Wireless portable activity-monitoring device syncing
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1. A portable activity-monitoring device comprising:
- monitoring circuitry to generate user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device;
communication circuitry, coupled to the monitoring circuitry, to repetitively broadcast a notification signal to be received by a wireless communication device, the notification signal conveying information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device, wherein the information that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link comprises, at a first time, sync information in a first state and, at a second time, sync information in a second state, the sync information in the first state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link and the sync information in the second state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the wireless communication link;
wherein the sync information in the first state includes, a first unique identifier value that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the communication link, and the sync information in the second state includes, a second unique identifier that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the communication link.
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Abstract
A notification signal, intended to be received by a wireless communication device, is repetitively broadcast by a portable activity-monitoring device that generates user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device. The notification signal conveys information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device.
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1. A portable activity-monitoring device comprising:
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monitoring circuitry to generate user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device; communication circuitry, coupled to the monitoring circuitry, to repetitively broadcast a notification signal to be received by a wireless communication device, the notification signal conveying information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device, wherein the information that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link comprises, at a first time, sync information in a first state and, at a second time, sync information in a second state, the sync information in the first state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link and the sync information in the second state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the wireless communication link; wherein the sync information in the first state includes, a first unique identifier value that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the communication link, and the sync information in the second state includes, a second unique identifier that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of operation within a portable activity-monitoring device, the method comprising:
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generating user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device; repetitively broadcasting a notification signal to be received by a wireless communication device, the notification signal conveying information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device, wherein the information that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link comprises, at a first time, sync information in a first state and, at a second time, sync information in a second state, the sync information in the first state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link and the sync information in the second state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the wireless communication link; and generating the sync information in the second state by including, as at least part of the sync information, a second unique identifier that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the communication link. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A portable activity-monitoring device comprising:
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means for generating user-activity data corresponding to activity of an individual bearing the portable activity-monitoring device; means for repetitively broadcasting a notification signal to be received by a wireless communication device, the notification signal conveying information that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of a wireless communication link to enable transmission of the user-activity data to the wireless communication device, wherein the information that indicates whether or not the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link comprises, at a first time, sync information in a first state and, at a second time, sync information in a second state, the sync information in the first state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the wireless communication link and the sync information in the second state indicating that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the wireless communication link, wherein the sync information in the first state includes, a first unique identifier value that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device seeks establishment of the communication link, and the sync information in the second state includes, a second unique identifier that identifies the portable activity-monitoring device and indicates that the portable activity-monitoring device does not seek establishment of the communication link.
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