Method for providing distant support to a personal hearing system user and system for implementing such a method

Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000

United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9906871
SERIAL NO

14236306

Stats

ATTORNEY / AGENT: (SPONSORED)

Importance

Loading Importance Indicators... loading....

Abstract

See full text

Distant support is provided to a personal hearing system user by a support provider over a network. Support provider and user communicate with each other by speech transmitted over the network. The user depends in regard to understanding speech on his or her hearing aids. During the support session the hearing aids may have to be removed, may have to be switched off or may be programmed in an unfavorable way. In this case, the user may not be able to understand the speech of the support provider any more. The system enables the support provider to select a message from a list of available messages which is then presented as a visual image to the user. The obstructed acoustical channel is bypassed by relying on visual communication.

Loading the Abstract Image... loading....

First Claim

See full text

Family

Loading Family data... loading....

Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddress
SONOVA AGSTAEFA

International Classification(s)

Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Flu{umlaut, over (c)}kiger Markus Bassersdorf, CH 1 0
Jordan, Jean Anne Zurich, CH 1 5
Krueger, Harald Affoltern, CH 28 120
Matthes, Katarina Stafa, CH 1 5

Cited Art Landscape

Load Citation

Patent Citation Ranking

Forward Cite Landscape

Load Citation

Maintenance Fees

Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee due date
7.5 Year Payment $3600.00 $1800.00 $900.00 Aug 27, 2025
11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Aug 27, 2029
Fee Large entity fee small entity fee micro entity fee
Surcharge - 7.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge - 11.5 year - Late payment within 6 months $160.00 $80.00 $40.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable $700.00 $350.00 $175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional $1,640.00 $820.00 $410.00