PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 16044290
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-07
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["381", "071600"]

Abstract:
A system includes a first earpiece having an earpiece housing configured to isolate an ambient environment from a tympanic membrane by physically blocking ambient sound, a microphone disposed within the housing and configured to receive a first ambient audio signal from the ambient environment, a processor operatively connected to the microphone wherein the processor is configured to receive the first ambient audio signal from the microphone and determine if the first ambient signal exceeds a threshold sound level, and a speaker operatively connected to the processor. In a first mode of operation the processor determines the first ambient audio signal exceeds the threshold sound level and processes the first ambient audio signal to modify the first ambient audio signal. In a second mode of operation the processor determines the first ambient audio signal does not exceed the threshold sound level and reproduces the first ambient audio signal at the speaker.

Claim (Index 1):
A system comprising:\n a first earpiece having an earpiece housing configured to fit into an ear canal of a user, wherein the first earpiece further comprises:\n at least one microphone associated with the housing and configured to receive a first ambient audio signal from the ambient environment, \n at least one transceiver associated with the earpiece housing for operative communication with a second earpiece, \n at least one processor operatively connected to the at least one microphone wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive the first ambient audio signal from the at least one microphone and determine if the first ambient signal exceeds a threshold sound level, and \n at least one speaker operatively connected to the at least one processor; \n wherein in a first mode of operation the at least one processor determines the first ambient audio signal exceeds the threshold sound level and processes the first ambient audio signal to modify the first ambient audio signal; \n wherein in a second mode of operation the at least one processor determines the first ambient audio signal does not exceed the threshold sound level and reproduces the first ambient audio signal at the speaker; \n the second earpiece having at least one microphone, at least one speaker, and at least one transceiver; and wherein the second earpiece communicates a second ambient audio signal from the at least one microphone of the second earpiece through the at least one transceiver of the second ear piece, and wherein the at least one transceiver of the first ear piece receives the second ambient audio signal and wherein in the first mode of operation the at least one processor further processes the second ambient audio signal to modify the second ambient audio signal and provide a processed second ambient audio signal and then communicate the processed second ambient signal to the second ear piece and reproduce the processed second ambient signal at the at least one speaker of the second earpiece.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 38.0
- Percentile: 95.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.83636
- Patent Class: 381.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15458905', '15144741', '14279315', '14839955', '14279314']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.679337870930646
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5548932079491696
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6668934046324984
- Mean Citation Score: 304.870718
- Max Citation Score: 406.90906
- Similarity Product: 374.74711712170006

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test