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Programmable hearing assistive device

US11144646B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 14, 2019
Grant dateOct 12, 2021
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2040

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2225/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for programming a hearing assistive device includes requesting write access from a programming device to the hearing assistive device, sending, in response to the request, a first message from the hearing assistive device to a programming-rights-management server, generating, in the programming-rights-management server, a programming rights permission list, sending a second message containing the programming rights permission list from the programming-rights-management server to the hearing assistive device, transferring programming data in a programming session from the programming device to the hearing assistive device, writing the received programming data as control data sets permitted according the programming rights permission list received from the programming-rights-management server, and terminating the programming session once data writing has been completed.

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