1. A modular wireless headset comprises:
at least one wearable earpiece operable to render inbound radio frequency (RF) signals received from a host device audible, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece includes:
receiver module operably coupled to convert the inbound RF signals into low intermediate frequency (IF) signals;
data recovery module operably coupled to recover audio signals from the low IF signals; and
speaker module operably coupled to render the audio signals audible;
at least one wearable microphone operable to convert received audio signals into outbound RF signals, wherein the at least one wearable microphone transmits the to the outbound RF signals to the host device, wherein the at least one wearable microphone includes:
audio input module operably coupled to convert the received audio signals into digital audio signals; and
transmitter module operably coupled to convert the digital audio signals into the outbound RF signals, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece is physically separate from the at least one wearable microphone.
2. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece module further comprises:
a first wearable earpiece operable to render at least a first portion of the inbound RF signals into first audible signals; and
a second wearable earpiece operable to render at least a second portion of the inbound RF signals into second audible signals, wherein the first wearable earpiece is physically separate from the second wearable earpiece.
3. The modular wireless headset of claim 2 further comprises:
the first wearable earpiece receiving the first portion of the inbound RF signals via a first RF link, wherein the first audible signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the second wearable earpiece receiving the second portion of the inbound RF signals via a second RF link, wherein the second audible signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
4. The modular wireless headset of claim 2 further comprises:
the first wearable earpiece receiving the first portion of the inbound RF signals via an RF link, wherein the first audible signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the second wearable earpiece receiving the second portion of the inbound RF signals via the RF link, wherein the second audible signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
5. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece module further comprises:
earpiece transmitter module operably coupled to convert digital command messages into outbound RF command signals, wherein the outbound RF command signals are transmitted to at least one of the host device and the at least wearable microphone module.
6. The modular wireless headset of claim 5, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece module further comprises:
an input module operably coupled to the earpiece transmitter module, wherein the input module converts user input commands into the digital command messages.
7. The modular wireless headset of claim 5, wherein the digital command messages further comprises at least one of: packet size, synchronization information, frequency hopping initiation information, time slot allocation information, link establishment information, piconet address information, fast forward, play, pause, volume adjust, record, stop, and rewind.
8. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece module further comprises:
display module operably coupled to the receiver module for displaying at least one of:
configuration messages and video data contained with the inbound RF signals.
9. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable earpiece module further comprises:
separable connection module operable to couple the at least one wearable earpiece to at least one of the host device and the at least one microphone module prior to transmission of the outbound RF signals or reception of the inbound RF signals for configuring the modular headset with the host device.
10. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable microphone further comprises:
microphone receiver module operably coupled to convert inbound RF command signals into digital command messages, wherein the inbound RF command signals are received from at least one of the host device and the at least wearable microphone module.
11. The modular wireless headset of claim 10, wherein the at least one wearable microphone further comprises:
display module operably coupled to the microphone receiver module for displaying at least one of: configuration messages and video data contained with the inbound RF signals.
12. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable microphone further comprises:
an input module operably coupled to the transmitter module, wherein the input module converts user input commands into digital command messages.
13. The modular wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the at least one wearable microphone further comprises:
separable connection module operable to couple the at least one wearable microphone to at least one of the host device and the at least one wearable earpiece module prior to transmission of the outbound RF signals or reception of the inbound RF signals for configuring the modular headset with the host device.
14. The module wireless headset of claim 1, wherein the inbound RF signals and the outbound RF signals are in accordance with one or more versions a Bluetooth specification.
15. A method for wireless communications within a piconet of a modular wireless headset and a host device, wherein the modular wireless headset includes at least one earpiece module and at least one microphone module, wherein the at least one earpiece module is physically separate from the at least one microphone module, the method comprises:
establishing the piconet to include the host device, the at least one earpiece module and the at least one microphone module;
transmitting outbound radio frequency (RF) signals from the at least one microphone module to the host device via a first wireless communication resource of the piconet; and
transmitting inbound RF signals from the host device to the at least one earpiece module via a second wireless communication resource of the piconet.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including at least one time slot of a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including at least one other time slot of the synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
17. The method of claim 15 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including a second synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
exchanging configuration information via a physical connection between the host device, the at least one earpiece module, and the at least one microphone module prior to the transmitting of the inbound and outbound RF signals; and
configuring the piconet in accordance with the configuration information, wherein one of the host device, the at least one microphone module, and the at least one earpiece module functions as a master for the piconet.
