# US 2019/0174284 A1 · Physiologic Sensors for Sensing, Measuring, Transmitting, and Processing Signals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0174284 A1 - Document ID: US20190174284A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/273,367 - Filed: 2019-02-12 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-08-25 - Assignees: Phyzio, Inc. - Applicants: Phyzio, Inc. - Inventors: Steven K. Gold; Charles DiPietro - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190174284A1 ## CPC - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising - G06Q 30/0207: Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates - G06Q 30/0226: Incentive systems for frequent usage, e.g. frequent flyer miles programs or point systems - H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds} - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system includes physiologic sensors and devices. The physiologic sensors sense human physiologic data and the system processes and transmits signals representing the physiologic data. The physiologic data represent at least one physiologic parameter, such as heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, body temperature, blood chemistry, other blood constituents, muscle contraction, movement, activity, speech, and brain waves. The system also determines that a device and an object are in proximity to each other, and secures physiologic data at times when the device and object are in proximity to each other, in order to correlate a person's physiologic state while in proximity with or while using the object. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: (A) at a device, using a first receiver module to wirelessly receive a first signal from a first object, at a first time, the first signal comprising a first identifier representing an identity of the first object; (B) at a device, using a processor module to store a second identifier representing at least one of an identity of the device and an identity of a first user, wherein the device and the first object are distinct from each other; (C) at the device, at a second time, using the processor module to determine that the device is in proximity to the first object; (D) using a first transmitter module to wirelessly transmit a second signal comprising the first identifier, and a third signal comprising the second identifier, to a remote server, in response to determining that the device is in proximity to the first object; (E) at a first sensor module, at a third time after the second time, sensing a first value of a first physiologic parameter of the first user; (F) at the first sensor module, using a second transmitter module to transmit a fourth signal comprising first physiologic data representing the first value of the first physiologic parameter to the device; (G) at the device, using a second receiver module to receive the fourth signal representing the first physiologic data; (H) at the device, after determining that the device is in proximity to the first object, using a third transmitter module to wirelessly transmit a fifth signal comprising the first physiologic data to the remote server; and (I) at the device, receiving a sixth signal comprising feedback derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises the first physiologic data. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises feedback derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the feedback comprises a reward derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the feedback comprises a command to the device to perform an action, thereby causing the device to perform the action. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: (J) at the device, at a fourth time after the first time, determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object; and (K) after determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, wirelessly transmitting, to the remote server, data indicating that the device is not in proximity to the first object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising: (L) at the first sensor module, at a fifth time after the fourth time, sensing a second value of the first physiologic parameter of the first user; (M) at the first sensor module, transmitting second physiologic data representing the second value of the first physiologic parameter to the device; and (N) after determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, wirelessly transmitting the second physiologic data to the remote server. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: (J) at the device, at a fourth time after the first time, determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object; and (K) in response to determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, terminating transmission of the first physiologic data to the remote server. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the device includes the first sensor module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining that the device is in proximity to the first object comprises determining that the device received the first signal from the first object. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein (D) comprises, at the device: (D)(1) identifying a current location of the device; (D)(2) identifying a current location of the first object; and (D)(3) determining that the device is in proximity to the first object in response to determining that the current location of the device and the current location of the first object satisfy a proximity condition. ### Claim 12 A system comprising: a device comprising: a first receiver module to wirelessly receive a first signal from a first object, at a first time, the first signal comprising a first identifier representing an identity of the first object; a processor module configured to: store a second identifier representing at least one of an identity of the device and an identity of a first user, wherein the device and the first object are distinct from each other; determine, at a second time, that the device is in proximity to the first object; a first transmitter module to wirelessly transmit a second signal comprising the first identifier, and a third signal comprising the second identifier, to a remote server, in response to determining that the device is in proximity to the first object; a first sensor module configured to: sense, at a third time after the second time, a first value of a first physiologic parameter of the first user; use a second transmitter module to transmit a fourth signal comprising first physiologic data representing the first value of the first physiologic parameter to the device; wherein the device further comprises a second receiver module to receive the fourth signal representing the first physiologic data; wherein the device further comprises a third transmitter module to wirelessly transmit, after determining that the device is in proximity to the first object, a fifth signal comprising the first physiologic data to the remote server; and wherein the device is further configured to receive a sixth signal comprising feedback derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the feedback comprises the first physiologic data. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the feedback comprises feedback derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the feedback comprises a reward derived from the first physiologic data. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the feedback comprises a command to the device to perform an action, thereby causing the device to perform the action. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12: wherein the processor module further comprises means for determining, at a fourth time after the first time, that the device is not in proximity to the first object; and wherein the system further comprises means for wirelessly transmitting, to the remote server, after determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, data indicating that the device is not in proximity to the first object. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17: wherein the first sensor module further comprises means for sensing, at a fifth time after the fourth time, a second value of the first physiologic parameter of the first user; wherein the first sensor module further comprises means for transmitting second physiologic data representing the second value of the first physiologic parameter to the device; and wherein the system further comprises means for wirelessly transmitting, after determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, the second physiologic data to the remote server. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12: wherein the processor module further comprises means for determining, at a fourth time after the first time, that the device is not in proximity to the first object; and wherein the system further comprises means for terminating, in response to determining that the device is not in proximity to the first object, transmission of the first physiologic data to the remote server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the device includes the first sensor module. ### Claim 21 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein determining that the device is in proximity to the first object comprises determining that the device received the first signal from the first object. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the device includes the first transmitter module, and wherein the transmitter module comprises: means for identifying a current location of the device; means for identifying a current location of the first object; and means for determining that the device is in proximity to the first object in response to determining that the current location of the device and the current location of the first object satisfy a proximity condition.