Patents by Inventor Kenneth G. Sweeney

Kenneth G. Sweeney 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING A HEARING DEVICE AND AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20200409649
    Abstract: When a device is determined to be capable of being of being paired with each of a plurality of appliances, a one of the plurality of appliances is automatically selected for an attempted pairing with the device. The one of the plurality of appliances is selected using priority information that has been associated with each of the plurality of appliances. Once the one of the plurality of appliances has been selected; the device is caused to automatically attempt to pair with the selected one of the plurality of appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Peter William Chalmers, Jon Gallegos, Jeff Kohanek, Kenneth G. Sweeney
  • System and method for pairing a hearing device and an appliance
    Patent number: 10853021
    Abstract: When a hearing device is determined to be capable of being of being paired with each of a plurality of appliances, a one of the plurality of appliances is automatically selected for an attempted pairing with the hearing device. The one of the plurality of appliances is selected using priority information that has been associated with each of the plurality of appliances. One the one of the plurality of appliances has been selected; the hearing device is caused to automatically attempt to pair with the selected one of the plurality of appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Peter William Chalmers, Jon Gallegos, Jeff Kohanek, Kenneth G. Sweeney
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PAIRING A HEARING DEVICE AND AN APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20170295422
    Abstract: When a hearing device is determined to be capable of being of being paired with each of a plurality of appliances, a one of the plurality of appliances is automatically selected for an attempted pairing with the hearing device. The one of the plurality of appliances is selected using priority information that has been associated with each of the plurality of appliances. One the one of the plurality of appliances has been selected; the hearing device is caused to automatically attempt to pair with the selected one of the plurality of appliances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Peter William Chalmers, Jon Gallegos, Jeff Kohanek, Kenneth G. Sweeney
  • Game controller with parental control functionality
    Patent number: 6722984
    Abstract: A hand-held controller having a plurality of console command buttons that, in response to activation, cause the transmission of commands for the purpose of controlling the operation of a video game console. Parental control is provided by preventing the transmission of commands to the video game console in response to activation of a console command button as a function of a parental control parameter that is provided to the hand-held controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Universal Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth G. Sweeney, Jr., Sandro D. Klein, William L. Brown, James N. Conway