Wearable data storage and transmission device for processing sensor data

1. An attachable data system comprising:

a microprocessor;

a power supply configured to supply power to the microprocessor;

a memory communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

a Bluetooth communications module communicatively connected to the microprocessor and comprising:

a Bluetooth processor; and

a Bluetooth antenna communicatively connected to the Bluetooth processor;

a near-field communications (NFC) module communicatively connected to the microprocessor and comprising:

an NFC processor communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

an NFC memory communicatively connected to the NFC processor; and

an NFC antenna communicatively connected to the NFC processor; wherein:

the NFC processor is configured to perform NFC operations comprising:

establishing an NFC field with an NFC initiator device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC initiator device via the NFC antenna;

extracting identifying information from the NFC signal; and

storing the identifying information in the NFC memory; and

the microprocessor is configured to perform microprocessor operations comprising:

accessing the identifying information stored in the NFC memory; and

causing a transmission of the identifying information using the Bluetooth communications module.

2. The attachable data system of claim 1 , wherein the microprocessor operations further comprise:

periodically causing the transmission of the identifying information using the Bluetooth communications module.

3. The attachable data system of claim 1 , wherein the NFC operations further comprise:

establishing an NFC field with an NFC access device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC access device; and

transmitting, via the NFC antenna, contextual information to the NFC access device.

4. The attachable data system of claim 3 , wherein the NFC operations further comprise:

establishing an NFC field with an NFC write device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC write device;

receiving the contextual information from the NFC write device; and

storing the contextual information in the NFC memory.

5. The attachable data system of claim 3 , wherein the contextual information comprises less than 2000 bytes of information.

6. The attachable data system of claim 1 , further comprising a sensor communicatively connected to the microprocessor; wherein:

the microprocessor operations further comprise:

receiving a measurement from the sensor; and

sending a command to the NFC processor to store the measurement as contextual information.

7. The attachable data system of claim 6 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of:

a GPS sensor;

a temperature sensor;

a shock sensor; or

a tamper sensor.

8. A method comprising:

establishing, by a near-field communications (NFC) processor, an NFC field with an NFC initiator device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC initiator device via an NFC antenna;

extracting, by the NFC processor, identifying information from the NFC signal;

storing, by the NFC processor, the identifying information in NFC memory;

accessing, by a microprocessor, the identifying information stored in the NFC memory; and

causing, by the microprocessor, a transmission of the identifying information using a Bluetooth communications module, wherein the microprocessor is part of an attachable data system that comprises:

a power supply configured to supply power to the microprocessor;

a memory communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

the Bluetooth communications module communicatively connected to the microprocessor and comprising:

a Bluetooth processor; and

a Bluetooth antenna communicatively connected to the Bluetooth processor; and

a near-field communications (NFC) module comprising:

the NFC processor communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

the NFC memory communicatively connected to the NFC processor; and

the NFC antenna communicatively connected to the NFC processor.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

periodically causing, by the microprocessor, the transmission of the identifying information using the Bluetooth communications module.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

establishing, by the NFC processor, an NFC field with an NFC access device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC access device; and

transmitting, by the NFC processor and via the NFC antenna, contextual information to the NFC access device.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

establishing, by the NFC processor, an NFC field with an NFC write device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC write device;

receiving, by the NFC processor, the contextual information from the NFC write device; and

storing, by the NFC processor, the contextual information in the NFC memory.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the contextual information comprises less than 2000 bytes of information.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein a sensor is communicatively connected to the microprocessor, and the method further comprises:

receiving, by the microprocessor, a measurement from the sensor; and

sending, by the microprocessor, a command to the NFC processor to store the measurement as contextual information.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of:

a GPS sensor;

a temperature sensor;

a shock sensor; or

a tamper sensor.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having program code that is stored thereon, the program code executable by an attachable data system for performing operations comprising:

establishing a near-field communications (NFC) field with an NFC initiator device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC initiator device via an NFC antenna;

extracting identifying information from the NFC signal;

storing the identifying information in NFC memory;

accessing the identifying information stored in the NFC memory; and

causing a transmission of the identifying information, wherein the attachable data system comprises:

a microprocessor;

a power supply configured to supply power to the microprocessor;

a memory communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

a Bluetooth processor communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

a Bluetooth antenna communicatively connected to the Bluetooth processor;

an NFC processor communicatively connected to the microprocessor;

the NFC memory communicatively connected to the NFC processor; and

the NFC antenna communicatively connected to the NFC processor.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

periodically causing the transmission of the identifying information.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing an NFC field with an NFC access device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC access device; and

transmitting, via the NFC antenna, contextual information to the NFC access device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:

establishing an NFC field with an NFC write device in response to receiving an NFC signal from the NFC write device;

receiving the contextual information from the NFC write device; and

storing the contextual information in the NFC memory.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein a sensor is communicatively connected to the microprocessor, and the operations further comprise:

receiving a measurement from the sensor; and

sending a command to the NFC processor to store the measurement as contextual information.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the sensor comprises at least one of:

a GPS sensor;

a temperature sensor;

a shock sensor; or

a tamper sensor.