the system may be cevdignred suchthat the
`emariphone wirelessly communicates withat least one ofthe base stationand thewireless earbud.
`‘The base station may further comprise a wireless communication nmiiale comfigered io
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`wirelkasly communicate with at least one of the smartphone and the wireless earbud, The at least
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`one processor may be configured to deternsine whether the wireless sarbud ia pluggedinte the
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`connection hole or unplugged out of the conneclion hole. The base station may further comprise
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`a volume contra! button configured to centred volume of ihe wireless carbud,
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`In the foregoing system, the hase station may further comprise an infermation
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`display, Whenthe wireless pairing is made, the system may be condigured to provide a bantery
`status of the base station to the smartphone. The base station may fiether comprise a
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`communiontion mextale configured to interface data communication with at feast one of the
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`smartphone and the wirelass earbud.
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`fn response ta unplugging the wireless carbud out of the
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`connection hole, the system may be configured to initiate: processing for the wirsiess pairing with
`the amartphone. In response io phieging the wirelessearbed into the connection hale, the at least
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`ae processor may he contigared ia exccule campnter program instructionsstored is the at least
`one memory 6) initiate ceasing of the wireless pairing with the smariphene,
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`Further in the foregcing system, the at least one processor maybe configuredto
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`exeente computer program instructions stored in the af least one memery to tum off the wireless
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`airing while the wireless earbud is being charged. In response to pressing the user input button,
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`the at least one processer may he configuredtexecute computer prowram Instructions stared in.
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`the af lersi ane memory 0 initiate a Bluctooth pairing between the wireless earbud and the
`smarphbons. The at least one procesanr may be
`configured to execute computer program
`inglrustigns siored in the ai least one memory to turnoff the wireless pairing while the wireless
`varbud is helng charged, wherein, inresponse to plugging the wireless earhual inte the connection
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`hole. the at least one processor is configured to execute conrpuler program instractions stored in
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`theat least one meniory to iInidate ceasing of the wireless pairing with the smartphone.
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`the base station may futher comprise a
`Further in the foregoing svstem,
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`commmunivation modele configured to interface data communication with at least one of the
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`smartphone and the wireless earbud, wherein the at
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`least ome processuy is configured to
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`determines whether the wirelzas earbud is plugged inte the commection hole or unpluggedout of
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`the cowneection hole. The at least one processer may be cenfigaed to determine whether the
`wirelas earbud is plugged inte the connection hole or unphigeed out ofthe connection, wherdtin,
`when the wireless carbud is plugged Inta the cannestion hole, the smartphone ts genfigured to
`wirelesaly eenmunivate with at least one ofthe base station and the wireless earfud. The base
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`station ray farther comprise a communication amedule configurtd te
`interface data
`caninwnicatinn with at least one of the smartphone and the wireless earbud, wherein in response
`io pressing the user input bulton, the at feast one pracessor is configured io execule computer
`program instructions stored in the at least ane memory te mitiate a Bluetooth pairing between the
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`wireless gartnal and the sretphone.
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`Still further in the foregoing system, the base slation may further conqprise a
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`commmmisation module configured to interface data communication with at least ane of the
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`aimariphone and the wireless carbud, wherein, when the wireiess carbud ja plagged into the
`semnvetion hole. the syaters is configured such that the emartphone wirelessly communicates
`with at least one ofthe base glatian and the wireless carbud. The at least one processor maybe
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`configured t3 determine whether the wireless earbud is plugged into the connection hale or
`unplugged out of the connection hole, wherein the base station futher comprises 4
`communications meadule configured to imerface data commrinication with at least one of the
`Smariphene and the wireless earbud, wherein, when the wireless earbud is phieged into the
`conmestion hole, the system is configured such that the smariphone wirelessly communicates
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`with at least one of the base station and the wireless earbud, The atleast one processor nay be
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`configured to determine whether the wireless eatbad is plagged inte the connection hole or
`unplugged out ofthe connection hale, wherein, in response t unpluugingthe wireless earbad oat
`af the conseetion bole, the system: is configured to initiate processing for the wireless pairing
`with the stnertpheae.
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`The apparatus may be further programmed ia cause aulio data to be sent to the
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`wireiesa gartund and to play sound through the wireless earbud while the winsless earbud is
`unpligeed from the connection hole. Wherein. when the wireless earbad is paired with the
`staatiphone,
`the svsterr
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`to provide a batters status to the smartphone fbr
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`PATENT
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`disnlaying on a mobile application ofthe smartyhories and to let the mobile application conirol at
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`least one finetion ofthe apparatus,
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`Another aspect of the invention provides a method efoperating the foregoing
`aystem. The method comprises: initiating fe process the wircless pairing with the smartphonein
`fespanse to pressing of the user inpet button provided on the main body; and turning aff the
`wireless pairingwith the smartphone while the wireless earbud is charged fromthe mainbady.
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`in seme dapecta. a personal wireless media station is in commmanication with a
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`paired mobile computing device of a user for playing sound and displaying information based on
`commmeaication with the paired mobile computing device. The personal wireless media statior
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`inchides main body, a wireless carbud, a first wireless module, and a second sirsless miadele.
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`The main body inchades an information dispiay, a speaker, the fire and secondwireless mentules.
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`and a main body comimector, The wireless earhad inchides an earbud conneator that is mateahle
`with the main body connector. The wireless eartud and the main body form a@ single integrated
`bady when the earbud commector and the main body connector are connceted with eachother.
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`The first wireless madale witelessiy communicates with a mobile computing device that has
`bean paired ith the personal wireless media station. The second wireless module wirclesaly
`cemmurioates with the wireless arbud,
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