System and method for wrist band transmitter and system thereof

• US 9,674,815 B1
• Filed: 07/25/2016
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Binj Laboratories, Inc.
• Inventors: Noonan, James P., Noonan, Joseph S., Insler, Jules R., Nadler, Barry
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, PING Y
• Application Number:
  US15/219,229
• Time in Patent Office: 316 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411, 455 412, 455 413, 455 95, 455100, 375345, 375351, 375364, 370520
• CPC Class Codes: G01D 21/00 Measuring or testing not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/0343 to be carried on the body
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/08 Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery signalling during connection H04W76/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/006 with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A light weight transmission device providing an identification signal is disclosed. In one aspect, the device comprises a gating device for controlling the transfer of information to the transmitter, a data retaining device, in communication with the gating device, receiving and storing the information for a known period of time, and a controller, in communication with the gating device, providing a signal to the gating device to enable transfer of the retained information to the transmitter at a known time and for a known period of time.

Claims

1. A device attached to a user, comprising:

a circuit configured to;

activate the device for a fixed period of time during a specific period within a frame time; and

delay operation of the device for a known period of time after activating the device; and

a processor in communication with a memory containing code accessible by the processor, the processor, after the delay of the operation of the device, configured to;

output a plurality of bits after an expiration of the known period of time; and

output at least one unmodulated bit after the output of a last one of the plurality of bits, and

a transmitter configured to;

receive the plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit;

transmit the plurality of bits; and

transmit the at least one unmodulated bit a second known period after transmission of the last one of said plurality of bits.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bits are outputted a second predetermined time after expiration of the known period of time.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein said second predetermined time is preloaded in said memory.

4. The device of claim 2, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive said second predetermined time.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein said transmission of said plurality of bits is to a central unit.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein said transmission of said plurality of bits is to a second device similar to the first device.

7. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive said specific period within the frame time.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of bits are associated with an identification of the device.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the identification is one of:

pre-loaded and dynamically assigned.

10. The device of claim 1, the processor configured to:

output additional data during the second known period between transmission of a last of the plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the additional data comprises biometric data of the user.

12. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a latch device configured to;

receive the plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit from the processor;

store the received plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit; and

provide the stored information to the transmitter during the specific period within the frame time.

13. The device of claim 1, the processor further configured to:

receive an input from an input device;

provide an indication of the receipt of the input to the transmitter.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein determination of the receipt of the input is one of:

an interruption signal and detecting a response to a polling mechanism.

15. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a contact sensor configured to;

determine a presence of a second similar device.

16. A system for identifying a plurality of users within a network, the system comprising:

a device associated with each of the plurality of users, each of said devices comprising;

a receiver configured to;

receive a synchronization signal;

a processor configured to;

activate the device for a fixed period of time during a specific period associated with the device after receipt of the synchronization signal;

output a plurality of bits after an expiration of a known period of time after initiation of the specific period associated with the device, said plurality of bits being associated with an identification of the device; and

output at least one unmodulated bit after the output of a last one of the plurality of bits, and

a transmitter configured to;

receive the plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit;

transmit the plurality of bits; and

transmit the at least one unmodulated bit a second known period after transmission of the last one of said plurality of bits.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the identification uniquely identifies each of devices, and is one of:

pre stored in an associated device and downloaded to an associated device.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

transmitting additional information during a period between transmission of the last one of the plurality of bits and the at least one unmodulated bit, said additional information comprising biometric data.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the specific period is downloaded to an associated device.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the start of a specific period of a first one of the devices is contained within the fixed period of time of a second one of the devices.