Near Field Communication System, and Method of Operating Same

摘要

The present inventions, in one aspect, are directed to a system comprising a portable sensor device including a housing having a physical size/shape that is adapted to couple to a user's body, an identification tag including identification data which is associated with the sensor device and an identification tag transmitter to responsively and wirelessly transmit the identification data according to a first communication protocol. The system further includes a portable electronic device including an identification tag receiver to wirelessly receive the identification data of the identification tag according to the first communication protocol, transceiver circuitry to wirelessly and responsively communicate with the sensor device according to a second communication protocol, and processing circuitry to instruct the transceiver circuitry, after receiving the identification data, to wirelessly request, from the sensor device the sensor data and/or data which is representative of the sensor data.

主权项

1. Non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing instructions executable by one or more processors to cause operations to be performed including:
acquiring sensor data from a sensor device according to a first wireless communication protocol, the sensor data including activity data related to motion of a user with whom the sensor device is physically coupled; transmitting the sensor data, or metrics derived therefrom, to an external system according a second wireless communication protocol; receiving identification data from an identification tag according to a third wireless communication protocol, the identification data identifying the sensor device; based on the receipt of the identification data, requesting sensor data, or metrics derived therefrom, from the external system according to the second wireless communication protocol; receiving the requested sensor data or metrics from the external system according to the second wireless communication protocol; and after receiving the requested sensor data or metrics from the external system, outputting the received sensor data or the received metrics for display on a display.