Patent ID: 8634773

Claim:
A communication system for wirelessly transmitting at least one signal, the system comprising: a first device configured to receive and modulate the at least one signal, the first device having a first conductive element operatively adapted to contact a first human body, the first conductive element configured to wirelessly transmit the modulated signal by conduction through at least the first human body, the first device further including a second conductive element isolated from the first human body, the second conductive element configured to wirelessly transmit the modulated signal by EM signal propagation, the first device further including a modulator unit in communication with the first and second conductive elements, the modulator unit configured to receive the at least one signal, modulate the at least one signal, and provide the at least one modulated signal to the first and second conductive elements; and a second device having a first conductive element operatively adapted to contact a second human body, the first conductive element of the second device configured to receive the modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by conduction through at least the first human body from the first conductive element of the first device, the second device further including a second conductive element conductively isolated from the second human body, the second conductive element of the second device configured to receive the modulated signal wirelessly transmitted by EM signal propagation from the second conductive element of the first device.