Wireless earpieces for hub communications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272367-B2
Application number	US-201816128429-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 11, 2018
Priority date	Sep 20, 2017
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

A method of utilizing wireless earpieces for hub communications in embodiments of the present invention may have one or more of the following steps: (a) activating the wireless earpieces, (b) connecting one or more devices to the wireless earpieces, (c) performing first biometric measurements of the user utilizing the wireless earpieces, (d) receiving second biometric measurements from the one or more devices, (e) determining if the one or more devices is located on the same user as the wireless earpieces by comparing the second biometric measurements to the first biometric measurements, (f) receiving a communication to be sent through the wireless earpieces from the one or more devices, and (g) sending the communication to reach a receiving party in response to the determination the second biometric measurements are similar to the first biometric measurements.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of utilizing wireless earpieces for hub communications, comprising:
activating the wireless earpieces;
connecting one or more devices to the wireless earpieces;
performing first biometric measurements of a user at the wireless earpieces;
receiving second biometric measurements from the one or more devices, each of the second biometric measurements taken by the one or more devices;
determining at the wireless earpieces if the one or more devices is located on the same user as the wireless earpieces by comparing the second biometric measurements to the first biometric measurements;
receiving at the wireless earpieces data from at least one external device not located on the user;
distributing the first biometric measurements of the user, the second biometric measurements of the user and the data from the at least one external device from the wireless earpieces over a communications network to at least one location.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a communication to be sent through the wireless earpieces from the one or more devices; and
sending the communication to reach a receiving party in response to the determination the second biometric measurements are like the first biometric measurements.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless earpieces and the one or more devices are part of a personal area network utilized by the user.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connecting is performed in response to verifying a connection between the wireless earpieces and the one or more devices is allowed.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first biometric measurement and the second biometric measurement are of a same type of biometric measurement.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless earpieces communicate with a plurality of the one or more devices at a time.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless earpieces functions as a hub for the one or more devices.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first biometric measurement and the second biometric measurement is a heart rate.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining is performed by comparing the first biometric measurement to the second biometric measurement to determine both are associated with the user.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection is a Bluetooth connection.

11. The method of claim 2 , wherein the communication includes real-time communications or discrete messages.

12. A wireless earpiece, comprising:
a processor for executing an application;
a memory for storing the application, wherein the application is executed to:
activate the wireless earpieces, connect one or more devices to the wireless earpieces,
perform first biometric measurements of the user utilizing the wireless earpieces, receive second biometric measurements from the one or more devices, determine if the second biometric measurements and the first biometric measurements are similar, receive data from at least one external device not located on the user, and distribute the first biometric measurements of the user, the second biometric measurements of the user and the data from the at least one external device from the wireless earpiece over a communications network to a plurality of locations.

13. The wireless earpiece of claim 12 , wherein the processor receives a communication from the one or more devices to be sent through the wireless earpiece as a hub, and wherein the communication is sent in response to the determination the first biometric measurement and the second biometric measurement are similar.

14. The wireless earpiece of claim 12 , wherein the wireless earpiece and the one or more devices are part of a personal area network utilized by the user, wherein the first biometric measurement and the second biometric measurement are of a same type of biometric measurement, and wherein the first biometric measurement is compared against the second biometric measurement to determine both as are associated with the user.

15. The wireless earpiece of claim 12 , wherein the second biometric measurement is taken by smart clothing worn by the user.

Assignees

• Bragi GmbH

Inventors

• Milevski Veniamin

Classifications

• H04W12/08 Primary

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/33

  using wearable devices, e.g. using a smartwatch or smart-glasses · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title

• H04R1/1041

  Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements (switches in general H01H) · CPC title