Smart garment
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1. A method of electronically pairing a sensor and a garment, comprising:
- establishing a bi-directional communication link between the sensor and the garment;
accessing processing resources incorporated in the garment, the processing resources being independent of the sensor and used to determine if the garment is authorized, the processing resources including memory resources, the memory resources storing information including garment identification data, backup garment performance data and back up user performance data;
using the garment identification data to determine if the garment is an authorized garment; and
electronically pairing the garment and the sensor only if the garment is authorized and the sensor is authenticated, wherein if the garment is determined to be not authorized and the sensor is determined to be authenticated, then,authorizing the garment by a garment user inputting an appropriate authorization code to the sensor.
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Abstract
A sensor authenticated to a garment transfers information, either wirelessly or wired, to an external data processing device. Such information includes location information, physiometric data of the individual wearing the garment, garment performance and wear data (when the garment is an athletic shoe, for example). The external data processing device can be portable digital media players that are, in turn, in wireless communication with a server computer or other wireless devices.
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43 Claims
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1. A method of electronically pairing a sensor and a garment, comprising:
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establishing a bi-directional communication link between the sensor and the garment; accessing processing resources incorporated in the garment, the processing resources being independent of the sensor and used to determine if the garment is authorized, the processing resources including memory resources, the memory resources storing information including garment identification data, backup garment performance data and back up user performance data; using the garment identification data to determine if the garment is an authorized garment; and electronically pairing the garment and the sensor only if the garment is authorized and the sensor is authenticated, wherein if the garment is determined to be not authorized and the sensor is determined to be authenticated, then, authorizing the garment by a garment user inputting an appropriate authorization code to the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable storage medium embodied in a tangible form and including at least computer program code for electronically pairing a sensor and a garment, the computer readable storage medium comprising:
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computer code for establishing a bi-directional communication link between the sensor and the garment; computer code for accessing processing resources incorporated in the garment, the processing resources being independent of the sensor and used to determine if the garment is authorized, the processing resources including memory resources, the memory resources storing information including garment identification data, backup garment performance data and back up user performance data; computer code for using the garment identification data to determine if the garment is an authorized garment; and computer code for electronically pairing the garment and the sensor only if the garment is authorized and the sensor is authenticated, wherein if the garment is determined to be not authorized and the sensor is determined to be authenticated, then, authorizing the garment by a garment user inputting an appropriate authorization code to the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system, comprising:
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a sensor having a bi-directional communication interface; and a garment electronically paired with the sensor only if the garment is authorized and the sensor is authenticated, wherein the sensor determines if the garment is authorized by establishing a bi-directional communication channel with the garment, retrieving garment identification data from processing resources incorporated into the garment, using the bi-directional communication channel, and comparing the identification data to a database of authorized garment identifiers, wherein if the garment is determined to be not authorized and the sensor is determined to be authenticated, then the garment is authorized by a garment user inputting an appropriate authorization code directly to the sensor that updates the database of authorized garment identifiers, wherein when the garment and the sensor are electronically paired, the sensor receives data from the processing resources incorporated into the garment and passes the data to circuit external to the sensor and the garment for further processing. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. An sensor capable of being electronically paired with a garment, comprising:
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a processor; and a bi-directional communication interface arranged to establish a bi-directional communication link between the sensor and the garment, wherein the processor electronically pairs the sensor with the garment by performing at least the following operations; establishing a communication link between the sensor and the garment using the bi-directional communication interface; accessing processing resources incorporated in the garment, the processing resources being independent of the sensor and used to determine if the garment is authorized, the processing resources including memory resources, the memory resources storing information including garment identification data, backup garment performance data and back up user performance data; retrieving at least some of the garment information from the garment memory resources that includes the garment identification data; using the garment identification data to determine if the garment is an authorized garment; electronically pairing the garment and the sensor only if the garment is authorized and the sensor is authenticated, wherein if the garment is determined to be not authorized and the sensor is determined to be authenticated, then, authorizing the garment by a garment user inputting an appropriate authorization code to the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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