Systems and methods for audio streaming

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016286337-A1
Application number	US-201514665717-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 23, 2015
Priority date	Mar 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 29, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method for wireless communication is described. The method includes streaming an audio stream from a Bluetooth host device to a first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device. The method also includes receiving a call at the Bluetooth host device. The method further includes sending call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device. The method additionally includes receiving an answer call message from the first Bluetooth device. The method also includes routing the call to the first Bluetooth device and cease streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device. The method further includes continuing streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:
streaming an audio stream from a Bluetooth host device to a first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device; receiving a call at the Bluetooth host device; sending call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device; receiving an answer call message from the first Bluetooth device; routing the call to the first Bluetooth device and cease streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device; and continue streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
terminating the call on the first Bluetooth device; and resume streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth host device simultaneously streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein continue streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device comprises streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device while the first Bluetooth device conducts the call.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the Bluetooth host device establishes a first channel with the first Bluetooth device and a second channel with the second Bluetooth device using a single Bluetooth transceiver.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the Bluetooth host device streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the first Bluetooth device on the first channel and the Bluetooth host device streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the Bluetooth host device establishes the call with the first Bluetooth device on the first channel while continuing to stream the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first Bluetooth device is a Bluetooth headset.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the audio stream is streamed using an advanced audio distribution profile (A2DP) and the call is routed to the first Bluetooth device using a hands-free profile (HFP).

10 . A Bluetooth host device for wireless communication, comprising:
a processor; memory in electronic communication with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to: stream an audio stream from the Bluetooth host device to a first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device; receive a call at the Bluetooth host device; send call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device; receive an answer call message from the first Bluetooth device; route the call to the first Bluetooth device and cease streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device; and continue streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device.

11 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 10 , further comprising instructions executable to:
terminate the call on the first Bluetooth device; and resume streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device.

12 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 10 , wherein the Bluetooth host device simultaneously streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device.

13 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable to continue streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device comprise instructions executable to stream the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device while the first Bluetooth device conducts the call.

14 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 10 , wherein the Bluetooth host device establishes a first channel with the first Bluetooth device and a second channel with the second Bluetooth device using a single Bluetooth transceiver.

15 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 14 , wherein the Bluetooth host device streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the first Bluetooth device on the first channel and the Bluetooth host device streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

16 . The Bluetooth host device of claim 14 , wherein the Bluetooth host device establishes the call with the first Bluetooth device on the first channel while continuing to stream the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

17 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
means for streaming an audio stream from the apparatus to a first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device; means for receiving a call at the apparatus; means for sending call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device; means for receiving an answer call message from the first Bluetooth device; means for routing the call to the first Bluetooth device and cease streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device; and means for continuing streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device.

18 . The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising:
means for terminating the call on the first Bluetooth device; and means for resuming streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device.

19 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the apparatus simultaneously streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device.

20 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the means for continuing streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device comprise means for streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device while the first Bluetooth device conducts the call.

21 . The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the apparatus establishes a first channel with the first Bluetooth device and a second channel with the second Bluetooth device using a single Bluetooth transceiver.

22 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the apparatus streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the first Bluetooth device on the first channel and the apparatus streams the audio stream and sends the call indications to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

23 . The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the apparatus establishes the call with the first Bluetooth device on the first channel while continuing to stream the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device on the second channel.

24 . A computer-program product for wireless communication, the computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions thereon, the instructions comprising:
code for causing a Bluetooth host device to stream an audio stream to a first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device; code for causing the Bluetooth host device to receive a call; code for causing the Bluetooth host device to send call indications to both the first Bluetooth device and the second Bluetooth device; code for causing the Bluetooth host device to receive an answer call message from the first Bluetooth device; code for causing the Bluetooth host device to route the call to the first Bluetooth device and cease streaming the audio stream to the first Bluetooth device; and code for causing the Bluetooth host device to continue streaming the audio stream to the second Bluetooth device.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Thekkedathu Sivaraman Pramod
• Jella Srinu
• Kumar Ajay
• Aitharaju Sai Rama Rao

Classifications

• H04W72/30

  Resource management for broadcast services · CPC title

• H04W72/005

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/008 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title

• H04M1/7253

  Electricity · mapped topic