Disclosed is a wireless headset including: a main body; sub-bodies detachably attached to both lateral ends of the main body by a retractable cable; earpieces detachably attached to the sub-bodies and configured to output a sound when supportedly installed in the sub-bodies; and a controller configured to output the sound wirelessly through the earpieces when the earpieces are separated from the sub-bodies.

An apparatus includes a first transceiver of a wearable device. The first transceiver is configured to communicate using a first communication network having a first communication range. The apparatus further includes a second transceiver of the wearable device. The second transceiver is configured to communicate using a second communication network having a second communication range that is less than the first communication range. The apparatus also includes a receptacle of the wearable device. The receptacle is configured to receive an audio device that is configured to communicate with the second transceiver using the second communication network.

Described herein is a system for testing wireless interaction of a system for reproduction of audio signals, in particular a user-interface device of a motor vehicle configured for reproducing audio signals, with a mobile phone, said reproduction system and said mobile phone being configured for communicating over a wireless communication channel for short-range communications. According to the invention, the above system comprises a module for simulation of a mobile phone, comprising processing means configured for simulating operation of a mobile phone, said module for simulation of a mobile phone being associated in a signal-exchange relationship to a short-range wireless transceiver module configured for communicating via said wireless communication channel with the system for reproduction of audio signals.

Hubs for social interaction via electronic devices are described. In one aspect, a data processing device includes a display screen displaying a social interaction hub, the social interaction hub including a collection of records. Each record includes a counterparty identifier identifying a counterparty of a past social interaction event, a mode indicium identifying a mode by which the past social interaction event with the counterparty occurred, and a collection of mode indicia each identifying a mode by which a future, outgoing social interaction event with the counterparty can occur. The counterparty identifier, the mode indicium, and the collection of mode indicia are associated with one another in the records of the social interaction hub.

A Near Field Communications (NFC) tag includes a housing and a magnet carried by the housing and configured to be magnetically sensed by a magnetic sensor carried by a communications device to activate an NFC circuit within the communications device to communicate using an NFC communications protocol. A data store stores data regarding a function of the communications device to be magnetically coupled by the magnet. The data store is configured to be read by the communications device using an NFC communications protocol after the NFC circuit had been activated.

A system for reducing traffic accidents caused by distraction from a mobile telecom device. The system detects when the device is near a driver's seat of a moving vehicle. When the network receives a call from a caller directed to a called person associated with the mobile telecom device, the system plays a message to the caller stating that the called person is driving and asking whether the call is important enough to put through. If the caller provides an affirmative response, the system puts the call through to the telecom device, and if the caller provides a negative response or no response, the system does not put the call through.

A communication method used by a first device that communicates with a second device is provided. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event related to a device scan, scanning the second device that provides identifier information and capability information, establishing a first communication link with the scanned second device by using a first communication method, determining a second communication method for communicating data with the second device via the first communication link, and establishing a second communication link with the second device by using the determined second communication method.

An electronic device includes a communication unit and processing circuitry. The communication unit is configured to receive information on whether a user wears other electronic device. The processing circuitry configured to, responsive to a predetermined event occurring, determine whether the other electronic device is worn by the user. The processing circuitry also configured to control the communication unit to transmit a notification message to the other electronic device based on whether the other electronic device is in a worn state or an unworn state.

The system for disabling a mobile phone in a vehicle is adapted for use with an automobile. The system for disabling a mobile phone in a vehicle is further adapted for use with a cellular phone. The system for disabling a mobile phone in a vehicle is a Bluetooth beacon that transmits a Bluetooth signal when engine of the automobile is running. A background application loaded on the cellular phone continuously monitors for a signal from the beacon and, when it senses the signal from the beacon the application shuts down the all wireless communication, with the exception of Bluetooth communication, and visual displays from the cellular phone until: 1) the beacon stops transmitting; or, 2) the cellular phone connects to a Bluetooth based hands free device. The system for disabling a mobile phone comprises a beacon and an application.

The present invention consists of an accessory-style wireless audio communications system and the associated devices, methods and apparatuses for providing the convenience and functionality of wireless audio communications in a variety of exchangeable fashion accessory styles. The invention comprises a specially designed accessory-style wireless audio communications device; various fashion accessory-style apparatuses; and various methods for combining the wireless audio communications device and one or more of the accessory apparatuses. By integrating the mobile, hands-free convenience of Bluetooth and other wireless audio technologies with the look of desirably wearable fashion accessories, the invention allows users, and particularly female users, to maintain discrete access to their mobile phones and other connected devices without having to carry the devices directly on their persons or wear unbecoming and otherwise undesirable headsets or earpieces. The slimline style of the wireless audio communications device and the diverse form factors of and methods for the accessory apparatuses allow users to achieve multiple accessory looks with a single wireless audio device. This includes the use of neck-, ear- and eye-based accessory apparatuses that have been specifically designed for invention device, as well as certain types of a user's own personal accessories. The invention also integrates a number of different hardware, software and application features that allow users to control from the wireless audio communications device multiple convenient features and functions that are either not currently available in other mobile audio devices or that users would otherwise require multiple devices to access.