Personalized Sound Management and Method

A method of manufacturing a personalized sound management device comprising:

• providing a device package, where the device package includes a dedicated processor, a dedicated operating system for the dedicated processor, and a plurality of personalized sound management applications stored in memory accessible to the processor, where the device package is configured to be inserted into a product to enable the device to use personalized sound management;
• designing the product incorporating the design package;
• testing the product to verify that the product meets a set of performance criteria;
• and
• marking the product as being certified if the set of performance criteria is met by the product during testing.

A business method comprising the steps of:

• providing a device package, where the device package includes a dedicated processor, a dedicated operating system for the dedicated processor, and a plurality of personalized sound management applications stored in memory accessible to the processor, where the device package is configured to be inserted into a product to enable the device to use personalized sound management;
• designing the product incorporating the design package;
• testing each product to verify the product is capable of running at least one of a personalized sound management application having similar function as at least one of:
• Safe Space™,
• Ear Guard™,
• Hearable™,
• Earbliss™,
• Hear & Tell™,
• Ear Mail™,
• Always On-Recording™,
• Invisible Audio™,
• Ear Sticky™;, and
• certifying each product before release to consumers if the product has passed testing;

A method of implementing personalized sound management comprising the steps of:

• recording sound with a microphone of a communication device;
• analyzing the sound for acoustic information relevant for personalized sound management applications;
• storing a sonic signature in memory of the communication device;
• calculating sound pressure level of the sonic signature;
• and
• attaching and storing metadata related to the sonic signature and sound pressure level including a time stamp and geocode.

A method of customizing a purchased audio device comprising:

• connecting the device to an internet access device;
• accessing an internet based GUI system using the internet access device;
• registering the device using the GUI system;
• selecting a system to activate, where the system is at least one of software features and sonic signatures;
• and
• accepting a contract displayed by the GUI system.