19. The method of claim 18 further comprises:
determining whether the physical connection between the at least one earpiece module and the host device is broken;
when the physical connection between the at least one earpiece module and the host device is broken, transmitting the inbound RF signals from the host device to the at least one earpiece module via the first wireless communication resource, wherein the inbound RF signals are derived from first baseband signals;
when the physical connection between the at least one earpiece module from the host device is not broken, transmitting the first baseband signals from the host device to the at least one earpiece module via the physical connection;
determining whether the physical connection between the at least one microphone module from the host device is broken;
when the physical connection between the at least one microphone module from the host device is broken, transmitting the outbound RF signals from the at least one earpiece module to the host device via the second wireless communication resource, wherein the outbound RF signals are derived from second baseband signals; and
when the physical connection between the at least one microphone module from the host device is not broken, transmitting the second baseband signals from the at least one earpiece module to the host device via the physical connection.
20. The method of claim 15, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
exchanging configuration information via the first and second wireless communication resources between the host device, the at least one earpiece module, and the at least one microphone module prior to the transmitting of the inbound and outbound RF signals, wherein the at least one earpiece module and the at least one microphone module exchange at least a portion of the configuration information via a physical connection; and
configuring the piconet in accordance with the configuration information, wherein one of the host device, the at least one microphone module, and the at least one earpiece module functions as a master for the piconet.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
transmitting, by a master of the piconet, a configuration request to slaves of the piconet, wherein one of the host device, the at least one microphone module, and the at least one earpiece module functions as the master and remaining ones of the host device, the at least one microphone module, and the at least one earpiece module function as the slaves;
providing, by each of the slaves, a response to the master; and
establishing the piconet in accordance with the configuration request and the responses from the slaves.
22. The method of claim 15 further comprises:
receiving the outbound RF signals by the at least one earpiece module; and
converting the outbound RF signals into audible signals when a microphone feedback mode is enabled.
23. A modular communication device comprises:
host module; and
detachable earpiece module, wherein the host module generates inbound RF signals from playback baseband signals, wherein, when the detachable earpiece module is coupled to the host module via a physical connection, the host module provides the playback baseband signals to the detachable earpiece module via the physical connection and when the detachable earpiece module is not coupled to the host module via the physical connection, the host module provides the inbound RF signals to the detachable earpiece module via a wireless communication resource.
24. The modular communication device of claim 23 further comprises:
detachable microphone module, wherein the detachable microphone module generates outbound RF signals from audio record baseband signals, wherein, when the detachable microphone module is coupled to the host module via a second physical connection, the detachable microphone module provides the audio record baseband signals to the host module via the physical connection and when the detachable microphone module is not coupled to the host module via the second physical connection, the detachable module provides the outbound RF signals to the host module via a second wireless communication resource.
25. The modular communication device of claim 24 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including at least one time slot of a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including at least one other time slot of the synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
26. The modular communication device of claim 24 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including a second synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
27. The modular communication device of claim 23, wherein the detachable earpiece module further comprises:
a first earpiece operable to render at least a first portion of the inbound RF signals into first audible signals; and
a second earpiece operable to render at least a second portion of the inbound RF signals into second audible signals, wherein the first wearable earpiece is physically separate from the second wearable earpiece.
28. The modular communication device of claim 27 further comprises:
the first earpiece receiving the first portion of the inbound RF signals via a first RF link, wherein the first audible signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the second earpiece receiving the second portion of the inbound RF signals via a second RF link, wherein the second audible signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
29. The modular communication device of claim 27 further comprises:
the first earpiece receiving the first portion of the inbound RF signals via an RF link, wherein the first audible signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the wearable earpiece receiving the second portion of the inbound RF signals via the RF link, wherein the second audible signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
30. The modular communication device of claim 23, wherein the host module further comprises at least one of: a cordless telephone, a cellular telephone, a compact disc player, a DVD player, a computer, a personal digital assistant, and a digital audio playback device.
