wireless life sciences biotech founded 2003 headquarters santa cruz california key people philippe kahn ceo sonia lee president 1 website www.fullpower.com fullpower is a privately held intellectual property and technology licensing company based in santa cruz california . fullpower s technologies are used in products from nike movado and others to track activity and monitor sleep . 2 contents 1 history 2 motionx 3 wearable devices and end to end infrastructure 4 patents 5 references 6 external links history edit fullpower was founded in santa cruz california in 2003 by philippe kahn and sonia lee . the inspiration behind some of the key fullpower technology stems from kahn s passion for sailing ; kahn created prototype sleep trackers using biosensors that optimized 26 minute power naps to maximize sleep benefits and sail time . 3 kahn and lee previously founded two other companies starfish software developed intellectual property for device synchronization especially for wireless devices and lightsurf created the camera phone allowing users to share pictures instantly on public networks . both companies were acquired for hundreds of millions of dollars by motorola 4 and verisign . 5 motionx edit motionx brand logo nike running app powered by motionx on an iphone 4 the motionx platform announced in 2008 is a suite of coupled and integrated firmware software and communication components for wearable wireless devices . the motionx platform is used by several wearable product brands including nike manufacture modules technologies mmt alpina frederique constant mondaine jawbone and others . 6 in 2008 fullpower announced applications for apple s iphone and ipod touch under the brand motionx . 7 the first application released was motionx poker a multi touch and motion based dice game for the iphone available for sale through apple s app store . fullpower released motionx gps on the iphone in october 2008 . motionx gps is a handheld gps multi sport app for runners hikers sailors stand up paddle boarding sup cyclists geocachers and other outdoor sport enthusiasts . it leverages the iphone built in gps chip as well as other on board sensors to provide location data . motionx gps supports map data provided by openstreetmap google usgs and others . motionx gps drive for the iphone a door to door pedestrian and driving navigation application was released in september 2009 . 8 with the announcement of the ipad in may 2010 motionx released customized versions of its navigation application for the ipad . 9 on september 7 2010 nike released the nike gps app now called nike running that tracks human motion using the accelerometer and gps sensors of the iphone . motionx provides the underlying motion sensing technology for the nike gps application . 10 the application was selected as one of the wall street journal s ten best iphone apps of the year . 11 at the 2011 consumer electronics show jvc and pioneer corporation announced car stereo systems that integrate with the motionx gps drive application so that driving directions are shown on the in car screen and audio verbal directions are heard over the car speakers . this was said to be the first time a commercially available iphone navigation application used an after market in car screen as a display . 12 in february 2012 the motionx 24 7 application was announced for the apple app store . the application has functions for sleep analysis heart rate monitoring and activity monitoring . 13 wearable devices and end to end infrastructure edit jawbone up band with motionx technology inside jawbone launched the up band with id design by yves behar and powered by the motionx technology in november 2011 . 14 the device analyzes the user s activity and sleep with the sensors built into the band . a vibrator in the band is used to wake the users up at the optimal time in a given time window and provided inactivity alerts when the user has been idle longer than a set time interval . 15 16 motionx technology is also in the less expensive up move that launched in november 2014 . like previous up bands the up move coin cell battery powered pod counts steps and tracks sleep but it does not have the vibrating motor feature . 17 movado museum sport motion smartwatch powered by motionx fullpower formed the joint venture manufacture modules technologies mmt in 2015 with union horlogere holdings and launched the motionx horological smartwatch open platform for the swiss watch industry . 18 fullpower creates and manages the circuit design firmware smartphone applications as well as the cloud infrastructure . mmt manages the swiss watch movement development and production as well as licensing and support for the swiss watch industry . 19 the initial partners were frederique constant the geneva based luxury watch manufacturer of classical watches ; alpina the swiss sports watch manufacturer founded in 1883 ; and mondaine known for its sbb swiss railway watches . together they are offering ten different models in designer collections for both women and men . 