Patent ID: 8764654

Claim:
A modular biometric monitoring system comprising: a plurality of data acquisition modules configured to sample biometric data for a predetermined type of biometric condition from at least one respective input channel at a data acquisition rate, a representation of the sampled biometric data being stored in memory of each of the plurality of data acquisition modules, each of the plurality of data acquisition modules being configured to store housekeeping data in the memory, the housekeeping data comprising a value indicative of an amount of biometric data stored in the memory of each respective data acquisition module; and a central control system in communication with each of the plurality of data acquisition modules through a bus, the central control system being configured to collect data asynchronously, via the bus, from the memory of the plurality of data acquisition modules according to a relative fullness of the memory of the plurality of data acquisition modules determined from the housekeeping data thereof, wherein the central control system further comprises a prioritization engine that determines a priority that establishes at least part of an order from which of the plurality of data acquisition modules the biometric data is collected.