Patent ID: 11877821
Assignee: BT WEARABLES LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G  H | IPC A  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A wearable monitoring apparatus, comprising:
a housing adapted to be worn by a person on a wrist of the person;
a wrist band coupled to opposing ends of the housing and adapted to encircle the wrist of the person;
a first wireless transceiver disposed in the housing for communicating according to a Bluetooth® communication protocol;
a second wireless transceiver disposed in the housing for communicating according to a second wireless communication protocol different from the Bluetooth® communication protocol;
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver disposed in the housing;
an accelerometer disposed in the housing;
a heart rate sensor disposed on the housing;
a processor disposed in the housing;
a rechargeable battery disposed in the housing and providing power to the processor; and
inductive coupling circuitry disposed in the housing and coupled to the rechargeable battery for charging the rechargeable battery through induction,
wherein the processor computes sleep time and body position data of the person during sleep based on signals from the accelerometer and the heart rate sensor,
wherein the processor executes a telephone call by transmitting voice signals using the first wireless transceiver to a cellular telephone for transmission on a cellular network.