US 11,310,609 B2 · Hearing aid user account management

Abstract

A data system for handling user data for a hearing aid user and at least one hearing aid (10, 11) having a memory for storing personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss for the hearing aid user includes a remote server (25) accessible by means of an Internet enabled computer device. A personal communication device (13) is Internet enabled and is able to act as a gateway to the Internet for the at least one hearing aid. The user may create a user account on the remote server, enter personal information into the user account and store the entered personal information on the remote server, and enter the gateway information to the user account. The personal communication device and the at least one hearing aid are provided with respective transceivers for establishing a wireless connection under guidance of said application software. The least one hearing aid uploads the personal settings for alleviating the hearing loss via the gateway to the remote server for storing in the user account.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method for programming a hearing aid, the method comprising the steps of:

creating a user account for a hearing aid user on a remote server accessible over the Internet, said hearing aid user having a hearing aid programmed with personal settings to alleviate a hearing loss of said hearing aid user;
the hearing aid user causing said personal settings to be transferred from said hearing aid into a memory associated with the user account of the hearing aid user;
identifying a hearing aid in the user account by means of a unique product ID code;
subsequently connecting the hearing aid to the Internet;
requesting the personal settings to be loaded from the user account on the remote server into the hearing aid;
transferring the personal settings from the user account on the remote server via the internet into the hearing aid, in a programming session during which both the remote server and the hearing aid are connected to the internet in overlapping time periods;
verifying whether the hearing aid has permission to store the received personal settings in the programming session;
and
storing and applying the personal settings if the permission permits the programming session.

6 more elements

A system for programming a hearing aid, and comprising at least one hearing aid adapted for connecting to the Internet and a remote server accessible over the Internet,

the remote server is adapted for hosting a database including a plurality of user accounts for hearing aid users, a specific user account comprises personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss of the specific hearing aid user, and a hearing aid of the specific hearing aid user is identified in the user account by means of a unique product ID code;
wherein the remote server is adapted to
receive personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss of a specific hearing aid user via the internet from the hearing aid of the specific hearing aid user and storing said settings in the user's specific user account, and
transfer personal settings for alleviating a hearing loss of said specific hearing aid user via the internet from said specific user account to the hearing aid of the specific hearing aid user upon request, in a programming session during which both the remote server and the hearing aid are connected to the internet in overlapping time periods;
and
wherein the hearing aid of the specific hearing aid user is adapted for verifying whether the hearing aid has permission to store the received personal settings received in the programming session, and for storing and applying the personal settings if the permission permits the programming session.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Hearing aid user account management

Life of this patent

Hearing aid user account management

Life of this patent

Abstract

Claims19