Electronic Device Capable of Being Coupled to a Wristwatch

Abstract

An electronic device that includes: a housing; an attachment portion capable of coupling the housing to a bottom of a wristwatch to be worn by a wearer; one or more physiological sensors included in the housing that measure one or more physical phenomena corresponding to the wearer of the wristwatch and electronic device coupled to the wristwatch; a memory configured to store data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena; and a wireless communication device included in the housing for communicating the data to a computing device in wireless communication with the electronic device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a housing capable of being disposed between a wearable element and a wearer of the wearable element;   a memory configured to store data corresponding to one or more physical phenomena measured by one or more physiological sensors, wherein the one or more physical phenomena correspond to the wearer of the wearable element; and   a wireless communication device included in the housing for communicating the data to a computing device capable of being in wireless communication with the electronic device.   
     
     
         2 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the wearable element comprises a wristwatch, a wrist worn device, or wristwatch strap. 
     
     
         3 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors include one or more of a heart rate sensor, a motion accelerometer, and a thermometer. 
     
     
         4 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the computing device comprises a mobile phone. 
     
     
         5 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an attachment portion that couples the housing to the wearable element.   
     
     
         6 . The electronic device of  claim 5 , wherein the attachment portion comprises suction tape that adheres to the bottom of the wearable element. 
     
     
         7 . The electronic device of  claim 5 , wherein the attachment portion comprises one or more of adhesive, suction cups, suction cup tape, mechanical clasps to the edge or back of the wearable element, mechanical clasps to a strap of the wearable element, mechanical clasps to lugs of the wearable element, pins, and spring bars. 
     
     
         8 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication device is capable of implementing Bluetooth® protocol. 
     
     
         9 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a processor configured to calculate a wellness score for the wearer of the wearable element based on the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena; and   one or more output devices included in the electronic device to output an indication corresponding to the wellness score.   
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein calculating the wellness score comprises computing a weighted average of the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the one or more output devices comprise one or more light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to illuminate in one or more colors corresponding to the wellness score. 
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the one or more output devices comprise a haptic vibrator configured to vibrate in a manner corresponding to the wellness score. 
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises:
 a first face that couples to the wearable element, wherein the first face is flat; and   a second face opposite the first face that is capable of resting against skin of the wearer of the wearable element, wherein the second face includes a clear lens through which the one or more physiological sensors are capable of measuring the one or more physical phenomena corresponding to the wearer.   
     
     
         14 . A method for operating an electronic device, the method comprising:
 measuring, using one or more physiological sensors, one or more physical phenomena corresponding to a wearer of a wearable element to which the electronic device is coupled;   storing data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena in a memory included in the electronic device; and   transmitting the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena to a computing device in wireless communication with the electronic device.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the wearable element comprises a wristwatch, a wrist worn device, or wristwatch strap. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors are included in the electronic device. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors include one or more of a heart rate sensor, a motion accelerometer, and a thermometer. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the electronic device is coupled to the wearable element via suction tape. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising:
 calculating a wellness score based on the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena; and   outputting, via one or more output devices included in the electronic device, an indication corresponding to the wellness score.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein calculating the wellness score comprises computing a weighted average of the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the one or more output devices comprise one or more of:
 light-emitting diodes (LEDs) configured to illuminate in different colors corresponding to the wellness score; and   a haptic vibrator configured to vibrate in a manner corresponding to the wellness score.   
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 detecting that the electronic device is being worn by the wearer based on determining that a temperature value of a temperature sensor included in the electronic device is indicative of the electronic device being worn.   
     
     
         23 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to operate an electronic device, by performing the steps of:
 measuring, using one or more physiological sensors, one or more physical phenomena corresponding to a wearer of a wearable element to which the electronic device is coupled;   storing data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena in a memory included in the electronic device; and   transmitting the data corresponding to the one or more physical phenomena to a computing device in wireless communication with the electronic device.   
     
     
         24 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 23 , wherein the wearable element comprises a wristwatch, a wrist worn device, or wristwatch strap. 
     
     
         25 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 23 , wherein the one or more physiological sensors are included in the electronic device.