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US 8,712,082 B2Granted
Wireless updating of hearing devices
AssigneePhonak AG
InventorsIvo Spieler, Rino Eichmann, Oliver Frank, Christoph Aerne
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AssigneePhonak AG
InventorsIvo Spieler, Rino Eichmann, Oliver Frank, Christoph Aerne
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The method of manufacturing a firmware-updated programmable hearing device comprising at least one processor and a memory unit in which hearing device firmware is stored, comprises the step of executing an update application in said processor installing an updated version of at least a portion of the hearing device firmware in said memory unit. The system for updating the firmware of a programmable hearing device as described above comprises: an update apparatus comprising a communication interface for communication via a wireless communication link and a storage unit in which an update application is stored, which is designed to be executed in said processor installing an updated version of at least a portion of the hearing device firmware in said memory unit.
A method of manufacturing a firmware-updated programmable hearing device comprising at least one processor and a memory unit in which hearing device firmware is stored, said hearing device further comprising a communication interface for communication via a wireless communication link, and wherein a portion of the hearing device firmware is wireless firmware comprising a protocol stack for said communication via said wireless communication link, said method comprising the steps of
A system for updating firmware of a programmable hearing device comprising at least one processor, a memory unit in which hearing device firmware is stored and a communication interface for communication via a wireless communication link, said system comprising an update apparatus comprising a communication interface for communication via said wireless communication link and a storage unit in which an update application is stored, which update application is loaded into the memory unit of the hearing device from the update apparatus when not currently stored in the hearing device, and the update application is designed to be executed in said processor installing an updated version of at least a portion of the hearing device firmware in said memory unit, wherein the portion of the hearing device firmware is wireless firmware comprising a protocol stack for said communication via said wireless communication link, wherein data stored in said memory unit is copied to the storage unit of the update apparatus before the update application is executed in said processor, and
A hearing device comprising at least one processor, a memory unit in which hearing device firmware is stored and a communication interface for communication via a wireless communication link, wherein at least a portion of the hearing device firmware which is wireless firmware comprising a protocol stack for said communication via said wireless communication link is stored in writable non-volatile memory in said memory unit and is updateable by means of an update application that is loaded into the memory unit, when not currently stored in the memory unit, as part of a hearing device firmware update process, wherein the update application is executable in said processor,
A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising program code for causing a computer comprising a communication interface for communication via a wireless communication link to perform the steps of
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