An interactive television program guide with remote access is provided. The interactive television program guide is implemented on interactive television program guide equipment. A remote program guide access device is connected to the interactive television program guide equipment by a remote access link to provide a user with remote access to program guide functions. An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. Program guide setting include features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide set up features (e.g., audio and video and language settings), etc.

Interactive television program guide with remote access

Recent developments and technological advancements in wireless communication, MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS) technology and integrated circuits has enabled low-power, intelligent, miniaturized, invasive/non-invasive micro and nano-technology sensor nodes strategically placed in or around the human body to be used in various applications, such as personal health monitoring. This exciting new area of research is called Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) and leverages the emerging IEEE 802.15.6 and IEEE 802.15.4j standards, specifically standardized for medical WBANs. The aim of WBANs is to simplify and improve speed, accuracy, and reliability of communication of sensors/actuators within, on, and in the immediate proximity of a human body. The vast scope of challenges associated with WBANs has led to numerous publications. In this paper, we survey the current state-of-art of WBANs based on the latest standards and publications. Open issues and challenges within each area are also explored as a source of inspiration towards future developments in WBANs.

Wireless Body Area Networks: A Survey

Wireless sensor networks for healthcare: A survey

An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide provides users with VCR-like control over programs that are played back from the media servers and over real-time cached copies of the programs. The program guide also provides users with an opportunity to designate gift recipients for whom programs may be recorded.

Client-server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording

The increasing use of wireless networks and the constant miniaturization of electrical devices has empowered the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). In these networks various sensors are attached on clothing or on the body or even implanted under the skin. The wireless nature of the network and the wide variety of sensors offer numerous new, practical and innovative applications to improve health care and the Quality of Life. The sensors of a WBAN measure for example the heartbeat, the body temperature or record a prolonged electrocardiogram. Using a WBAN, the patient experiences a greater physical mobility and is no longer compelled to stay in the hospital. This paper offers a survey of the concept of Wireless Body Area Networks. First, we focus on some applications with special interest in patient monitoring. Then the communication in a WBAN and its positioning between the different technologies is discussed. An overview of the current research on the physical layer, existing MAC and network protocols is given. Further, cross layer and quality of service is discussed. As WBANs are placed on the human body and often transport private data, security is also considered. An overview of current and past projects is given. Finally, the open research issues and challenges are pointed out.

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A survey on wireless body area networks

The apparatus 10 for electromagnetic energy transfer comprises a charging fixture 1 with a contact surface 4 and a generator coil 2 forming a resonator circuit with a capacitance. The charging fixture 1 is preferably arranged as an elongated bar whereon a plurality of chargeable electronic devices 5 can be arranged. In order to implement electromagnetic energy transfer from the charging fixture 1 to the electronic device 5 the latter has to be arranged with a pick-up circuit for generating secondary alternating current in a loop, preferably a secondary resonator circuit. In order to fix a position of the electronic device 5 on the charging bar 1, the charging bar is preferably arranged with a projection 3 extending in a plane of the contact surface 4. The electronic device 5 can be shaped to be hanged on the projection and removed from it in accordance with arrow 6.

An apparatus, a system and a method for enabling electromagnetic energy transfer

Disclosed are communication devices especially devices adapted for use as body-worn medical sensors for continuously measuring ECG, SpO2, heart rate, blood pressure and the like, and in particular a method and apparatus for setting up wireless networks of such devices, specifically a communication device adapted for attachment to the body of a wearer so as to form part of a body area network ('BAN') comprising a body coupled communication ('BCC') device, and a short-range radio device, the device including means for detecting other similar communication devices on the wearer using BCC, and means for establishing a wireless network with other such devices using their short range radios.

Wireless body sensor network

This paper describes an unobtrusive IEEE 802.15.4-based wireless body sensor network (BSN) that enables continuous cuff-less blood pressure monitoring, opening up new perspectives for hypertension diagnosis and treatment, cardio-vascular event detection, and stress monitoring. We estimate the arterial blood pressure based on the pulse arrival time (PAT), which is measured with a waist electrocardiogram (ECG) and an ear photo-plethysmogram (PPG). The PAT measurement requires the synchronization of the wireless sensors' clocks. This is achieved with the flooding time synchronization protocol (FTSP). The evaluation of both the implemented time synchronization and the robustness of the wireless data transmission yielded promising results. Future work will include the study of packet collisions in synchronized IEEE 802.15.4 networks, the enhancement of the BSN with additional context-providing sensors (e.g. accelerometer, magnetometer, thermistor), and the integration of the blood pressure estimation algorithm in a wireless sensor unit.

Wireless Body Sensor Network for Continuous Cuff-less Blood Pressure Monitoring

A patient monitoring system (8) monitors health related parameters of a patient (10). A medical device (12) obtains measurements of the health related parameters of the patient (10). A first mobile device (16), associated with the patient (10), wirelessly collects and transmits the health related parameters of the patient (10). A second mobile device (22), in operative communication with first mobile device, receives the transmitted health related parameters of the patient.

Ip based monitoring and alarming

A device (A) is described, which is capable of being operated within a network comprising a touch interface (2) which is adapted to detect that a user (3) touches the touch interface (2) and simultaneously touches a touch interface (6) of another device (B) capable of being operated within a network, and a communication unit (1) adapted to communicate with a communication unit (5) of the other device (B) via a communication network established between the device (A) and the other device (B) when detecting that the user touches the touch interface (2) of the device (A) and simultaneously touches the touch interlace (6) of the other device (B).

Device capable of being operated within a network, network system, method of operating a device within a network, program element, and computer-readable medium

Thomas Falck

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An apparatus, a system and a method for enabling electromagnetic energy transfer

Wireless body sensor network

Wireless Body Sensor Network for Continuous Cuff-less Blood Pressure Monitoring

Ip based monitoring and alarming

Device capable of being operated within a network, network system, method of operating a device within a network, program element, and computer-readable medium