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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2006
Ephram Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Michael, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hannes Muesch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Caslav Pavlovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amad Shamsoddini, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chirag Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ephram Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Michael, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hannes Muesch, San Francisco, CA (US);
Caslav Pavlovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amad Shamsoddini, Cupertino, CA (US);
Chirag Shah, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sound ID, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A personal sound system is described that includes a wireless network supporting an ear-level module, a companion module and a phone. Other audio sources are supported as well. A configuration processor configures the ear-level module and the companion module for private communications, and configures the ear-level module for a plurality of signal processing modes, including a hearing aid mode, for a corresponding plurality of sources of audio data. The ear module is configured to handle variant audio sources, and control switching among them.