IP Library Granted Patent US 9,659,159
Granted Patent B2
US 9,659,159 · App. 14/827,151 · Granted May 23, 2017

Sleep data chain of custody

Inventors: Dominic Munafo (San Diego, CA); David French (La Jolla, CA); Bretton Hevener (San Diego, CA); William Hevener (San Diego, CA); Thinh Nguyen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: SLEEP DATA SERVICES, LLC
G06F21/32
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Patent No.
US 9,659,159
App. No.
14/827,151
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wearable device includes one or more biometric sensors, each of the one or more biometric sensors gathering biological data from a wearer of the wearable device, the wearable device further having a computer processor for receiving the biological data from the one or more biometric sensors and generating biometric information based on the biological data and according one or more biometrical algorithms, the biometric information including validation information to validate the wearer as a source of the biological data gathered by each of the one or more sensors, the biometric information further including sleep information to provide a sleep profile of the wearer.

Claims (13)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a wearable device having one or more biometric sensors, each of the one or more biometric sensors to gather biological data from a wearer of the wearable device, the wearable device further having a computer processor for receiving the biological data from the one or more biometric sensors and generating biometric information based on the biological data and according one or more biometrical algorithms, the biometric information including validation information to validate the wearer as a source of the biological data gathered by each of the one or more sensors, the biometric information further including sleep information to provide a sleep profile of the wearer;

a transceiver coupled with the wearable device, the transceiver for transmitting the biometric information as a digital signal to one or more web servers via a communications network; and

a chain of custody engine associated with the wearable device, the chain of custody engine to provide a chain of custody validation for the biometric information, validation information and the sleep information from the wearer to the one or more web servers to ensure compliance by the user of rules related to the gathering of the biological data.

2. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the wearable device includes a housing to be worn around the wearer's wrist.

3. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the wearable device further includes a positioning sensor to establish a geographical position of the wearer.

4. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the wearable device further includes an accelerometer to determine a direction and rate of speed of the wearer.

5. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is embedded in the wearable device.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

gathering, by one or more biological sensors of a wearable device, biological data from a wearer of the wearable device;

generating biometric information by a computer processor of the wearable device based on the biological data and according one or more biometrical algorithms, the biometric information including validation information to validate the wearer as a source of the biological data gathered by each of the one or more sensors, the biometric information further including sleep information to provide a sleep profile of the wearer;

transmitting, by a transceiver coupled with the wearable device, the biometric information to one or more web servers via a communications network; and

maintaining, by the computer processor, a chain of custody of the biometric information, validation information and the sleep information from the wearer to the one or more web servers to ensure compliance by the user of rules related to the gathering of the biological data.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2026
From: SLEEP DATA SERVICES LLC; SLEEP DATA HOLDINGS, LLC; OPTISOM LLC; EPOCH SLEEP CENTERS LLC; COASTAL SLEEP DIAGNOSTICS, LLC
To: ESCALATE CAPITAL V, LP
Reel/Frame 074545/0112 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: SLEEP DATA SERVICES LLC
To: COMERICA BANK
Reel/Frame 069787/0684 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF ASSIGNEE FROM SLEEP DATA SERVICES, INC. TO SLEEP DATA SERVICES, LLC PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 36333 FRAME 307. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 6, 2024
From: MUNAFO, DOMINIC; FRENCH, DAVID; HEVENER, BRETTON; HEVENER, WILLIAM; NGUYEN, THINH
To: SLEEP DATA SERVICES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069648/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 14, 2015
From: MUNAFO, DOMINIC; FRENCH, DAVID; HEVENER, BRETTON; HEVENER, WILLIAM; NGUYEN, THINH
To: SLEEP DATA SERVICES, INC.
Reel/Frame 036333/0307 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62037536 · Aug 14, 2014
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