Personal audio assistant device and method

Abstract

At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earpiece comprising: an ambient microphone; an ear canal microphone; an ear canal receiver; a sealing section; a logic circuit; a communication module; a memory storage unit,; and a user interaction element, where the user interaction element is configured to send a play command to the logic circuit when activated by a user where the logic circuit reads registration parameters stored on the memory storage unit and sends audio content to the ear canal receiver according to the registration parameters.

1 . An earpiece comprising: 
 an ambient microphone;    an ear canal microphone;    an ear canal receiver;    a sealing section;    a logic circuit;    a communication module;    a memory storage unit,; and    a user interaction element, where the user interaction element is configured to send a play command to the logic circuit when activated by a user where the logic circuit reads registration parameters stored on the memory storage unit and sends audio content to the ear canal receiver according to the registration parameters.    
     
     
         2 . The earpiece according to  claim 1 , where audio content is stored in the memory storage unit.  
     
     
         3 . The earpiece according to  claim 2 , where the communications module is a wireless communications module.  
     
     
         4 . The earpiece according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a second user interaction element configured to alter the volume of the audio content that is emitted from the ear canal receiver.    
     
     
         5 . The earpiece according to  claim 1 , where one of the registration parameters is whether the audio content is a sample audio content or a fully purchased audio content.  
     
     
         6 . The earpiece according to  claim 1 , where one of the registration parameters is the allowed number of times an audio content can be played, and a counter value that keeps track of the number of times the audio content has been played.  
     
     
         7 . The earpiece according to  claim 6 , where an auditory warning is sounded by the ear canal receiver when the counter value is greater than or equal to the allowed number of times the audio content can be played, and where the logic circuit does not send the audio content to the ear canal receiver.