31. A modular wireless headphones comprises:
first wearable earpiece operable to render first inbound radio frequency (RF) signals received from a host device audible, wherein the first wearable earpiece includes:
first receiver module operably coupled to convert the first inbound RF signals into first low intermediate frequency (IF) signals;
first data recovery module operably coupled to recover first audio signals from the first low IF signals; and
first speaker module operably coupled to render the first audio signals audible; and
second wearable earpiece operable to render second inbound radio frequency (RF) signals received from the host device audible, wherein the second wearable earpiece includes:
second receiver module operably coupled to convert the second inbound RF signals into second low IF signals;
second data recovery module operably coupled to recover second audio signals from the second low IF signals; and
second speaker module operably coupled to render the second audio signals audible, wherein the first wearable earpiece is physically separate from the second wearable earpiece.
32. The modular wireless headphones of claim 31 further comprises:
the first wearable earpiece receiving the first inbound RF signals via a first RF link, wherein the first audio signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the second wearable earpiece receiving the second inbound RF signals via a second RF link, wherein the second audio signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
33. The modular wireless headphones of claim 31 further comprises:
the first wearable earpiece receiving the first inbound RF signals via an RF link, wherein the first audio signals correspond to left channel stereo signals; and
the second wearable earpiece receiving the second inbound RF signals via the RF link, wherein the second audio signals correspond to right channel stereo signals.
34. The modular wireless headphones of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first and wearable earpieces further comprises:
earpiece transmitter module operably coupled to convert digital command messages into outbound RF command signals, wherein the outbound RF command signals are transmitted to the host device.
35. The modular wireless headphones of claim 34, wherein at least one of the first and second wearable earpiece module further comprises:
an input module operably coupled to the earpiece transmitter module, wherein the input module converts user input commands into the digital command messages.
36. The modular wireless headphones of claim 34, wherein the digital command messages further comprises at least one of: packet size, synchronization information, frequency hopping initiation information, time slot allocation information, link establishment information, piconet address information, fast forward, play, pause, volume adjust, record, stop, and rewind.
37. The modular wireless headphones of claim 31, wherein at least one of the first and wearable earpieces further comprises:
display module operably coupled to the receiver module for displaying at least one of:
configuration messages and video data contained with the first or second inbound RF signals.
38. A method for wireless communications within a piconet of a modular wireless headset and a host device, wherein the modular wireless headphones includes a first earpiece module and a second earpiece module, wherein the first and second earpiece modules are physically separate from each other, the method comprises:
establishing the piconet to include the host device, the first earpiece module and the second earpiece module;
transmitting first inbound radio frequency (RF) signals from the host device to the first earpiece module via a first wireless communication resource of the piconet; and
transmitting second inbound RF signals from the host device to the second earpiece module via a second wireless communication resource of the piconet.
39. The method of claim 38 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including at least one time slot of a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including at least one other time slot of the synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
40. The method of claim 38 further comprises:
the first wireless communication resource including a synchronous connection orientated link of a Bluetooth compliant piconet; and
the second wireless communication resource including a second synchronous connection orientated link of the Bluetooth compliant piconet.
41. The method of claim 38, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
exchanging configuration information via a physical connection between the host device, the first earpiece module, and the second earpiece module prior to the transmitting of the first and second inbound RF signals; and
configuring the piconet in accordance with the configuration information, wherein one of the host device, the first microphone module, and the second earpiece module functions as a master for the piconet.
