The Apple company was recently granted a patent for a new pair of headsets dedicated to iPhone terminals, which can function as transmission-reception stations, so that users can communicate with each other very easily.
The headphones would interconnect using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth technology, so they would have such integrated chips, communication between users being very simple since most pairs of Apple headphones come with a microphone included to make phone calls.
Depending on the way of interconnection between users, the range of action of these smart headphones can be up to several meters or up to several tens of meters, multiple headphones can be interconnected so that several users can communicate quickly.
Apple describes that this method of communication would eliminate the need to use standard GSM networks to interconnect users, the solution proposed by it consuming less energy and freeing up the network for making phone calls when needed.
A wireless communication device establishes voice communication between a supported user and a selected remote device supporting another user via a point-to-point wireless ad hoc network link. The device selects a particular remote device, establishes an ad hoc network link with the selected remote device, and communicates voice communication signals with the selected remote device.
The patent registered to Apple was written by a former Sennheiser engineer who at one point also worked within Apple, so we are talking about a person with the necessary experience to be able to develop technologies of this kind.
The headphones described by the Apple company in its patent can work through a standard 3.5mm port, or through a Lightning port, so we are talking about a versatile technology that could prove to be extremely useful in the future for users.
