Method of Controlling Access to Hearing Instrument Services

    公开(公告)号:US20190335281A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-31

    申请号:US16349638

    申请日:2016-11-16

    Applicant: Sonova AG

    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.

    Systems for authorizing performance of an operation by a hearing device

    公开(公告)号:US11153698B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16547452

    申请日:2019-08-21

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    Abstract: An exemplary authorization system is located remotely from a hearing device that is configured to facilitate hearing by a recipient. The authorization system comprises a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to: receive, from a client in communication with the hearing device, a request for the hearing device to perform an operation; determine, based on device characteristic data that is representative of one or more characteristics specific to the hearing device, that the operation is valid for the hearing device; and transmit, in response to determining that the operation is valid for the hearing device, an authorization message to the hearing device, the authorization message authorizing the hearing device to perform the operation requested by the client.

    Method for authenticating a user of a binaural hearing system

    公开(公告)号:US20250055688A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18785301

    申请日:2024-07-26

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    Abstract: There is provided a method for authenticating a user of a binaural hearing system comprising two hearing devices, the method comprising: registering the binaural hearing system with a relying party as a single authenticator for authenticating the user, thereby generating authentication data; synchronizing the two hearing devices regarding the authentication data; and using either one of the two hearing devices as the single authenticator by utilizing the authentication data to authenticate the user to the relying party in response to a request by the relying party.

    Method and system for collecting usage data of hearing devices

    公开(公告)号:US20240334143A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18617146

    申请日:2024-03-26

    Applicant: SONOVA AG

    CPC classification number: H04R29/00 H04L9/14 H04L9/3247

    Abstract: A method includes providing a hearing device with a key, which is a secret asymmetric private key or a secret shared symmetric key, and storing the key on the hearing device; logging data related to a usage of the hearing device and storing the logged usage data on the hearing device; signing the stored logged usage data, using the key stored on the hearing device; transmitting the signed stored logged usage data from the hearing device to a data lake separate from the hearing device; verifying the signature of the signed logged usage data received from the hearing device by using the public key that corresponds to the private key stored on the hearing device or by using a secret shared symmetric key corresponding to the shared secret symmetric key stored on the hearing device; and, if the signature is verified, processing the signed logged usage data.

    Method of controlling access to hearing instrument services

    公开(公告)号:US11445308B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US17102476

    申请日:2020-11-24

    Applicant: Sonova AG

    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.

    METHOD OF CONTROLLING ACCESS TO HEARING INSTRUMENT SERVICES CROSS-REFERENCED APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20210084419A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US17102476

    申请日:2020-11-24

    Applicant: Sonova AG

    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.

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