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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2016
Sonova Ag, Staefa, CH;
Georg Dickmann, Ebmatingen, CH;
Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Rapperswil, CH;
Michael von Tessin, Esslingen, CH;
Alexander Maksyagin, Ebmatingen, CH;
Sonova AG, Staefa, CH;
Abstract
There is provided a method of controlling access of a client to a service of a hearing instrument, the method comprising the steps of: requesting access of the client to the service of the hearing instrument by providing a client authenticator to the hearing instrument; authenticating the client based on a validation of the provided client authenticator by the hearing instrument; upon successful authentication, comparing a security level associated with the service requested by the client with a highest security level assigned to the client by the hearing instrument, wherein the security level is selected from a plurality of hierarchically structured security levels, and granting access of the client to the service of the hearing instrument, if the requested security level is below or equal to the highest security level assigned to the client.