20 frederique constant announced in june 2015 that their horological smartwatches were available in stores 21 and mondaine started a limited pre order of their helvetica 1 smart watch in july 2015 . 22 in november 2015 movado a luxury watchmaker originally founded in 1881 announced the release of the movado motion collection of fine swiss made watches powered by mmt s motionx technology platform . the collection includes the women s bellina and the men s museum sport models . 23 in january 2016 simmons bedding company and serta announced plans for a smart bed powered by fullpower s sleeptracker sensor technology . 24 the beautyrest smartmotion base powered by sleeptracker offers sleep tracking technology that can work with any mattress to track deep light and rem sleep . serta sleepgps with sleeptracker technology is used in the motion custom ii model . patents edit as of december 2015 the fullpower wearable patent portfolio includes more than 120 patents issued or pending covering sleeptracker motionx bands pods smart watches eyewear clothing sensor fusion health medical wellness and machine learning . 25 some of fullpower s issued us patents include 26 us patent number 9 192 326 covers covering a sleep monitoring system including monitoring a user s movement to determine when the user is falling asleep as well as distinguishing between power naps and longer sleeps . this enables the user to optimize their sleep patterns including setting wake up alarms allowing them to wake at the optimal time in their sleep cycle to feel more refreshed . 27 us patent number 8 996 332 covers key practical aspects of monitoring human activity specifically identifying motion states of the user . automatic activity identification is important for smartwatches and advanced fitness trackers . 28 us patent number 8 568 310 is a method of using a motion sensor and a location based sensor together to perform sensor fusion enabling activity identification according to the patent description . other related us patents include numbers 8 187 182 7 647 195 7 970 586 and 8 320 578 . us patent number 8 187 182 outlines a method and apparatus using sensor fusion for accurate activity identification . us patent number 7 705 723 outlines a method and apparatus to provide outbreak notifications based on historical location data . references edit about fullpower technologies leadership . company web site . retrieved august 26 2013 . the verge february 27 2015 . swiss watchmakers show off a new line of smartwatches . wearable tech . retrieved february 27 2015 . how an obsessive sailor and his fitness tracker supercharged yacht racing . wired . retrieved february 19 2015 . randy weston july 14 1998 . motorola to purchase starfish . cnet . retrieved february 25 2015 . dawn kawamoto and ben charny january 10 2005 . verisign to buy messaging firm lightsurf . cnet . retrieved february 25 2015 . stephen pulvirent february 26 2015 . the swiss have finally started making luxury smartwatches . bloomberg business . retrieved february 26 2015 . motionx poker for iphone is impressive . touch arcade . july 18 2008 . retrieved july 18 2008 . wilson rothman october 5 2009 . motionx gps drive review hands down the best value in gps apps . gizmodo . retrieved august 26 2013 . motionx gps hd 22.0 for ipad . tom s guide . may 12 2010 . retrieved may 9 2014 . graham bower january 23 2011 . are apple and nike falling out . cult of mac . retrieved january 23 2011 . wall street journal video cnet about.com courtney boyd myers november 3 2011 . jawbone s up wristband and iphone app available nov. 6th for 99 . the next web . retrieved november 3 2011 . bumgardner wendy 2012 12 23 . jawbone up activity monitor review . about.com . retrieved 2013 01 16 . pogue david 2012 11 14 . 2 wristbands keep tabs on fitness . the new york times . retrieved 2013 01 16 . http techcrunch.com 2014 11 04 jawbone up move paul lamkin february 27 2015 . swiss guard mmt promises stylish smartwatch revolution . wareable . retrieved february 27 2015 . sarah mitroff february 26 2015 . swiss watches are getting smart without sacrificing style . cnet . retrieved february 27 2015 . stephen pulvirent february 26 2015 . the swiss have finally started making luxury smartwatches . bloomberg . retrieved february 27 2015 . http frederiqueconstant.com news frederique constant horological smartwatches now available in stores powered by silicon valleys fullpower technology platform paul lamkin july 30 2015 . mondaine beats tag heuer to the luxury swiss smartwatch punch . forbes . kristina rodulfo november 16 2015 . movado debuts a smartwatch that actually looks like a watch . elle . template ciew news olivier m ller february 27 2015 . the horological smartwatch is here . worldtempus . retrieved march 1 2015 . darryl k. taft october 31 2013 . fullpower awarded key patents for wearable technology . eweek . retrieved 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