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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019

Filed:

May. 17, 2018
Applicant:

Smartear, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kinuko Masaki, San Francisco, CA (US);

Richard Ling, Las Vegas, NV (US);

Assignee:

SmartEar, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/26 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G10L 15/265 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); G10L 15/30 (2013.01); H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04R 2201/107 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract

An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless ear-borne audio device that may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a device for recording audio information and storing the audio information for later replay, and/or forwarding the audio information to another device. The audio information may be analyzed to perform further functions. An embodiment of the invention also provides a method for compressing audio data and transmitting the audio information to the ear-borne audio device in a manner that reduces the power consumption of the ear-borne audio device in receiving data via a Bluetooth® connection.


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