Remote verification of hearing device for e-commerce transaction

• US 10,489,833 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2016
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: K/S HIMPP
• Original Assignee: iHEAR Medical, Inc. (Innerscope Hearing Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shennib, Adnan, Bhardwaj, Varun
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US15/166,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20160350821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/108 Remote banking, e.g. home banking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/55 Communication between hearing aids and external devices via a network for data exchange
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/30 Monitoring or testing of hearing aids, e.g. functioning, settings, battery power
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils

Abstract

Disclosed herein are examples of methods and systems for performing remote verification of a hearing device, particularly for use by a non-expert user outside the clinical environment. A status and/or functionality of the hearing device may be verified using verification criteria. Upon verifying the status and/or the functionality of the hearing device, a user may be permitted to conduct an e-commerce transaction. The status of the hearing device may include identification information associated with the hearing device and/or the user. The functionality of the hearing device may include a calibration and/or a system performance.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

communicatively coupling a hearing device on a client side to a computing device on the client side, wherein the hearing device comprises a speaker for producing audible sounds and memory for storing an identification data for the hearing device;

retrieving the identification data stored within the memory of the hearing device;

validating a status of the hearing device using identification data retrieved from the hearing device and data stored on a remote database; and

approving an e-commerce transaction based on the validation of the status of the hearing device.

2. A method comprising:

retrieving, by a computing device provided on a client side, an identification data stored within a memory of the hearing device, wherein the hearing device is provided on a client side and the hearing device comprises a speaker for producing audible sounds;

receiving, by the computing device, an approval for a transaction, wherein a remote server provided on a remote side is configured validate a status of the hearing device; and

exchanging, by the computing device, transaction data associated with the transaction with the remote server.

3. A method comprising:

receiving, by a remote server provided on a remote side, identification data from a computing device provided on a client side, wherein the computing device is configured to retrieve the identification data stored in a memory of the hearing device, wherein the hearing device is provided on a client side;

retrieving a corresponding identification data from a remote database provided on the remote side;

determining, by the remote server, an approval for an e-commerce transaction by validating a status of the hearing device using the identification data;

delivering, by the remote server, the approval for the e-commerce transaction to the computing device; and

exchanging, by the remote server, transaction data associated with the e-commerce transaction with the computing device.

4. A method comprising:

generating an audible authentication message by a speaker of a hearing device responsive to a verification check request received form a remote server;

registering, by a computing device communicatively coupled to the hearing device, a user authentication entry following presentation of the audible authentication message to a user of the hearing device; and

transmitting the user authentication entry from the computing device to the remote server;

receiving an authorization for an e-commerce transaction from the remote server based on comparison between the audible authentication message and the user authentication entry.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the audible authentication message is an audible message of a passcode.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising receiving, by a microphone of any of the hearing device, the computing device, or a portable test unit, an audible authentication entry from the user.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising using speech recognition to extract the user authentication entry from the audible authentication entry.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the user authentication entry is registered using any of a mouse, keyboard, keypad, and a touch screen associated with the computing device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user authentication entry is registered by presenting a set of authentication options to the user, wherein the set of authentication options comprise a correct user selection.