Granted Patent B2

US 12,293,131 · App. 18/115,332 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Todd R. Reily (North Reading, MA); Daniel Buckley (Newton, MA); Jayme Anne McCreary (Boston, MA); Felix Daniel Izarra (Framingham, MA); Conor William Sheehan (Natick, MA); Matthew Evan Leon (Cambridge, MA)

Assignee: Bose Corporation

G06F3/165G06F3/0482G06F3/167G10K11/16

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

providing a user interface on a device communicatively coupled to a wearable audio device, the user interface capable of accepting user input for customizing a set of activities;

providing, via the user interface, a capability for a new activity to be added to the set of activities;

providing, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing a noise cancelling level for the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities;

providing, via the user interface, a first capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device;

providing, via the wearable audio device, a second capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device;

providing, via the user interface, a capability to create a prioritized list of source devices the wearable audio device should establish a wireless connection with for each activity in the set of activities; and

in response to input provided using the first or second capability to select an activity, launch the selected activity at the wearable audio device and announce a name of the selected activity at the wearable audio device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing an audio equalization applied to audio output at the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability to create a prioritized list of source devices the wearable audio device should establish a wireless connection with for each activity in the set of activities includes a capability to identify one or more source devices the wearable audio device should avoid establishing a wireless connection with.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing a shortcut for each activity in the set of activities, wherein the shortcut is accessed from user input at the wearable audio device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, a capability to change notification settings for each activity in the set of activities.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, a capability to change an initial audio content playable by the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device includes at least one of verbal, touch, haptic, or gesture input.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing a loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein customizing the loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities includes selecting a volume level of the external sounds to be played by the wearable audio device.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, a capability to change whether a detected sound or speech interrupts noise cancelling at the wearable audio device.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, providing, via the user interface, a capability to change whether a loudness of audio content played by the wearable audio device is adapted based on a loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing an audio equalization applied to audio output at the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities,

wherein the second capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device includes touch input.

13. A system comprising:

a wearable audio device; and

a computer program product for a device communicatively coupled to the wearable audio device, the computer program product configured to

provide a user interface capable of accepting user input for customizing a set of activities,

provide, via the user interface, a capability for a new activity to be added to the set of activities,

provide, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing a noise cancelling level for the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities,

provide, via the user interface, a first capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device,

provide, via the user interface, a capability to create a prioritized list of source devices the wearable audio device should establish a wireless connection with for each activity in the set of activities;

wherein the wearable audio device includes a second capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device, and

wherein in response to input provided using the first or second capability to select an activity, launch the selected activity at the wearable audio device and announce a name of the selected activity at the wearable audio device.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computer program product is further configured to provide, via the user interface, a capability to change an initial audio content playable by the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the second capability to select an activity from the set of activities to be enabled on the wearable audio device includes at least one of verbal, touch, haptic, or gesture input.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computer program product is further configured to provide, via the user interface, multiple options for customizing a loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein customizing the loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device for each activity in the set of activities includes selecting a volume level of the external sounds to be played by the wearable audio device.

18. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computer program product is further configured to provide, via the user interface, a capability to change whether a detected sound or speech interrupts noise cancelling at the wearable audio device.

19. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computer program product is further configured to provide, via the user interface, a capability to change whether a loudness of audio content played by the wearable audio device is adapted based on a loudness of sounds external to the wearable audio device.

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