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Patent No.:

US 10838073 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2018

Portable biometric monitoring devices having location sensors

Applicant:

Fitbit, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

James Park, Berkeley, CA (US);

Heiko Gernot Albert Panther, Oakland, CA (US);

Shelten Gee Jao Yuen, Berkeley, CA (US);

Assignee:

Fitbit, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);

Attorney:

Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP

Primary Examiner:

Cassi J Galt

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/25 (2010.01); G01S 19/27 (2010.01); G01S 19/14 (2010.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G01S 19/05 (2010.01); G01S 19/09 (2010.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01S 19/42 (2010.01); G01S 19/19 (2010.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 19/258 (2013.01); G01S 19/14 (2013.01); G01S 19/27 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02); G01S 19/05 (2013.01); G01S 19/09 (2013.01); G01S 19/19 (2013.01); G01S 19/42 (2013.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04N 5/23206 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); Y02D 70/1224 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1244 (2018.01); Y02D 70/1262 (2018.01); Y02D 70/142 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/146 (2018.01); Y02D 70/162 (2018.01); Y02D 70/164 (2018.01); Y02D 70/166 (2018.01); Y02D 70/26 (2018.01); Y02D 70/446 (2018.01);
Abstract

Assisted-GPS for a portable biometric monitoring device is provided. The portable biometric monitoring device may obtain updated ephemeris data from an associated secondary device via a short-range, low-power communication protocol. The secondary device may be a computing device such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Various rules may control when the ephemeris data is updated. The ephemeris data may be used in the calculation of the global position of the portable biometric monitoring device. Additionally, the portable biometric monitoring device may communicate downloaded position fixing data to the associated secondary device. The associated secondary device may then calculate the global position from the position fixing data.

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