# US 12,182,474 B2 · Wireless earpiece with a passive virtual assistant > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,182,474 B2 - Document ID: US12182474B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/543,050 - Filed: 2021-12-06 - Published: 2022-03-24 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2016-08-26 - Assignees: BRAGI GmbH - Applicants: BRAGI GmbH - Inventors: Peter Vincent Boesen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12182474B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/167: {Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback} - G06F 3/165: {Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path} - G10L 15/1822: {Parsing for meaning understanding} - H04R 1/1016: {Earpieces of the intra-aural type} - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04R 1/1058: {Manufacture or assembly} - H04R 2420/07: Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones - H04R 2460/07: Use of position data from wide-area or local-area positioning systems in hearing devices, e.g. program or information selection - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G10L: SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A system, method, and wireless earpieces for implementing a virtual assistant in response to user preferences. User preferences associated with a user of the wireless earpieces are received. Data and information about the user and an environment of the user are automatically captured by the wireless earpieces based on the user preferences. A determination is made whether to provide automatic assistance to the user based on the user preferences utilizing the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces. The automatic assistance is generated through the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces utilizing the data and the information. The automatic assistance is communicated to the user through the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for implementing a virtual assistant in response to user preferences, the method comprising: receiving user preferences associated with a user of wireless earpieces; automatically capturing information about the user and information about an environment of the user utilizing the wireless earpieces based on the user preferences; determining that automatic assistance to the user is to be performed based on the user preferences utilizing the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces and a different and distinct second virtual assistant of a wireless computing device; after determining that the automatic assistance to the user is to be performed using the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces, generating the automatic assistance through the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces utilizing the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user; after determining that the automatic assistance to the user is to be performed using the different and distinct second virtual assistant of the wireless computing device, generating the automatic assistance using the virtual assistant of the wireless computing device utilizing the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user; and communicating the automatic assistance to the user through the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces wherein the automatic assistance is based on both the information about the user and the information about the environment and wherein the automatic assistance is provided as audio; wherein the virtual assistant of the wireless earpieces is synchronized with the different and distinct second virtual assistant of the wireless computing device, functioning as a single virtual assistant such that the automatic assistance generated by the different and distinct second virtual assistant is based on the information about the user and information about the environment of the user automatically captured utilizing the wireless earpieces based on the user preferences. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: indicating to the user through one or more speakers of the wireless earpieces that the automatic assistance is available. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic assistance alerts the user of a potential medical condition associated with the user in response to the information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic assistance is a custom message specified by the user preferences. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the information about the user and the information about the environment are utilized to determine an action being performed by the user for providing the automatic assistance according to the user preferences. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the automatic assistance comprises a communication to the user, the communication providing details about the action in accordance with the user preferences. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user preferences are received through the wireless earpieces or an application of a wireless device in communication with the wireless earpieces. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user preferences specify location, user activity, user orientation, and user status as parameters utilized to determine whether to provide the automatic assistance. ### Claim 9 A wireless earpiece, comprising: a frame for fitting in an ear of a user; a processor controlling functionality of the wireless earpiece; a memory for storing user preferences associated with the user; a plurality of sensors measuring information about the user and information about an environment of the user based on the user preferences; a transceiver communicating with at least a wireless device; wherein the processor is configured to: implement a virtual assistant of the wireless earpiece; receive user preferences associated with the user; automatically capture from the plurality of sensors the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user based on the user preferences; determine that automatic assistance to the user is to be performed based on the user preferences utilizing the virtual assistant of the wireless earpiece and a different and distinct second virtual assistant of the wireless device; after determining that the automatic assistance to the user is to be performed using the virtual assistant of the wireless earpiece, generate the automatic assistance through the virtual assistant utilizing the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user; after determining that the automatic assistance to the user is to be performed using the different and distinct second virtual assistant of the wireless device, generate the automatic assistance using the virtual assistant of the wireless device utilizing the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user; and communicate the automatic assistance to the user through the virtual assistant of the wireless earpiece wherein the automatic assistance is based on both the information about the user and the information about the environment and wherein the automatic assistance is provided as audio; wherein the virtual assistant of the wireless earpiece is synchronized with the different and distinct second virtual assistant of the wireless device, functioning as a single virtual assistant such that the automatic assistance generated by the different and distinct second virtual assistant is based on the information about the user and information about the environment of the user automatically captured utilizing the wireless earpiece based on the user preferences. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The wireless earpiece of claim 9, wherein the user preferences are received through an interactive audio menu played by a speaker of the wireless earpiece with user input detected by the plurality of sensors. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The wireless earpiece of claim 9, wherein the automatic assistance alerts the user of a potential medical condition associated with the user in response to the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The wireless earpiece of claim 9, wherein the automatic assistance is a custom message specified by the user preferences. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The wireless earpiece of claim 9, wherein the information about the user and the information about the environment of the user are utilized to determine an action being performed by the user for providing the automatic assistance according to the user preferences.