SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN HEARING AID AND MULTIPLE DEVICES

摘要

A method for controlling a peripheral from a group of computing devices is provided. The method sets up a group of computing devices for providing media content and control settings to a peripheral device such as a hearing aid. The computing devices in the group are interconnected by a network and exchange data with each other regarding the peripheral. A master device in the group is directly paired with the peripheral device and can use the pairing connection to provide media content or to apply the control settings to the peripheral device. The peripheral device is paired with only the master devices of the group. A slave device can request to directly pair with the peripheral device and become the master device in order to provide media content to the peripheral.

主权项

1. A computing device comprising one or more processing units for executing a program comprising sets of instructions for:
providing a first set of data to a peripheral device by using a first wireless connection between the computing device and the peripheral device; receiving a request from another computing device for a second wireless connection to the peripheral device, the other computing device making the request to provide a second set of data to the peripheral device; and terminating, when the second set of data has a higher priority than the first set of data, the first wireless connection to allow the other computing device to establish the second wireless connection in order to provide the second set of data.