Biometrics Hub for Reliable Remote Data Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current biometric devices are susceptible to data loss and connectivity issues due to ISP connection failures, power outages, and router failures, which can be critical in medical and healthcare applications, leading to reliability concerns and potential life-threatening situations.
Innovation Solution
A personalized biometrics hub that acts as a backup communication method, provides power backup to critical devices, and manages biometric data processing schedules to conserve power and maintain connectivity, using protocol conversion to communicate with diverse devices and protocols, and storing data locally for secure transmission to authorized remote devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If biometric devices connect directly to ISP and router, then data transmission speed is improved, but reliability deteriorates due to connection failures and power outages
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a biometrics hub as an intermediary device between biometric devices and the ISP/router infrastructure. The hub maintains persistent connections and caches biometric data locally, acting as a mediator that ensures data transmission reliability even when direct device-to-ISP connections fail due to power outages or network issues.
2Reliability
If continuous data transmission is implemented, then reliability is improved, but power consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements periodic data transmission schedules where the biometrics hub transmits cached biometric data to remote devices at predetermined intervals rather than continuously. This periodic action maintains data reliability while significantly reducing power consumption during off-peak transmission periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The biometrics hub performs preliminary actions by caching and storing biometric data locally before transmission is needed. This preliminary data accumulation allows the system to maintain reliability without continuous active connections, reducing power consumption by keeping devices in low-power states between transmission events.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple communication protocols are supported, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The biometrics hub is designed with universal multi-functionality to support multiple communication protocols (WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular) and diverse biometric device types within a single device. This consolidates what would otherwise require multiple specialized devices, managing complexity through integrated design while maintaining broad adaptability.
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AI summary
A biometrics hub may establish a first schedule for processing first biometric data of a user, establishing a second schedule for processing second biometric data of the user, storing the first biometric data that is received from a first biometric device via a first persistent session, and store the second biometric data that is received from a second biometric device via a second persistent session. The biometrics hub may further transmit at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to an authorized remote device in accordance with the first schedule or the second schedule. In one example, the transmitting includes establishing a session with the authorized remote device, sending the at least one of the first biometric data or the second biometric data to the authorized remote device via the session with the authorized remote device, and closing the session with the authorized remote device.