Patents Assigned to III Holdings 4, LLC
  • Patent number: 11146898
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page Knox, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Publication number: 20200260195
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a battery, a plurality of circuit components operable independently, and a controller coupled to the battery and the plurality of circuit components and configured to control operation of the plurality of circuit components. The apparatus further includes a power consumption monitor coupled to the controller and configured to calculate a remaining battery life of the battery based on at least one operating time of a corresponding at least one of the plurality of circuit components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventor: Frederick Charles NEUMEYER
  • Patent number: 10726442
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: William Charles Minnis, Mark Nagaitis, Trevor Pokorney, Richard Cowin, Brian Gugliemetti, Steven Miers, Eric Schank
  • Patent number: 10631106
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page Knox, Gregory Yancey
  • Patent number: 10631104
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page Knox, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Patent number: 10602285
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a new hearing aid profile generating instruction, generating a new hearing aid profile corresponding to each of a plurality of hearing aid users in response to receiving the new hearing aid profile, and providing the new hearing aid profile to a computing device associated with the hearing aid users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Bryant, Frederick Charles Neumeyer, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Publication number: 20200037086
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page KNOX, Gregory Charles YANCEY
  • Publication number: 20200037083
    Abstract: A power dongle for a hearing aid includes conductive wires, each wire having a computing device end and a hearing aid end. A first connector is connected to the computing device end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasbly couple to an input/output port of the computing device and a second connector is connected to the hearing aid end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasably couple to an interface of the hearing aid, the second connector configured to deliver at least one of a first power supply and an audio signal from the computing device to the interface of the hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles NEUMEYER, Russell J. Apfel, John Michael Page Knox
  • Patent number: 10462583
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page Knox, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Patent number: 10462582
    Abstract: A power dongle for a hearing aid includes conductive wires, each wire having a computing device end and a hearing aid end. A first connector is connected to the computing device end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasably couple to an input/output port of the computing device and a second connector is connected to the hearing aid end of each of the plurality of conductive wires to releasably couple to an interface of the hearing aid, the second connector configured to deliver at least one of a first power supply and an audio signal from the computing device to the interface of the hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, Russell J. Apfel, John Michael Page Knox
  • Patent number: 10445764
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Pokorney, William Charles Minnis, Mark Nagaitis
  • Patent number: 10296939
    Abstract: A method is provided for determining a website user behavioral portrait based on navigation on the website and dynamically reconfiguring web pages based on those portraits. In accordance with the method, data relating to the progress of a user through a website is recorded, and an ongoing behavioral portrait of the user is built based on the data. The portrait is then used to dynamically reconfigure web content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: William Charles Minnis, Mark Nagaitis, Trevor Pokorney, Richard Cowin, Brian Gugliemetti, Steven Miers, Eric Schank
  • Publication number: 20190110136
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles NEUMEYER, John Michael Page KNOX, Gregory YANCEY
  • Publication number: 20190035256
    Abstract: A smart phone including a computer readable storage medium to store a hearing aid locator application and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium to execute the hearing aid locator application to track a last known location of a hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles NEUMEYER, Gregory Charles YANCEY
  • Patent number: 10165375
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, John Michael Page Knox, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Patent number: 10111018
    Abstract: A system for updating a hearing aid by providing an update to a hearing aid to configure the hearing aid for an acoustic environment with a sound profile different than a physical environment a user is currently located in with an acoustic sample representative of the acoustic environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: III Holdings 4, LLC
    Inventor: Frederick Charles Neumeyer
  • Patent number: 10089852
    Abstract: A smart phone including a computer readable storage medium to store a hearing aid locator application and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium to execute the hearing aid locator application to track a last known location of a hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Patent number: 10063954
    Abstract: A device includes an input for receiving an audio signal, a speaker to convert the audio signal into an audible sound, and a memory for storing remediation instructions and detection instructions. The device further includes a processor coupled to the input, the speaker, and the memory. The processor is configured to process the audio signal according to the detection instructions and the remediation instructions to modulate amplitude of the audio signal based on the remediation instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick Charles Neumeyer, Samir Ibrahim, John Michael Page Konx
  • Patent number: 10045131
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a new hearing aid profile generating instruction, generating a new hearing aid profile corresponding to each of a plurality of hearing aid users in response to receiving the new hearing aid profile, and providing the new hearing aid profile to a computing device associated with the hearing aid users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Bryant, Frederick Charles Neumeyer, Gregory Charles Yancey
  • Patent number: RE47063
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a microphone to convert sounds into electrical signals, a transceiver configured to communicate with a computing device through a wireless communication channel, and a processor coupled to the microphone and the transceiver. The hearing aid further includes a memory accessible to the processor and configured to store a table including plurality of hearing aid profile identifiers (IDs). Each of the plurality of hearing aid profile IDs corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of hearing aid profiles. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the processor to identify a hearing aid profile ID from the table based on a sound sample, retrieve a hearing aid profile from the computing device using the hearing aid profile ID, and apply the hearing aid profile to modulate an audio output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: III HOLDINGS 4, LLC
    Inventors: Russell J. Apfel, David Matthew Landry