Patent ID: 7301451

Claim:
A portable electronic device for use in a medical monitoring system, wherein the medical monitoring system generates notification messages indicating that a patient being monitored may have a condition that requires attention and wirelessly transfers the notification messages to the portable electronic device, the portable electronic device comprising: a processing circuit configured to receive the data associated with the notification messages; a first wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the first wireless transceiver configured to operate using a first wireless data transfer method; a second wireless transceiver coupled to the processing circuit and configured to receive data associated with the notification messages and transfer at least some of the data to the processing circuit, the second wireless transceiver configured to operate using a second wireless data transfer method different than the first wireless data transfer method; and a housing configured to house the processing circuit, and the first and second wireless transceivers.