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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Hugh E. Mcloone, Bellevue, WA (US);
Deborah Ann Louis Wallace, Kirkland, WA (US);
David W. Russo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Gregory Ray Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
John K. Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard H. Irving, Redmond, WA (US);
Hugh E. McLoone, Bellevue, WA (US);
Deborah Ann Louis Wallace, Kirkland, WA (US);
David W. Russo, Woodinville, WA (US);
Gregory Ray Smith, Bellevue, WA (US);
John K. Ikeda, Seattle, WA (US);
Richard H. Irving, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A wireless headset having a user interface configured to allow the user to utilize the full functionality of the headset while minimizing the number of physical control inputs necessary is described. The user interface may have a user input control that is configured to control more than one function of the headset. The user interface may also provide audio as well as visual outputs to the user to indicate a particular functionality of the headset being controlled by the user or a particular status of the headset.