Systems and methods of using implanted or wearable micro electronic devices and for using a mobile device to communicate with and manage such micro electronic devices
A system, apparatus and method utilize a micro electronic device implanted in a person or group of persons, or wearable thereby, to manage a variety of activities, including interrogating an RF microdevice for information. The microdevice has a housing, an antenna, a microprocessor, a tuning capacitor, and a transducer such as a location transponder, a thermometer, a heart rate transducer, a blood pressure transducer, and an information storage element. The method includes the steps of providing the microdevice and attaching it to a person. The person brings the microdevice near a login system having an RF reader and a login processor. The reader communicates with the microdevice via RF signals, and signals the login processor to corroborate an identification code from the microdevice. If the login processor corroborates the identification code, it signals the microdevice to permit access to information from the transducer. If the login processor does not corroborate the identification code, access to the information is not permitted.
1. A method of interrogating a microdevice for information, comprising steps:
A. providing a Radio Frequency (RF) microdevice having (i) a housing, (ii) an antenna disposed inside the housing, (iii) a microprocessor disposed inside the housing and communicatively connected to the antenna, (iv) a tuning capacitor disposed inside the housing and communicatively connected to the microprocessor, and (v) at least one transducer, and wherein an electronic identification code is stored in or by the microprocessor;
B. attaching, subcutaneously, the RF microdevice to a person, wherein the microdevice is a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chip;
C. providing an RF login system, the RF login system including:
i. at least one RF reader disposed at a predetermined location on or near the RF microdevice, and
ii. at least one login processor communicatively connected to the at least one RF reader and to the microprocessor of the RF microdevice, the at least one login processor having means to corroborate the electronic identification code on the RF microdevice;
D. the person brings the RF microdevice near the at least one RF reader, whereby:
i. the at least one RF reader communicates with the RF microdevice via RF signals, and
ii. the at least one RF reader signals the at least one login processor to corroborate the electronic identification code, and
(1) if the at least one login processor corroborates the electronic identification code, the at least one login processor signals the RF microdevice microprocessor to permit access to information from the at least one transducer, or
(2) if the at least one login processor does not corroborate the electronic identification code, the at least one login processor signals the RF microdevice microprocessor to not permit access to the information from the at least one transducer.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one transducer is selected from a group consisting of a location transponder, a thermometer, a heart rate transducer, a blood pressure transducer, and an information storage memory element.