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US 10,652,673 B2Granted
Hearing instrument with an authentication protocol
AssigneeGN Hearing A/S
InventorsBrian Dam Pedersen, Peter Siegumfeldt, Hans Henrik Bjoerstrup
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Abstract
A hearing instrument includes: a radio for reception of a broadcasted message; an authenticator configured for authentication of a transmitter of the broadcasted message; and a receiver configured for converting the broadcasted message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument upon successful authentication of the transmitter of the broadcasted message.
Claims32
A hearing instrument comprising:
- a hearing loss processing unit;
- a radio configured to receive an audio message from a source;
- an authenticator coupled to the hearing loss processing unit;
- and
- a receiver configured for converting the audio message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument;
- wherein the radio is configured to receive an additional audio message from the source, and wherein the authenticator is configured to individually authenticate the audio message and the additional audio message by performing multiple authentications respectively for the audio message and the additional message.
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A method performed by a hearing instrument, comprising:
- receiving, by the hearing instrument, an audio message and a signature from a source, wherein the signature identifies a transmitter of the audio message, the hearing instrument comprising a hearing loss processing unit;
- authenticating, using an authenticator, the audio message based on the signature, the authenticator coupled to the hearing loss processing unit;
- and
- converting the audio message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a human;
- wherein the method further comprises receiving an additional audio message from the source, and authenticating the additional message;
- wherein the audio message and the additional audio message are individually authenticated by the authenticator performing multiple authentications respectively for the audio message and the additional message.
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A system comprising:
- a transmitter configured for transmitting an audio message and an additional audio message, the transmitter comprising an encoder configured for encoding a signature identifying the transmitter for transmission together with message to be transmitted, and
- a hearing instrument comprising:
- a hearing loss processing unit;
- a radio for reception of the audio message and the additional audio message, and
- an authenticator coupled to the hearing loss processing unit,
- wherein the hearing instrument is configured for converting the audio message into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument;
- and
- wherein the authenticator is configured to individually authenticate the audio message and the additional audio message by performing multiple authentications respectively for the audio message and the additional message.
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A hearing instrument comprising:
- a hearing loss processing unit;
- a radio for reception of messages from one or more sources;
- an authenticator coupled to the hearing loss processing unit;
- and
- a receiver configured for converting at least one of the messages into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument;
- wherein the authenticator is configured to perform multiple authentications respectively for the messages.
3 more elements
A hearing instrument comprising:
- a hearing loss processing unit;
- a radio for reception of messages from one or more sources;
- an authenticator coupled to the hearing loss processing unit;
- and
- a receiver configured for converting at least one of the messages into an acoustic signal for transmission towards an eardrum of a user of the hearing instrument;
- wherein the authenticator is configured to individually process the messages received by the hearing instrument for multiple authentications of the respective messages.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.