Systems and Methods for Facilitating Health Research Using a Personal Wearable Device with Research Mode
First Claim
1. A wearable device having an associated user ID, the device comprising:
- one or more sensors adapted for detecting one or more health parameters of a user when the device is worn by the user;
a wireless communication link adapted for near field/local communication with multiple computing devices including communications for pairing with each of the multiple computing devices and communications for transmitting one or more health parameters to the multiple computing devices;
user interface for receiving user input and for outputting information indications; and
a control unit for controlling operation of the device between alternate modes, the alternate modes including;
a standard mode in which the device pairs and communicates with at least one computing device associated with the user ID, and a research mode in which the device pairs and communicates with at least one other computing devices being associated with a third party ID.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for facilitating health research by utilizing one or more wearable sensor devices with a research mode are provided herein. Systems include a wearable sensor device that can pair with a first portable computing device of a user and a second computing device of a researcher in a first and second pairing, respectively. The wearable sensor device obtains one or more health parameters of a user. In one aspect, the wearable sensor device communicates research related and non-research related health information to the first computing device via the first pairing link and communicates only research related health information to the second computing device via the second pairing link. Methods for pairing one or more wearable sensor devices with one or more research computing devices and switching between operating modes to provide additional research related features are also provided.
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42 Claims
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1. A wearable device having an associated user ID, the device comprising:
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one or more sensors adapted for detecting one or more health parameters of a user when the device is worn by the user; a wireless communication link adapted for near field/local communication with multiple computing devices including communications for pairing with each of the multiple computing devices and communications for transmitting one or more health parameters to the multiple computing devices; user interface for receiving user input and for outputting information indications; and a control unit for controlling operation of the device between alternate modes, the alternate modes including; a standard mode in which the device pairs and communicates with at least one computing device associated with the user ID, and a research mode in which the device pairs and communicates with at least one other computing devices being associated with a third party ID. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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29. A wearable device having an associated user ID comprising:
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one or more sensors adapted for detecting one or more user health parameters while the device is being worn by a user; a wireless communication link adapted for near/local communication with multiple non-wearable computing devices including communications for pairing with each of the multiple computing devices and communications for transmitting one or more health parameters including at least one of research data and non-research data; a user interface for receiving user input and for outputting health information indications; and a control unit for controlling operation of the device between alternate modes, the alternate modes including; a standard mode in which the device communicates research data and non-research data, and a research mode in which the device communicates only research data.
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30. A wearable device comprising:
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one or more sensors adapted for detecting one or more health parameters of a user while the device is worn by the user; a user interface for presenting health data indications to a user and for receiving user input; a wireless communication link adapted for communication with multiple computing devices; a control module that controls; detection of the one or more health parameters and wireless communication with each of the multiple computing devices, pairing with each of the multiple computing devices; and communication of a plurality of health data that includes detections of the one or more health parameters obtained with the one or more sensors to each of the multiple computing devices, wherein the communication includes communication of a first set of data to a research computing device that includes a unique participant ID associated with the first set of data for research purposes. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method for facilitating health research using a wearable device having one or more sensors for detecting health parameters of a user when worn, the method comprising:
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switching the wearable device from a standard to a research mode, wherein in the standard mode the wearable device is paired with a personal computing device associated with a user ID of the user and locally communicates a plurality of health information to the personal computing device associated with the user ID; while in the research mode, locally pairing with at least one other computing device associated with a third party ID of a researcher; and while in the research mode, locally communicating at least some of the plurality of health data to the at least one other computing device associated with the third party ID. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42)
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