Abstract: An audio control apparatus particularly suited for an active outdoor type of person integrates multiple electronic devices. Audio source devices can include a mobile phone, a music player, and a walkie talkie. Audio sink devices can include a video recorder. The audio signals from the audio source devices may be mixed and sent to the video recorder to capture live audio signals. The user controls the audio control apparatus using either integrated or external UI buttons, which are context specific, configurable and allow control of the external devices from a UI. External UI buttons may be mounted to a helmet or other accessible location. A USB port on the external UI allows charging the audio control apparatus without needing to access or otherwise disturb the apparatus while it is nicely positioned within the helmet. Incoming phone and walkie talkie calls may be selectively allowed or blocked depending on sensor feedback.

Abstract: An audio control apparatus particularly suited for an active outdoor type of person integrates multiple electronic devices. Audio source devices can include a mobile phone, a music player, and a walkie talkie. Audio sink devices can include a video recorder. The audio signals from the audio source devices may be mixed and sent to the video recorder to capture live audio signals. The user controls the audio control apparatus using either integrated or external UI buttons, which are context specific, configurable and allow control of the external devices from a UI. External UI buttons may be mounted to a helmet or other accessible location. A USB port on the external UI allows charging the audio control apparatus without needing to access or otherwise disturb the apparatus while it is nicely positioned within the helmet. Incoming phone and walkie talkie calls may be selectively allowed or blocked depending on sensor feedback.

Abstract: An audio control apparatus particularly suited for an active outdoor type of person integrates multiple electronic devices. Audio source devices can include a mobile phone, a music player, and a walkie talkie. Audio sink devices can include a video recorder. The audio signals from the audio source devices may be mixed and sent to the video recorder to capture live audio signals. The user controls the audio control apparatus using either integrated or external UI buttons, which are context specific, configurable and allow control of the external devices from a single UI. External UI buttons may be mounted to a helmet or another easy to access location. A USB port on the external UI allows charging the audio control apparatus without needing to access or otherwise disturb the apparatus while it is nicely positioned within the helmet.

Abstract: An audio control apparatus particularly suited for an active outdoor type of person integrates multiple electronic devices. Audio source devices can include a mobile phone, a music player, and a walkie talkie. Audio sink devices can include a video recorder. The audio signals from the audio source devices may be mixed and sent to the video recorder to capture live audio signals. The user controls the audio control apparatus using either integrated or external UI buttons, which are context specific, configurable and allow control of the external devices from a single UI. External UI buttons may be mounted to a helmet or another easy to access location. A USB port on the external UI allows charging the audio control apparatus without needing to access or otherwise disturb the apparatus while it is nicely positioned within the helmet.

Abstract: Implementations described herein provide the ability for a network telephony device or a computer application device to co-operatively control various user interface elements of another network telephony device that has user interface elements such as a screen, physical and/or touch-screen buttons, and illuminated indicators. Upon a VoIP communication session being set up between two devices, one device can co-operatively modify user interface elements presented on the other device. In response to user input actions on a telephony network device with user interface elements, response messages are sent back to the other device within this communication session via VoIP DTMF responses. To maximize the end user interaction experience, the controlling device can specify to the recipient device what DTMF key responses to send when any non-dialpad keys are pressed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for effecting sophisticated telephony services using hybrid POTS and VoIP transport without resorting to central servers or PBXs is provided. Key to the system is the use of on-phone processing capabilities comprising several A-D/D-A, memory and addressing, audio-mixing, program memory and programmable computing circuits or components. The system performs required IP and VoIP protocol stacks (UDP, RTP, and SIP for example) and POTS functionality. Optionally, fail-over from set-power may be provided using POTS line voltages. The phones of this invention self-configure dependent upon the network environment to which they are attached, and direct call and other functionality digitally under programmed computing control, thus being highly configurable; redundancy between networked phone devices adds robustness.