Systems and methods for providing biofeedback information to a cellular telephone and for using such information
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1. A system comprising:
- a plurality of wearable bands, the wearable bands each including one or more accelerometers, an identification indicia, and a communications device; and
a mobile device adapted to communicate with one or more of the plurality of wearable bands and to determine an activity of a wearer of the plurality of wearable bands based on information transmitted by the wearable bands;
wherein the mobile device includes an authentication module and a workflow program,wherein the authentication module is operative to aggregate information transmitted by the wearable bands and provide authenticated activity information to the workflow program, andwherein the workflow program is operative to pay an employee wearing the bands based on the authenticated activity information.
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Abstract
The present invention provides systems, methods and apparatus for a wearable band adapted to be worn by a user. The wearable band may include one or more biometric sensors such as a pulse monitor adapted to monitor a pulse of the user, and a transmitter adapted to wirelessly transmit pulse information from the pulse monitor to a mobile device such as a cellular telephone or PDA. The wearable band does not include a display for the biometric information. Numerous additional embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A system comprising:
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a plurality of wearable bands, the wearable bands each including one or more accelerometers, an identification indicia, and a communications device; and a mobile device adapted to communicate with one or more of the plurality of wearable bands and to determine an activity of a wearer of the plurality of wearable bands based on information transmitted by the wearable bands; wherein the mobile device includes an authentication module and a workflow program, wherein the authentication module is operative to aggregate information transmitted by the wearable bands and provide authenticated activity information to the workflow program, and wherein the workflow program is operative to pay an employee wearing the bands based on the authenticated activity information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method comprising:
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sensing a plurality of biometric information of a user; transmitting the biometric information from wearable bands worn by the user to a mobile device; receiving the transmitted information in the mobile device; determining an activity associated with the information; providing a signal indicative of an authentication that the activity has been performed by the user to a workflow program running on the mobile device; and paying the user for work performed based on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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