Using Near-Field Communication Both for Out-Of-Band Pairing and Physiological Data Transfer
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining physiological data from a medical sensor device, the method comprising:
- detecting a proximity of the medical sensor device by an electronic computing device, wherein the electronic computing device is a mobile computing monitoring device;
after the proximity is detected, receiving a message from the medical sensor device;
determining whether the received message includes configuration information for a wireless communication link, wherein the configuration information includes data used to initiate a wireless connection;
in response to determining that the received message includes the configuration information for the wireless communication link;
using the wireless communication link to receive physiological data from the medical sensor device; and
processing the received physiological data by the electronic computing device; and
when the received message does not include configuration information for the wireless communication link;
determining whether the received message includes physiological data; and
in response to determining that the received message includes the physiological data, processing the physiological data at the electronic computing device.
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Abstract
A method for obtaining physiological data from a medical sensor device includes detecting a proximity of the medical sensor device by an electronic computing device. After the proximity is detected, a message is received from the medical sensor device. A determination is made as to whether the received message includes configuration information for a wireless communication link. When the received message includes the configuration information for the wireless communication link, the wireless communication link is used to receive physiological data from the medical sensor device and the received physiological data is processed at the electronic computing device. When the received message does not include configuration information for the wireless communication link, a determination is made as to whether the received message includes physiological data. When the received message includes the physiological data, the physiological data is processed at the electronic computing device.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining physiological data from a medical sensor device, the method comprising:
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detecting a proximity of the medical sensor device by an electronic computing device, wherein the electronic computing device is a mobile computing monitoring device; after the proximity is detected, receiving a message from the medical sensor device; determining whether the received message includes configuration information for a wireless communication link, wherein the configuration information includes data used to initiate a wireless connection; in response to determining that the received message includes the configuration information for the wireless communication link; using the wireless communication link to receive physiological data from the medical sensor device; and processing the received physiological data by the electronic computing device; and when the received message does not include configuration information for the wireless communication link; determining whether the received message includes physiological data; and in response to determining that the received message includes the physiological data, processing the physiological data at the electronic computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electronic computing device comprising:
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a processing unit; and system memory, the system memory including instructions that when executed by the processing unit cause the electronic computing device to; detect a proximity of a medical sensor device; when the proximity is detected, receive a message from the medical sensor device, wherein the message includes at least one of configuration information and data; determine whether the message includes information to configure a wireless communication link; in response to determining that the received message includes the information to configure the wireless communication link; use the wireless communication link to receive physiological data from the medical sensor device; and process the received physiological data; and when the received message does not include the information to configure the wireless communication link; determine whether the received message includes physiological data; and in response to determining that the received message includes the physiological data, process the received physiological data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory, computer-readable data storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing unit of a patient monitoring device, cause the patient monitoring device to:
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detect a proximity of a medical sensor device, the proximity of the medical sensor device being detected when a determination is made that a distance between the medical sensor device and the patient monitoring device is less than a predetermined threshold; after the proximity of the medical sensor device is detected, receive a message from the medical sensor device; determine whether the received message includes configuration information for a wireless communication link; in response to determining that the received message includes the configuration information for the wireless communication link; establish a Bluetooth connection with the medical sensor device; receive physiological data via the Bluetooth connection; send the physiological data to the processing unit of the patient monitoring device; and display the physiological data on the patient monitoring device; when the received message does not include the configuration information for the wireless communication link, determine whether the received message includes physiological data; and in response to determining that the received message includes the physiological data; extract the physiological data from the received message; send the physiological data to the processing unit of the patient monitoring device; and display the physiological data on the patient monitoring device.
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