Portable communication device and corresponding method of operation
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1. A method of altering a biometric sensing and environmental sensing process in a portable communication device comprising:
- receiving a command over a wireless communication path;
initiating a first sensor measurement of a sensed characteristic in response to said command;
establishing an algorithm in said portable communication device in response to said command or said sensor measurement meeting a first criteria; and
initiating a second sensor measurement using said algorithm.
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Abstract
A portable communication device (100) includes at least one sensing circuit (101) and a processor (104), and operates in accordance with a corresponding method of operation. The sensing circuit detects (205) either a characteristic of an external environment containing the portable communication device (e.g., a chemical in the air or acceleration of the device) or a characteristic of the portable communication device user (e.g., heart rate or blood sugar content), and generates a signal (207) representative of a feature of the sensed characteristic. The processor receives the signal and initiates an event based at least on the feature of the sensed characteristic as represented by the signal. Events include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following: alerting the device user, transmitting a signal (e.g., an emergency call) to a remote communication device, re-sensing the characteristic or sensing another characteristic, and modifying a setting or profile of the device.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of altering a biometric sensing and environmental sensing process in a portable communication device comprising:
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receiving a command over a wireless communication path; initiating a first sensor measurement of a sensed characteristic in response to said command; establishing an algorithm in said portable communication device in response to said command or said sensor measurement meeting a first criteria; and initiating a second sensor measurement using said algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of context sensing for a portable communication device comprising:
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taking a first measurement with a first sensor coupled to said portable communication device; and initiating a second measurement with a second sensor not the same as said first sensor of said portable communication device in response to said first measurement. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A portable communication device for sensing biometrics and environmental characteristics, comprising:
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a transceiver to receive a command; a first sensor to sense a first contextual characteristic; a second sensor to sense a second contextual characteristic; and a controller coupled to said transceiver and said first sensor and said second sensor, said processor operable to dynamically determine a sensing sequence of said first and said second sensors by establishing an algorithm in response to the step of receiving a command or in response to the first measurement meeting a first criteria, and initiating a second sensor measurement using the algorithm. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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