System and method for wrist band transmitter and system thereof

• US 10,103,806 B1
• Filed: 06/05/2017
• Issued: 10/16/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Noonan, Joseph S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hsieh, Ping
• Application Number:
  US15/614,487
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411, 455 412, 455 413, 455 95, 455100, 4554561, 370520, 375345, 3752321, 3752341, 375351, 375364
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A light weight transmission device providing an identification signal is disclosed. In one aspect, the device comprises a gating device for controlling the transfer of information to the transmitter, a data retaining device, in communication with the gating device, receiving and storing the information for a known period of time, and a controller, in communication with the gating device, providing a signal to the gating device to enable transfer of the retained information to the transmitter at a known time and for a known period of time.

Claims

1. A device attached to a user, comprising:

a circuit comprising;

a processor in communication with a memory containing code accessible by the processor, the processor configured to;

receive an input from an input device;

provide an indication of the receipt of the input to a transmitter; and

output, to the transmitter, a code comprising a plurality of bits identifying the device, and

the transmitter configured to;

receive and transmit the code; and

transmit at least one bit after a fixed time window after completion of transmission of the code, wherein the provided indication is transmitted within the fixed time window.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a duration of said fixed time window.

3. The device of claim 2, the receiver configured to:

receive a synchronization signal; and

an offset time, wherein the device is further configured to;

activate at the offset time with respect to the synchronization signal, wherein the device is activated for a pre-set time.

4. The device of claim 1, said transmitter configured to:

transmit at least one indication within said fixed time window.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the code is one of:

pre-loaded and dynamically assigned.

6. The device of claim 5, the receiver configured to:

receive said dynamically assigned code.

7. The device of claim 1, the processor configured to:

output additional data during a period between transmission of the code and the at least one bit.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein the additional data comprises biometric data of the user.

9. A device, attached to a user, comprising:

a processor in communication with a memory containing code accessible by the processor, the processor configured to;

output a code comprising a plurality of bits identifying the device, and

a transmitter configured to;

receive and transmit the code; and

transmit at least one bit after a fixed time window after completion transmission of the code; and

a contact sensor configured to;

determine a presence of a second similar device; and

provide an indication of the presence of a second similar device to the transmitter, wherein the transmitter is configured to;

output the indication within the fixed time window.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the code is one of:

pre-loaded and dynamically assigned.

11. The device of claim 9, the processor configured to:

output additional data during a period between transmission of the code and the at least one bit.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein said additional data comprises biometric data of the user.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein said additional data comprises a code associated with the second similar device.

14. The device of claim 9, further comprising:

a receiver configured to;

receive said code, a synchronization signal and an offset time.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein said processor is configured to:

output said code at said offset time with respect to said synchronization signal.

16. The device of claim 14, further comprising:

an input device configured to;

receive an input,

wherein said processor is configured to;

output to said transmitter, said code and said input substantially immediately upon receiving said input; and

said transmitter is configured to;

transmit said input within said fixed time window upon receipt of said input.