Dynamic negotiation and discovery of hearing aid features and capabilities by fitting software to provide forward and backward compatibility
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsDavid H. Tran, Kristopher Knight
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Abstract
A method to determine if a feature of a hearing assistance device may include transmitting, from a hearing assistance device application to a hearing assistance device, a request to determine if a feature is supported by the hearing assistance device; receiving, from the hearing assistance device, a response message identifying the feature as supported by the hearing assistance device; determining that the feature of the hearing assistance device is supported by the hearing assistance device application; and based on the determination, configuring the hearing assistance device application to control the feature of the hearing assistance device.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transmitting, from a hearing assistance device application to a hearing assistance device, a request to determine if a hardware capability is supported by the hearing assistance device;
- receiving, from the hearing assistance device, a response message identifying the hardware capability as supported by the hearing assistance device;
- determining that the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device is supported by the hearing assistance device application;
- and
- based on the determination and response, configuring the hearing assistance device application to configure the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device.
A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a storage device with computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by the at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to:
- transmit, from a hearing assistance device application to a hearing assistance device, a request to determine if a hardware capability is supported by the hearing assistance device;
- receive, from the hearing assistance device, a response message identifying the hardware capability as supported by the hearing assistance device;
- determine that the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device is supported by the hearing assistance device application;
- and
- based on the determination and response message, configure the hearing assistance device application to configure the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device.
A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, configure the at least one processor to:
- transmit, from a hearing assistance device application to a hearing assistance device, a request to determine if a hardware capability is supported by the hearing assistance device;
- receive, from the hearing assistance device, a response message identifying the hardware capability as supported by the hearing assistance device;
- determine that the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device is supported by the hearing assistance device application;
- and
- based on the determination and response message, configure the hearing assistance device application to configure the hardware capability of the hearing assistance device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.