Patents by Inventor Alexander Maksyagin
Alexander Maksyagin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20240137715Abstract: An exemplary hearing device includes a memory storing instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory. The processor may be configured to execute the instructions to establish a first pairing relationship between the hearing device and a user interface device, receive, from the user interface device via a communication channel based on the first pairing relationship, user input provided by a user via a user interface of the user interface device, and authenticate, based on the user input, a second pairing relationship between the hearing device and a computing device distinct from the user interface device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Michael von Tessin, Andreas Breitenmoser, Alexander Maksyagin
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Patent number: 11930324Abstract: An illustrative system includes a hearing device and a charging device configured to provide a power signal to the hearing device while the hearing device is within a charging range of the charging device. The hearing device and the charging device are configured to establish a primary communication channel between the hearing device and the charging device and participate in an authenticated pairing procedure for the primary communication channel in which authentication information is transmitted from one device to the other by way of a secondary communication channel that allows for communication only over distances that are below a threshold distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Sonova AGInventors: Georg Dickmann, Alexander Maksyagin, Michael von Tessin, Andreas Breitenmoser
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Publication number: 20220322016Abstract: An illustrative system includes a hearing device and a charging device configured to provide a power signal to the hearing device while the hearing device is within a charging range of the charging device. The hearing device and the charging device are configured to establish a primary communication channel between the hearing device and the charging device and participate in an authenticated pairing procedure for the primary communication channel in which authentication information is transmitted from one device to the other by way of a secondary communication channel that allows for communication only over distances that are below a threshold distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Georg Dickmann, Alexander Maksyagin, Michael von Tessin, Andreas Breitenmoser
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Patent number: 11445308Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: Sonova AGInventors: Georg Dickmann, Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Michael von Tessin, Alexander Maksyagin
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Patent number: 11153698Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Sonova AGInventor: Alexander Maksyagin
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Publication number: 20210084419Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Georg Dickmann, Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Michael von Tessin, Alexander Maksyagin
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Publication number: 20210058723Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2019Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventor: Alexander Maksyagin
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Patent number: 10880661Abstract: 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.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Sonova AGInventors: Georg Dickmann, Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Michael von Tessin, Alexander Maksyagin
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Publication number: 20190335281Abstract: 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.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2016Publication date: October 31, 2019Inventors: Georg Dickmann, Daniel Lucas-Hirtz, Michael von Tessin, Alexander Maksyagin
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Patent number: 9710419Abstract: A data transmission system for use in hearing devices includes a master unit with a first local bit clock and a slave unit with a second local bit clock. The master unit and the slave unit are connected to each other via a bus line, and are configured to communicate over the bus line according to a communication protocol based on a frame-wise serial transmission of bits. Each frame includes a clock reference, a master signalling interval, a slave signalling interval and a data payload. The slave unit further includes a clock recovery device for synchronizing the second local bit clock with the first local bit clock based on the clock reference transmitted once per frame by the master unit. A corresponding method for data transmission is also provided. Moreover, hearing devices including such a data transmission system as well as uses of such a method for data transmission are proposed.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 18, 2017Assignee: SONOVA AGInventors: Roland Hug, Rolf Laich, Alexander Maksyagin, David Perels
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Publication number: 20150339257Abstract: A data transmission system for use in hearing devices includes a master unit with a first local bit clock and a slave unit with a second local bit clock. The master unit and the slave unit are connected to each other via a bus line, and are configured to communicate over the bus line according to a communication protocol based on a frame-wise serial transmission of bits. Each frame includes a clock reference, a master signalling interval, a slave signalling interval and a data payload. The slave unit further includes a clock recovery device for synchronising the second local bit clock with the first local bit clock based on the clock reference transmitted once per frame by the master unit. A corresponding method for data transmission is also provided. Moreover, hearing devices including such a data transmission system as well as uses of such a method for data transmission are proposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: November 26, 2015Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Roland Hug, Rolf Laich, Alexander Maksyagin, David Perels
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Patent number: 9025499Abstract: The method for configuring at least two devices of a hearing system (10) using a communication channel comprises the steps of a1) providing, using said communication channel, a first (11) of said devices with a request (R1) for the execution (E1) of at least one first configuring command in said first device (11); b1) executing (E1) said at least one first configuring command in said first device (11); a2) providing, using said communication channel, a second (12) of said devices with a request (R2) for the execution of at least one second configuring command in said second device (12); wherein step a2) is started before step b1) is completed, in particular wherein step a2) is completed before step b1) is completed. This way, time can be saved in configuring two or more devices (11;12;13) of a hearing system (10).Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2010Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Phonak AGInventors: Stephan Gehring, Alexander Maksyagin
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Publication number: 20130010653Abstract: The method for configuring at least two devices of a hearing system (10) using a communication channel comprises the steps of a1) providing, using said communication channel, a first (11) of said devices with a request (R1) for the execution (E1) of at least one first configuring command in said first device (11); b1) executing (E1) said at least one first configuring command in said first device (11); a2) providing, using said communication channel, a second (12) of said devices with a request (R2) for the execution of at least one second configuring command in said second device (12); wherein step a2) is started before step b1) is completed, in particular wherein step a2) is completed before step b1) is completed. This way, time can be saved in configuring two or more devices (11;12;13) of a hearing system (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2010Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: PHONAK AGInventors: Stephan Gehring, Alexander Maksyagin