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US 2024/0078893 A1Published application
Systems and methods for device load transfer in a hybrid monitoring system
AssigneeBI Incorporated
InventorsJames J. Buck, JR., Joseph P. Newell, Dustin Pettit, Mike Cooke
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide systems and method for hybrid monitoring of individuals using both a combination of a user attached monitor device and a user detached monitor device.
Claims20
A method for extending battery life in a monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:
- providing a user attached monitor, wherein the user attached monitor includes:
- an attachment element configured to attach to a limb of an individual being monitored;
- a first circuitry to perform at least a first functionality of the user attached monitor device;
- and
- a first local communication circuit operable to communicate with a second local communication circuit of a user detached monitor;
- providing the user detached monitor, wherein the user detached monitor device includes:
- a second circuitry operable to perform at least a second functionality of the user detached monitor device, wherein the first functionality is a proxy of the second functionality;
- the second local communication circuit;
- during a first period, reducing a power consumption of the user detached monitor device by disabling the second circuitry and providing a proxy of the second functionality using the first circuitry of the user attached monitor device;
- and
- during a second period, re-enabling the second circuitry and providing the second functionality using the second circuitry of the user detached monitor device.
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A method for extending battery life in a monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising:
- providing a user attached monitor, wherein the user attached monitor device includes:
- an attachment element configured to attach to a limb of an individual being monitored;
- a first circuitry to perform a first functionality of the user attached monitor device;
- and
- a first local communication circuit operable to communicate with a second local communication circuit of a user detached monitor;
- providing the user detached monitor, wherein the user detached monitor device includes:
- a second circuitry operable to perform a second functionality of the user detached monitor device, wherein the second functionality is a proxy of the first functionality;
- the second local communication circuit operable to:
- communicate with the first local communication circuit of the user attached monitor;
- during a first period, reducing a power consumption of the user attached monitor device by disabling the first circuitry and providing a proxy of the first functionality using the second circuitry of the user detached monitor device;
- and
- during a second period, re-enabling the first circuitry and providing the first functionality using the first circuitry of the user attached monitor device.
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A computer readable medium, the computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processor to:
- determine communication success between a user attached monitor configured for attachment to an individual being monitored and a user detached monitor associated with the individual being monitored, wherein the user attached monitor includes a first status monitor configured to determine a first status of the individual being monitored, and wherein the user detached monitor includes a second status monitor configured to determine a second status of the individual being monitored;
- and
- enable a hybrid mode of operation between the user attached monitor and the user detached monitor, wherein in the hybrid mode of operation includes transfer of a function from one of the user attached monitor or the user detached monitor to the other of the user attached monitor or the user detached monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.