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An integrated sound/telephone headset system is provided comprising a music source, a telephone, a headset having a microphone and earphones, and a control system. The control system receives music from the music source, a telephone ring signal from a telephone line, the telephone audio, and ambient

An integrated sound/telephone headset system is provided comprising a music source, a telephone, a headset having a microphone and earphones, and a control system. The control system receives music from the music source, a telephone ring signal from a telephone line, the telephone audio, and ambient sounds received by the microphone. A handset lift device is manually actuated by the user to select between a bypass mode and operational modes. When operating in the bypass mode, the phone is answered with its handset, and the headset is connected to a mixer with audio input from the music source, the ambient sounds, and a ring tone indicating a ring signal on the telephone line. When in the operational modes, a user initiates or answers a call by lowering the microphone, which switches the headset from the mixer to the telephone and connects the telephone to the telephone line. At the end of the conversation, the user reverses these actions by raising the microphone to switch the headphones back to the mixer and disconnecting the phone from the phone line.

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An integrated sound/telephone headset system, comprising: at least one sound-generating device that transmits electrical signals representative of sound; a telephonic instrument capable of being coupled to a public switched telephone network and that transmits electrical signals representative of so

An integrated sound/telephone headset system, comprising: at least one sound-generating device that transmits electrical signals representative of sound; a telephonic instrument capable of being coupled to a public switched telephone network and that transmits electrical signals representative of sound and that receives microphone electrical signals for transmission on the public switched telephone network; a headset that converts received electrical signals into sound, said headset including a microphone for transmitting microphone electrical signals that represent sound detected by the microphone; indicating means for indicating a mode; and a control system connected to the sound-generating device, the telephonic instrument, the headset, and the indicating means, wherein the control system connects the headset to at least one of the sound-generating device and the telephonic instrument as a function of the indicated mode, said control system including a mixer that mixes the electrical signals from the sound-generating device with the microphone electrical signals, for a given indicated mode.