SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERACTION

• US 20130335233A1
• Filed: 06/11/2013
• Published: 12/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ankh Tech, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ankh Tech, Inc.
• Inventors: Kamar, Anthony, Mortada, Kareem
• Application Number:
  US13/915,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20130335233A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0242 adapted to measure environmental factors, e.g. temperature, pollution
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

In accordance with various aspects, a portable device tracking system can comprise a sensor device operatively coupled to a mobile object. The sensor device can comprises a microcontroller, a sensing unit coupled to the microcontroller, the sensing unit comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to receive geographical data, and a transceiver coupled to the microcontroller. The portable device tracking system can also comprise a data manager configured to receive the geographical data from the sensor device. The sensor device can transmit data to the data manager across a network using a variety of communication protocols. Further, the portable device tracking system can be used to various applications, such as tracking an asset, a living object, a vehicle, or a medical device.

Claims

1. A portable device tracking system comprising:

a sensor device operatively coupled to a mobile object, wherein the sensor device comprises;

a microcontroller;

a sensing unit coupled to the microcontroller, the sensing unit comprising a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver to receive geographical data;

a transceiver coupled to the microcontroller;

a data manager configured to receive the geographical data from the sensor device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device further comprises a power source.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the transceiver is configured to transmit data using one or more of:

a Zigbee protocol, a Wibree protocol, an IEEE 802.11 protocol, an IEEE 802.15 protocol, an IEEE 802.16 protocol, an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) protocol, an Infrared Data Association (IrDA) protocol, a Bluetooth protocol, and combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the transceiver transmits data to the data manager through a network.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network comprises one or more of a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), wireless mobile telephony network, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network, Personal Communication Service (PCS) network, Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) network, a satellite communication network, and combinations thereof.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the sensor device is configured to transmit the data intermittently to the data manager.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile object is a living object.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data manager transmits the geographical data to as user computing device for displaying on a user interface.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface displays the real-time location of the living object on a map.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the user interface displays the past locations of the living object on a map.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile object is a vehicle.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the sensor device is connected to an OBD ii port, and wherein the sensor device retrieves vehicle data from the OBD ii connection.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensor device further transmits the vehicle data to the data manager.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the sensor device further transmits the vehicle data to a mobile phone, and wherein the mobile phone transmits geographical data and the vehicle data to the data manager.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the sensor device is a mobile phone, and wherein the mobile phone transmits geographical data to the data manager.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile object is a medical device, and wherein the sensor device is coupled to an I/O port of the medical device.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the medical device communicates medical device data to the sensor device, and wherein the medical device data includes at least one of biometric data and non-biometric data.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the biometric data comprises one or more of heart rate, blood pressure, cholesterol level, blood sugar levels, vital signs, temperature, pathogen levels, and combinations thereof.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the sensor device transmits the medical device data in real-time.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the data manager receives the medical device data, and wherein the data manager stores the medical device data in either a HIPAA compliant database in response to receiving biometric data, or stores in a standard database in response to receiving non-biometric data.