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Wearable personal digital device for facilitating mobile device payments and personal use

  • US 9,811,818 B1
  • Filed: 05/19/2017
  • Issued: 11/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An artificial intelligence (AI) wearable and mobile personal digital system for facilitating mobile device payments, personal saliva testing, personal use, and health care, and being a point of healthcare (POH) saliva testing device for POH saliva testing, the AI wearable and mobile personal digital system comprising a mobile device physically connected with a portable saliva testing device, the portable saliva testing device comprising:

  • a mounting clip connecting the portable saliva testing device to the mobile device in front of a camera of the mobile device;

    a saliva sample insert apparatus, wherein the saliva sample insert apparatus is configured to receive a saliva sample;

    a pinhole;

    a light-emitting diode (LED) board;

    a battery; and

    a set of sensors, wherein the set of sensors includes at least a biosensor including a thin-film silicon photonic biosensor, the biosensor including at least a film made of nanoparticles and polymers, wherein the biosensor uses beams of light to detect changes in a composition of the saliva sample of the user placed on the film, each of the saliva sample comprising a biological entity including one or more of a protein, a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and a ribonucleic acid (RNA);

    wherein the mobile device comprises;

    a processor being operable to;

    receive data from an external device associated with POH saliva testing, the external device including a digital device associated with one or more of a health care center, a hospital, an emergency center, a saliva research center, and a deoxyribonucleic acid genetic testing and analysis authority;

    based on the data, provide a notification to a user;

    receive a user input;

    perform a command, the command being selected based on the user input;

    provide a natural language user interface to communicate with the user, the natural language user interface being operable to sense a user voice and provide a response in a natural language to the user;

    a near field communication (NFC) unit communicatively coupled to the processor;

    a display communicatively coupled to the processor, the display including a touchscreen, wherein the display includes a force sensor, wherein the force sensor is operable to sense a touch force applied by the user to the display and calculate coordinates of a touch by the user, and further operable to analyze the touch force and, based on the touch force, select a tap command or a press command based on a predetermined criteria, wherein each of the tap command and the press command is executed based on a duration of the touch of the user using one or more applications running on the mobile device;

    a projector communicatively coupled to the processor, the projector being operable to project a data onto an arm of the user, the data including a virtual keyboard operable to provide inputs to the processor and one or more of the following;

    the notification, time data, data requested by the user, a caller name, a text message, a reminder, a social media alert, an email, and a weather alert;

    a timepiece unit communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to provide the time data;

    one or more activity tracking sensors communicatively coupled to the processor to track activity of the user, wherein the one or more activity tracking sensors are operable to track snoring and, based on tracking of the snoring, produce an alarm to break snoring;

    a memory unit communicatively coupled to the processor;

    a communication circuit communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to connect to a wireless network and communicate with the external device;

    a housing adapted to enclose at least the processor, the display, the one or more activity tracking sensors, the memory unit, and the communication circuit;

    an input unit communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the input unit extends from the housing and is configured to perform one or more of a rotational motion and a linear motion, wherein the user provides commands to the processor by moving the input unit; and

    a band adapted to attach to the housing and to secure the mobile device on a user body, wherein the mobile device comprises a wristwatch;

    biometric sensors disposed within the band and operable to sense one or more biometric parameters of the user, wherein based on detection that the one or more of the biometric parameters exceed predetermined limits, the biometric sensors are configured to produce the alarm, wherein the biometric sensors include lenses operable to use infrared LEDs and visible-light LEDs to sense a heart rate of the user,wherein the biometric sensors include a skin contact sensor data engine, the skin contact sensor data engine being operable to monitor an electrocardiogram of the user and the heart rate of the user, the electrocardiogram and the heart rate being identification and personal data of the user, wherein the skin contact sensor data engine is operable to prompt the user to enter a personal identification number and the processor is operable to associate the personal identification number with both the electrocardiogram and the heart rate obtained after the mobile device has been secured to a wrist of the user, wherein processor stores the electrocardiogram and the heart rate in the memory unit as a reference electrocardiogram and a reference heart rate; and

    an adhesive sensor system wearable on a skin of the user body, consisting of a tri-axial accelerometer, a microcontroller, and a Bluetooth Low Energy transceiver, the adhesive sensor system being operable to detect falls of the user based on data provided by the tri-axial accelerometer;

    a thermal infrared (IR) sensor worn on the skin of the user body and operable to sense a radiation having a range of wavelengths from 800 nanometer to hundreds of micrometers emitted by the user body;

    a haptic touch control actuator operable to produce a haptic feedback in response to one or more events, the one or more events including receiving of the alert, receiving of a notification, a confirmation, movement of the mobile device, receiving of the user input, and sensing of the one or more biometric parameters, the haptic feedback being sensed by the user body, wherein the haptic feedback includes a plurality of feedback types, each of the one or more events being associated with one of the plurality of feedback types, the plurality of feedback types including at least one-time vibration and two-times vibration;

    a further battery disposed in the housing;

    a magnetic inductive charging unit being operable to magnetically connect to the housing and wirelessly connect to the further battery, wherein the magnetic inductive charging unit is operable to wirelessly transfer energy to the further battery, wherein the magnetic inductive charging unit is integrated into the housing;

    wherein the user input is received using one or more of the display, the input unit, and the natural language user interface;

    wherein the mobile device further comprises the camera communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to;

    capture an image of the saliva sample inserted into the saliva sample insert apparatus, the image being processed by the processor by analyzing the changes in the composition of the saliva sample, wherein the detecting the changes includes determining a level of binding between a DNA probe and a target microRNA to figure out a level of the target microRNA in the saliva sample, wherein the level of the target microRNA is indicative of a presence of types of cancer, cardiac disease, and health issues; and

    capture an optical code of a product for sale by a merchant, the optical code including one or more of the following;

    a linear dimensional barcode, a two-dimensional barcode, a snap tag code, and a Quick Response (QR) code;

    wherein the processor is further operable to read the optical code to obtain one or more of a product information and a merchant information encoded in the optical code and, based on the merchant information, perform a payment transaction, wherein the processor is configured to perform the payment transaction by sending payment data by the NFC unit to a merchant NFC unit of the merchant;

    a swipe card reader communicatively coupled to the processor and operable to read data of a payment card swiped through the swipe card reader, the data being transmitted to the processor or the external device; and

    wherein the processor of the mobile device is further operable to;

    generate, based on user payment data and user personal data, a unique code encoding the user payment data and the user personal data, the user payment data and the user personal data being stored in the memory unit;

    prompt the user to touch the display to scan user fingerprints;

    determine the heart rate and the electrocardiogram of the user using the biometric sensors to obtain determined heart rate and determined electrocardiogram;

    compare the scanned user fingerprints, the determined heart rate and the determined electrocardiogram with reference fingerprints stored in the memory unit, reference heart rate, and reference electrocardiogram;

    detect matches of the scanned user fingerprints with the reference fingerprints, the determined heart rate with the reference heart rate, and the determined electrocardiogram with the reference electrocardiogram; and

    wherein the processor is configured to provide, after the detecting of the matches, a unique code via the display to a merchant digital device associated with one or more of a healthcare center, a hospital, an emergency center, and a saliva research center, wherein the merchant device reads the code for performing the payment transaction; and

    wherein the processor, upon performing the payment transaction, is configured to provide a payment confirmation to the user, the payment confirmation being provided using the haptic feedback; and

    wherein the display is further configured to display data associated with the activity of the user detected by the activity sensors, the detected activity of the user including calories burned, sleep quality, breaths per minute, snoring breaks, steps walked, and distance walked.

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