Multimodal method and system for transmitting information about a subject
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting information about a subject engaged in a physical activity, the system comprising:
- a data acquisition subsystem carried on a subject'"'"'s body, wherein the data acquisition subsystem is configured to monitor the subject and generate a first signal representative of a parameter of the subject; and
a data transmission subsystem configured to transmit the first signal from the data acquisition subsystem to a data monitoring subsystem,wherein the data transmission subsystem has a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode for transmitting the first signal,wherein the data transmission subsystem is configured to transmit the first signal using either of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode,wherein the data transmission subsystem is configured to transmit the first signal via one of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode in response to a condition of the other of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode; and
wherein the first transmission mode comprises a radio transmission according to a first frequency and the second transmission mode comprises a radio transmission according to a second frequency.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to multimodal communications means for transmitting signals representing physiological, performance, and contextual information associated with a subject. In an exemplary embodiment, the multimodal communications means includes multiple radio subsystems (or modes) that enable connection to an external monitoring device to be acquired in a wide range of settings where a single radio mode would be ineffective. Additionally, combining the multimodal communications means of the invention with real-time data-processing allows the communications functionality to be engaged only when data determined to be relevant to the user is identified.
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1. A system for transmitting information about a subject engaged in a physical activity, the system comprising:
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a data acquisition subsystem carried on a subject'"'"'s body, wherein the data acquisition subsystem is configured to monitor the subject and generate a first signal representative of a parameter of the subject; and a data transmission subsystem configured to transmit the first signal from the data acquisition subsystem to a data monitoring subsystem, wherein the data transmission subsystem has a first transmission mode and a second transmission mode for transmitting the first signal, wherein the data transmission subsystem is configured to transmit the first signal using either of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode, wherein the data transmission subsystem is configured to transmit the first signal via one of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode in response to a condition of the other of the first transmission mode and the second transmission mode; and wherein the first transmission mode comprises a radio transmission according to a first frequency and the second transmission mode comprises a radio transmission according to a second frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for transmitting information about a subject engaged in a physical activity, the method comprising:
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generating a first signal with a data acquisition subsystem, wherein the first signal contains information representing a first parameter of the subject; generating a second signal with a data acquisition subsystem, wherein the second signal contains information representing a second parameter of the subject, transmitting the first signal using a first transmission standard, wherein the first signal is transmitted by a data transmission subsystem to a data monitoring subsystem; and transmitting the second signal using a second transmission standard, wherein the second transmission standard is different from the first transmission standard, and wherein the second signal is transmitted by the data transmission subsystem to the data monitoring subsystem, wherein; the second transmission standard requires less power than the first transmission standard, the first signal is transmitted via a first transmission mode in response to a condition of a second transmission mode, and the second signal is transmitted via the second transmission mode in response to a condition of the first transmission mode. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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