US 9,769,556 C1 (13,208th)
Magnetic earphones holder including receiving external ambient audio and transmitting to the earphones
Rob Honeycutt, Berkeley, CA (US)
Filed by Snik LLC, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to SNIK LLC, Berkeley, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/014,943, Jan. 20, 2022.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 9,769,556, issued Sep. 19, 2017, Appl. No. 14/215,833, Mar. 17, 2014.
Application 90/014,943 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/734,871, filed on Jan. 4, 2013, granted, now 9,167,329.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/601,722, filed on Feb. 22, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/671,575, filed on Jul. 13, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/712,136, filed on Oct. 10, 2012.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Mar. 19, 2026.
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2026.01)
CPC H04R 1/1041 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/1033 (2013.01); H04R 2201/023 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-55 are cancelled.
1. An audio system comprising:
a. a holder body comprising one or more magnetically attractable first surfaces;
b. a set of head phones each comprising a magnetic second surface for removably coupling with the one or more magnetically attractable first surfaces;
c. a headphones controller coupled to receive an activation signal when a magnetic decoupling is detected as one or more of the magnetic second surfaces of the set of head phones is removed and decoupled from one of the one or more magnetically attractable first surfaces, wherein the activation signal causes transmitted audio to be played in the headphones;
d. a first set of controls for controlling a volume of the transmitted audio played by the head phones; and
e. a second set of controls for controlling a volume of external audio played by the headphones.