PORTABLE BIOMETRIC MONITORING DEVICES HAVING LOCATION SENSORS
First Claim
1. A method of determining a global position of a worn biometric monitoring device, the method comprising:
- (a) determining that the worn biometric monitoring device does not have stored updated ephemeris data; and
(b) obtaining updated ephemeris data via a wireless short-range, low-power communication protocol from a secondary device associated with the worn biometric monitoring device.
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Abstract
Assisted-GPS for a portable biometric monitoring device is provided. The portable biometric monitoring device may obtain updated ephemeris data from an associated secondary device via a short-range, low-power communication protocol. The secondary device may be a computing device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Various rules may control when the ephemeris data is updated. The ephemeris data may be used in the calculation of the global position of the portable biometric monitoring device. Additionally, the portable biometric monitoring device may communicate downloaded position fixing data to the associated secondary device. The associated secondary device may then calculate the global position from the position fixing data.
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1. A method of determining a global position of a worn biometric monitoring device, the method comprising:
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(a) determining that the worn biometric monitoring device does not have stored updated ephemeris data; and (b) obtaining updated ephemeris data via a wireless short-range, low-power communication protocol from a secondary device associated with the worn biometric monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 93, 94)
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15. A wearable biometric monitoring device, the wearable biometric monitoring device comprising:
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communication circuitry, the communication circuitry configured to receive ephemeris data from a secondary device associated with the wearable biometric monitoring device via a wireless short-range, low-power communication protocol and output the ephemeris data to a controller; and the controller comprising one or more processors and a memory, wherein the one or more processors, the memory, and the communication circuitry, are communicatively connected and the memory is configured to store ephemeris data and program instructions for controlling the one or more processors to; (a) determine that the stored ephemeris data in the memory is not updated; and (b) obtain updated ephemeris data from the secondary device via the communication circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 92)
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