US 12,244,985 B2
Controller with network mode and direct mode
Steve Van Gheem, Gilberts, IL (US); Bryan Jozwiak, Bartlett, IL (US); Jon Halverson, Des Plaines, IL (US); Brian Buhman, Chicago, IL (US); and Jonathan Portwood, Vernon Hills, IL (US)
Assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed by Shure Acquisition Holdings, Inc., Niles, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,176.
Application 18/145,176 is a continuation of application No. 17/104,966, filed on Nov. 25, 2020, granted, now 11,564,024.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/941,085, filed on Nov. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119258 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04W 36/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04R 1/08 (2013.01) [H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04R 1/1041 (2013.01); H04W 36/033 (2023.05); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a wireless transceiver, the method comprising:
switching, by a controller, between at least two modes of the controller, wherein the at least two modes of the controller comprise a first mode and a second mode;
communicating with the wireless transceiver during a time period, by the controller using a first wireless protocol with a first power mode, wherein the communicating comprises:
in the first mode, communicating directly with the wireless transceiver; and
in the second mode, communicating with the wireless transceiver via a wireless access point; and
receiving an audio signal from the wireless transceiver during the time period, by the controller using a second wireless protocol with a second power mode that is different from the first wireless protocol with the first power mode, wherein the receiving comprises:
in the first mode, receiving the audio signal directly from the wireless transceiver; and
in the second mode, receiving the audio signal from the wireless transceiver via the wireless access point.