Patent ID: 8788687
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: G16H,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating with a physiological sensor device using a communication protocol comprising: initiating a communication link with the physiological sensor device; receiving a message from the physiological sensor device, wherein the message comprises at least a global unique identifier and physiological data from the physiological sensor device; requesting, based upon the received global unique identifier, a self-describing data dictionary for the message, wherein the global unique identifier is used to identify the self-describing data dictionary, wherein the self-describing data dictionary comprises data definitions for interpreting one or more bytes of the physiological data in the message, the data definitions including one or more fields representing the physiological data that are dynamically loaded into the data dictionary at run time, wherein the data definitions comprise: receiving the self-describing data dictionary; and processing the data in the message using the one or more data definitions.