Location based assistance using hearing instruments
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsLibin Wang, Stephen Paul Flood, Jeffrey Paul Solum
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Abstract
Disclosed in some examples is a method of authentication, the method comprising monitoring for the presence of a hearing instrument; responsive to detecting the hearing instrument: establishing a short-range wireless communication session with the hearing instrument; determining an identity of the hearing instrument wearer; and responsive to determining the identity of the wearer, setting a value indicating that the hearing instrument wearer is authenticated with and within the wireless range of the presence device.
Claims27
A method of providing location based services, the method comprising:
- at a presence device:
- monitoring for the presence of a hearing instrument;
- responsive to detecting the hearing instrument:
- establishing a short-range wireless communication session with the hearing instrument using a computer processor;
- determining an identity of the hearing instrument wearer;
- and
- responsive to determining the identity of the wearer, setting a value indicating that the hearing instrument wearer is authenticated with and within the wireless range of the presence device.
A system comprising:
- a presence device configured to:
- monitor for the presence of a hearing instrument;
- responsive to detecting the hearing instrument:
- establish a short-range wireless communication session with the hearing instrument using a computer processor;
- determine an identity of the hearing instrument wearer;
- and
- set a value indicating that the hearing instrument wearer is authenticated with and within the wireless range of the presence device responsive to determining the identity of the hearing instrument wearer.
A hearing instrument comprising:
- a microphone;
- a digital signal processor configured to:
- process sounds captured by the microphone and play the processed sounds through a speaker;
- monitor a wireless medium to detect a presence device;
- connect with the presence device using a short range wireless connection on the wireless medium;
- and
- authenticate the wearer of the hearing instrument with the presence device.
A method comprising:
- on a hearing instrument, monitoring a wireless medium to detect a presence device, connecting with the presence device using a short range wireless connection on the wireless medium, and authenticating the wearer of the hearing instrument with the presence device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.