Remote initiation of tasks on idle wireless computing devices

1. A wireless computing device for monitoring a person, comprising:

a processor;

one or more sensors operably coupled with the processor; and

one or more radio antennas operably coupled with the processor, wherein the processor is configured to:

transition the wireless computing device between at least an idle state in which the wireless computing device consumes a first amount of power and an active state in which the wireless computing device consumes a second amount of power that is greater than the first amount of power;

receive, from a remote computing device via the one or more radio antennas using a first wireless technology while the wireless computing device is in the idle state, a request for one or more data points pertaining to a context of the person, wherein the request for one or more data points is received using control plane signaling as an incoming telephone call;

obtain one or more sensor signals from the one or more sensors;

generate the requested one or more data points based on the one or more sensor signals; and

provide, to the remote computing device via the one or more radio antennas using a second wireless technology, the requested one or more data points, wherein the second wireless technology uses less power than the first wireless technology.

2. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise:

a heart rate sensor, and the requested one or more data points include a pulse rate of the person.

3. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise:

a position coordinate sensor, and the requested one or more data points include a position coordinate of the person.

4. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the control plane signaling further comprises Wi-Fi control plane signaling.

5. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the control plane signaling further comprises radio resource control signaling.

6. The wireless computing device of claim 5 , wherein the idle state of the wireless computing device further comprises IDLE, CELL_PCH, or URA_PCH.

7. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the request is received via a first of the one or more antennas using the first wireless technology, and the processor is further configured to provide, to the remote computing device via a second of the one or more radio antennas using the second wireless technology the requested one or more data points.

8. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to identify the request for one or more data points based on a telephone number associated with the incoming telephone call.

9. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless computing device further comprises:

a personal emergency response system or a smart watch.

10. The wireless computing device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to transition the wireless computing device from the idle state to the active state to perform one or more of the obtain, generate, and provide operations.

11. A method of monitoring a patient, comprising:

transitioning a wireless computing device carried by the patient from an active state in which the wireless computing device consumes a first amount of power to an idle state in which the wireless computing device consumes a second amount of power, wherein the first amount of power is greater than the second amount of power;

receiving, at the wireless computing device using a first wireless technology while the wireless computing device is in the idle state, wireless control plane signaling that includes a request for one or more data points pertaining to a context of the patient, wherein the request is received as an incoming telephone call;

obtaining, from one or more sensors associated with the wireless computing device, one or more sensor signals;

generating the requested one or more data points based on the one or more sensor signals; and

providing, to a remote computing device via one or more radio antennas using a second wireless technology, the generated one or more data points, wherein the second wireless technology uses less power than the first wireless technology.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

determining that the requested one or more data points satisfy a criterion; and

transmitting, by the wireless computing device to a remote computing device in response to the determining, the requested one or more data points to a remote computing device.

13. A computing system configured to:

provide a user interface;

receive, at the user interface, a command to obtain one or more data points pertaining to a context of a person bearing user equipment;

cause wireless transmission of a request for the one or more data points to the user equipment using control plane signaling, wherein the wireless transmission comprises an incoming telephone call;

receive, using a first wireless technology, from the user equipment, data indicative of one or more sensor signals produced by one or more sensors associated with the user equipment; and

providing, to a remote computing device via one or more radio antennas using a second wireless technology, one or more data points generated based on the one or more sensor signals, wherein the second wireless technology uses less power than the first wireless technology.