Hearing devices, user accessory devices and method for updating a hearing device configuration
AssigneeGN Hearing A/S
InventorAllan Munk Vendelbo
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Abstract
This disclosure provides a method, performed at a hearing device, for updating a hearing device configuration at the hearing device of a hearing system. The hearing system comprises the hearing device, a fitting device configured to be controlled by a dispenser and a server device. The method comprises receiving a configuration package and a configuration authentication package, the configuration authentication package comprising a dispenser certificate. The method comprises determining if an update criterion is fulfilled. The update criterion is based on verifying the configuration authentication package. The method comprises updating the hearing device configuration based on the configuration package if the update criterion is fulfilled.
Claims21
A method for updating a hearing device configuration of a hearing device, comprising:
- receiving a configuration package and a configuration authentication package, the configuration authentication package comprising a dispenser certificate, wherein the configuration authentication package is generated by a server based on an input from a hearing aid fitting device;
- determining if an update criterion is fulfilled, wherein the act of determining comprises verifying the configuration authentication package;
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- updating the hearing device configuration based on the configuration package if the update criterion is fulfilled.
A method, performed at a user accessory device, for remote configuration of a hearing device, the method comprising:
- receiving two or more of:
- a configuration verification package, a configuration authentication package, and a configuration package, wherein the configuration package comprises a configuration payload block and a control block, and wherein the configuration package is for updating the hearing device;
- determining if a verification criterion is fulfilled based on the configuration verification package, the configuration authentication package, the configuration package, or any combination of the foregoing;
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- transmitting the configuration authentication package, the configuration package, the configuration package, or any combination of the foregoing, to the hearing device if the verification criterion is fulfilled;
- wherein the configuration authentication package and/or the configuration package is generated based on a collaboration between a hearing aid fitting device and a server controllable by a hearing device manufacturer, and wherein the configuration authentication package is generated by the server based on an input from the hearing aid fitting device.
A hearing device comprising:
- a processor configured to compensate for a hearing loss of a user based on a hearing device configuration;
- wherein the hearing device is configured to update the hearing device configuration based on a configuration package if an update criterion is fulfilled based on a configuration authentication package received from an accessory device;
- wherein the configuration authentication package comprises a dispenser certificate;
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- wherein the configuration authentication package is generated by a server based on an input from a hearing aid fitting device.
A program product having a processor-readable non-transitory medium storing a set of instructions, an execution of which by a processing unit of a user accessory device causes a method to be performed, the method comprising:
- receiving two or more of:
- a configuration verification package, a configuration authentication package, and a configuration package, wherein the configuration package comprises a configuration payload block and a control block, and wherein the configuration package is for updating a hearing device;
- determining if a verification criterion is fulfilled based on the configuration verification package, the configuration authentication package, the configuration package, or any combination of the foregoing;
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- transmitting the configuration authentication package, the configuration package, the configuration package, or any combination of the foregoing, to the hearing device if the verification criterion is fulfilled;
- wherein the configuration authentication package and/or the configuration package is generated based on a collaboration between a hearing aid fitting device and a server controllable by a hearing device manufacturer, and wherein the configuration authentication package is generated by the server based on an input from the hearing aid fitting device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.