42. The method of claim 41 further comprises:
determining whether the physical connection between the first and second earpiece modules and the host device is broken;
when the physical connection between the first and second earpiece modules and the host device is broken, transmitting the first inbound RF signals from the host device to the first earpiece module via the first wireless communication resource and transmitting the second inbound RF signals from the host device to the second earpiece module via the second wireless communication resource, wherein the first inbound RF signals are derived from first baseband signals and the second inbound RF signals are derived from second baseband signals; and
when the physical connection between the first and second earpiece modules and the host device is not broken, transmitting the first baseband signals from the host device to the first earpiece module via the physical connection and transmitting the second baseband signals from the host device to the second earpiece module via the physical connection.
43. The method of claim 38, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
exchanging configuration information via the first and second wireless communication resources between the host device, the first earpiece module, and the second earpiece module prior to the transmitting of the first and second inbound RF signals, wherein the first earpiece module and the second earpiece module exchange at least a portion of the configuration information via a physical connection; and
configuring the piconet in accordance with the configuration information, wherein one of the host device, the first earpiece module, and the second earpiece module functions as a master for the piconet.
44. The method of claim 38, wherein the establishing the piconet further comprises:
transmitting, by a master of the piconet, a configuration request to slaves of the piconet, wherein one of the host device, the first earpiece module, and the second earpiece module functions as the master and remaining ones of the host device, the first earpiece module, and the second earpiece module function as the slaves;
providing, by each of the slaves, a response to the master; and
establishing the piconet in accordance with the configuration request and the responses from the slaves.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A composition in a water-soluble pouch, said pouch comprising at least two compartments, each compartment containing a different component of said composition, wherein a first compartment contains a first component comprising a liquid matrix and a source of peracid.
2. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said source of peracid is in the form of suspended particles.
3. A composition according to claim 1, wherein said source of peracid is selected from the group consisting of peracid precursors, preformed peracid, and mixtures thereof.
4. A composition according to claim 3 wherein the source of peracid is selected from the group consisting of tetraacetylethylenediamine, nonanoyl oxy benzene sulphonate, nonanoyl amido caproic oxy beazene sulphonate, and mixtures thereof.
5. A composition according to claim 3 wherein the source of peracid is N,N-phthaloylaminoperoxycaproic acid.
6. A composition according to claim 3 wherein the pouch is made of a water-soluble material which comprises polyvinyl alcohol.
7. A composition according to claim 1 wherein a second compartment contains a second component comprising a peracid incompatible ingredient.
8. A composition according to claim 7 wherein the second component is selected from the group consisting of enzymes, perfumes, chelants, and mixtures thereof.
9. A composition according to claim 7 wherein the second component further comprises a liquid matrix.
10. A composition according to claim 1 wherein a second compartment comprises a second component comprising a bleaching ingredient selected from the group consisting of sources of peroxide, bleach boosters, bleach catalysts, or mixtures thereof.
11. A composition according to claim 7 wherein said first component comprises a viscous liquid matrix having a viscosity of at least 300 mPas.
12. A composition according to claim 11 wherein a second component comprises a liquid matrix having a viscosity of less than 300 mPas.
13. A composition according to claim 12 wherein the second component comprises a liquid matrix having a viscosity of less than 25 mPas.
14. A composition according to claim 7 wherein said first component comprises a nonaqueous liquid matrix, and said second component comprises an aqueous liquid matrix.
15. A composition according to claim 12 wherein the first component further comprises a thickening agent.
16. A composition according to claim 12 wherein the composition further comprises an effervescence system.
17. A composition in a water-soluble pouch, said pouch comprising at least two compartments, each compartment containing a different component of said composition, wherein
a) a first compartment contains a first component comprising a liquid matrix and a source of peracid selected from the group consisting of peracid precursors, preformed peracid, and mixtures thereof; and
b) a second compartment contains a second component selected from the group consisting of enzymes, perfumes, chelants, and mixtures thereof.
18. A composition according to claim 17 wherein the first component has a viscosity of at least 300 mPas and the second component has a viscosity of less than 300 mPas.
19. A method of using a composition in a water-soluble pouch according to claim 1 in a laundry process, wherein the method includes the step of cleaning one washing load in an automatic washing machine, and wherein from one to three pouches are added to either the drum of the automatic washing machine or the dispenser of the automatic washing machine.