Wireless service incentive system for promoting physical health
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving into a network server a message transmitted to the network server from a wireless communication device carried by a person, wherein the message transmitted from the wireless communication device contains data indicating at least one health characteristic of the person, and wherein a wireless service provider charges a price for providing wireless communication service for the wireless communication device; and
based on the at least one reported health characteristic, granting a discount on the price that the wireless service provider charges for providing wireless communication service for the wireless communication device.
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Abstract
A wireless communication device, such as a cell phone, will transmit into a network an indication of a person'"'"'s health status, such as a quantity of exercise in which the person engaged or a measure of some aspect of the person'"'"'s body systems, as determined by a health status sensor provided separate from or integral with the wireless communication device. Based on the reported health status information, the network will then register a discount on the price that a wireless service provider charges for providing the wireless communication device with wireless communication service.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving into a network server a message transmitted to the network server from a wireless communication device carried by a person, wherein the message transmitted from the wireless communication device contains data indicating at least one health characteristic of the person, and wherein a wireless service provider charges a price for providing wireless communication service for the wireless communication device; and based on the at least one reported health characteristic, granting a discount on the price that the wireless service provider charges for providing wireless communication service for the wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a portable wireless communication device usable by a person to engage in wireless communication service via a radio access network, wherein a wireless service provider charges a price for providing wireless communication service for the portable wireless communication device; and a network server communicatively accessible by the portable wireless communication device via the radio access network, wherein the portable wireless communication device includes device logic executable by a processor to report at least one health characteristic of the person via the radio access network to the network server, and wherein the network server includes server logic executable by a processor, based on the at least one reported health characteristic, to grant a discount on the price that the wireless service provider charges for providing wireless communication service for the portable wireless communication device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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