Patents by Inventor Bret Hassler

Bret Hassler 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).

  • Wireless electronic device with orientation-based power control
    Patent number: 9980061
    Abstract: A hearing aid may utilize a companion microphone, separate from the hearing aid itself, for improving the understanding of speech spoken by a particular person or produced by a particular sound source. The companion microphone is a battery-powered hearing aid accessory device that picks up ambient sound and transmits corresponding radio signals to the hearing aid. Described herein are schemes help to preserve battery life in a companion microphone by using adaptive radio transmission power control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Botz, Joseph Edward Bange, Bret Hassler
  • Wireless Electronic Device with Orientation-Based Power Control
    Publication number: 20170127195
    Abstract: A hearing aid may utilize a companion microphone, separate from the hearing aid itself, for improving the understanding of speech spoken by a particular person or produced by a particular sound source. The companion microphone is a battery-powered hearing aid accessory device that picks up ambient sound and transmits corresponding radio signals to the hearing aid. Described herein are schemes help to preserve battery life in a companion microphone by using adaptive radio transmission power control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Alexander Botz, Joseph Edward Bange, Bret Hassler
  • Requesting print data of a second print device from a first print device
    Patent number: 8390843
    Abstract: A system and method that provides means for performing peer to peer printing over a network. The system and method allow a user at a client device to print to a virtual printer which sends the printed document to a print device for storage allowing the user to walk up to any print device connected to the network, retrieve the document, and collect a hard copy print of the document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Don Purpura, Eric Riggert, Bret Hassler
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PEER TO PEER PRINTING OVER A NETWORK
    Publication number: 20090021768
    Abstract: A system and method that provides means for performing peer to peer printing over a network. The system and method allow a user at a client device to print to a virtual printer which sends the printed document to a print device for storage allowing the user to walk up to any print device connected to the network, retrieve the document, and collect a hard copy print of the document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Don Purpura, Eric Riggert, Bret Hassler
  • Method and system for printing electronic mail
    Publication number: 20060082807
    Abstract: Printing an electronic document by dynamically creating a destination identifier and transmitting the electronic document with the destination identifier to a destination e-mail address. A server dynamically stores the electronic document with the associated destination identifier and waits to receive the identification-account information from an input device. An agent verifies the inputted identification-account information with the destination identifier stored on the server. The electronic document(s) associated with the destination identifier is then sent to the printer for printing upon verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Yokichi Tanaka, Don Purpura, Amy Lee, Bret Hassler