Patent ID: 8816846

Claim:
A system for communicating physiological or control data between a portable device and an information system via telemetry, comprising: at least one portable device, the portable device having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data in the form of IP data packets via telemetry, wherein the portable device in operation includes a layered network interface that supports a standard internet-based networking protocol stack and RF PHY and MAC layers; an information system including at least one access point, connected to a wired network through a networking switch, and having an I/O port for bidirectionally communicating physiological or control data via telemetry with the portable device, wherein the access point and the portable device in operation includes a program that converts the IP data packets between the RF PHY and MAC and Ethernet PHY and MAC layers and further includes a server to support a dynamic or static assignment of a network identifier to the portable device.