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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2010
Michael R. Jones, Naperville, IL (US);
Caslav V. Pavlovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ephram Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Michael, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meena Ramani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael R. Jones, Naperville, IL (US);
Caslav V. Pavlovic, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ephram Cohen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas R. Michael, San Francisco, CA (US);
Meena Ramani, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sound ID, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method controls a functional element of an ear-level device of a type including a functional element, a memory, a microphone and a speaker, each coupled to a processor. Communication between the ear-level device and a companion device, such as a mobile phone, is established. A functional element for control is selected through the user interface of the companion device. A control instruction for controlling the selected functional element is chosen using the user interface and is transmitted from the companion device to the ear-level device to provide instruction to the ear-level device to control the selected functional element in the chosen way.