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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Timothy M. Johnson, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for facilitating health research by utilizing one or more wearable sensor devices with a research mode are provided herein. Systems include a wearable sensor device that can pair with a first portable computing device of a user and a second computing device of a researcher in a first and second pairing, respectively. The wearable sensor device obtains one or more health parameters of a user. In one aspect, the wearable sensor device communicates research related and non-research related health information to the first computing device via the first pairing link and communicates only research related health information to the second computing device via the second pairing link. Methods for pairing one or more wearable sensor devices with one or more research computing devices and switching between operating modes to provide additional research related features are also provided.