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US 12,279,122 · App. 18/230,847 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Device communication management in user activity monitoring systems

Inventors: Allan Kenneth Frazer Grugeon Hunt (Beverley, GB); Johannes Dagevos van Rij (Skidby, GB)
Assignee: T.J.Smith and Nephew,Limited
H04W12/50H04L67/12H04W12/0471H04W12/68H04W76/14
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Patent No.
US 12,279,122
App. No.
18/230,847
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In some aspects, a method of managing communication between a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The method includes facilitating, by a first electronic device, motion of a second electronic device in a motion sequence; detecting, by the second electronic device, motion of the second electronic device in the motion sequence; determining, by the second electronic device, a key from the motion sequence from the detecting, the key being usable to communicate with the first electronic device; and wirelessly communicating, by a communication interface of the second electronic device, with the first electronic device using the key.

Claims (36)

1. A method for facilitating wireless communication between two electronic devices, the method comprising:

generating, by a first electronic device, first data responsive to a first motion of the first electronic device, the first motion comprising movement of the first electronic device proximate or against a user interface of a second electronic device;

generating, by the second electronic device, second data responsive to the first motion of the first electronic device;

transmitting the first data or the second data between the first electronic device and the second electronic device;

comparing, by the first electronic device or the second electronic device, the first data and the second data;

enabling wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device responsive to a result of said comparing the first data and the second data;

generating, by the first electronic device, activity data for a user from a second motion of the first electronic device when the first electronic device is worn by the user, wherein at least some of the activity data represents loading of a limb of the user; and

subsequent to said enabling wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, wirelessly communicating, by the first electronic device, the activity data to the second electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said comparing the first data and the second data is performed by the first electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said comparing the first data and the second data is performed by the second electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said generating the first data comprises generating the first data from data output by an accelerometer, and said generating the second data comprises generating the second data from data output by a touch sensor.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said comparing the first data and the second data comprises determining a cross-correlation between the first data and the second data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said enabling wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device comprises validating a connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said enabling wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device comprises authenticating wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein said generating the activity data is performed while the first electronic device is attached to the limb or an orthopedic device worn by the user.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first motion comprises movement of the first electronic device along a path against the user interface of the second electronic device.

10. A system comprising:

a first electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a motion sensor supported by the housing and configured to monitor motion of the first electronic device,

wherein the motion sensor is configured to generate first data responsive to a first motion of the first electronic device, the first motion comprising movement of the first electronic device against a user interface of a second electronic device,

wherein the motion sensor is configured to generate activity data for a user from a second motion of the first electronic device when the housing is worn by the user, and wherein at least some of the activity data represents loading of a limb of the user;

a communication interface supported by the housing and configured to wirelessly communicate with the second electronic device; and

one or more controllers supported by the housing and configured to:

enable wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device responsive to a result of a comparison of the first data and second data, wherein the second data is generated responsive to the first motion of the first electronic device, and wherein the first data or the second data is transmitted between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, and

communicate the activity data to the second electronic device via the communication interface.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the motion sensor comprises an accelerometer or a gyroscope.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to enable wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device responsive to the comparison of the first data and the second data indicating at least a threshold degree of similarity between the first data and the second data.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to compare the first data and the second data.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to determine a cross-correlation between the first data and the second data to compare the first data and the second data.

15. The system of claim 10 , further comprising the second electronic device, the second electronic device being configured to compare the first data and the second data.

16. The system of claim 10 , further comprising the second electronic device, the second electronic device being configured to generate the second data from data output by a touch sensor.

17. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to enable wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device by validating a connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more controllers are configured to enable wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device by authenticating wireless communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device.

19. The system of claim 10 , wherein the limb comprises a foot.

20. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first motion comprises movement of the first electronic device along a path against the user interface of the second electronic device.

Priority Claims (2)
GB 1809081 · Jun 4, 2018 · national
GB 1809146 · Jun 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17946586 · Sep 16, 2022
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