Patent ID: 8786462
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. First and second co-operating devices which are configured to be packaged and shipped together as a unit package to a user such that both devices are subjected to the same or similar environmental conditions during shipment, the second device being a detachable or separate auxiliary to a main function of the first device after shipment and delivery to a user, and both having sensors for recording their respective ambient environmental data if enabled to do so, the first device having a receiver and first data store for receiving and storing environmental data transmitted by the second device and a prompt generator responsive to a user-generated initial activation of the main function of the first device after delivery to the user and indicative that the devices have been detached or separated from each other for use, to generate a prompt signal to the second device, the second device having a second data store configured for collecting and storing environmental data during shipment, and a transmitter for transmitting the data stored in the second data store to the first device in response to a prompt generated by said user-generated initial activation of the main function of the first device; wherein the second device also has the capability to function as a battery operated wireless controller for the main function of the first device; wherein the second device has means for initially disabling the control function, and for subsequently enabling this function; and means in the first device for storing the second device, such that the second device is not accessible to a user to allow such enablement until the data has been transferred.