Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

J Darley, PJ Gaudet, N Ohlenbusch… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a mount, a housing, and a sensor. The mount
is adapted to be disposed at least partially underneath a shoelace of a shoe. The housing is …

Power and timing control methods and apparatus

R Laroia, J Li, SV Uppala - US Patent 7,778,643, 2010 - Google Patents
The use of multiple states of mobile communication device operation to allow a single base
station to Support a relatively large number of mobile nodes is described. The various states …

Method and system for power-saving in a wireless local area network

MH Chen, JJ Dai, TM Lin - US Patent 7,412,265, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and system for power saving in a wireless LAN is disclosed, which uses the
method of modifying the beacon frame body or broadcasting the schedule information frame …

Method and apparatus for low power, micro-electronic mechanical sensing and processing

M Tanenhaus, R McDowell, T Nelson - US Patent 6,469,639, 2002 - Google Patents
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and processing - Google Patents US6469639B2 - Method and apparatus for low power …

Messages and control methods for controlling resource allocation and flow admission control in a mobile communications system

A O'neill - US Patent 8,023,410, 2011 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for aggregating IP packets over an access link between a wireless
access router and a core node and for managing resource allocation to access link packet …

Method and apparatus for remote discovery of client and access point settings in a wireless LAN

C Narayanaswami, CM Olsen, MC Rosu - US Patent 7,558,604, 2009 - Google Patents
To conserve energy, components in mobile devices have to transition less frequently
between “active” and “sleep” modes, and to sleep for longer intervals. In accordance with at …

Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

J Darley, TP Blackadar - US Patent 7,428,471, 2008 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A user in locomotion on foot during an outing may identify a grade of a
surface with at least one device Supported by the user. A performance parameter of the user …

Instrumented orthopedic and other medical implants

JB Martinson, JG Stark, TJB Hanson… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
Medical implants can comprise various instrumentation to impart desirable functionality to
the implant. In some embodiments, the implants comprise functional structures, Such as …

Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot

J Darley, TP Blackadar - US Patent 7,617,071, 2009 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A user in locomotion during an outing may support at least one device to
automatically measure amounts of time taken by the user to complete one or more distance …

Method of creating and utilizing diversity in multiple carrier communication system

R Laroia, J Li, SV Uppala - US Patent 7,363,039, 2008 - Google Patents
In many cellular systems, reusing spectrum bandwidth, creates problems in boundary
regions between the cells and sectors where the signal strength received from adjacent …