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Smart Shoe Platform: IoT Footwear With Sensors, GPS, and Backend Data
Wearables That Report Back
The ninth embodiment in application 19/540,453 is a smart shoe platform: smart footwear with embedded sensors (e.g., motion, pressure, temperature), WiFi connectivity, GPS, and battery power, plus a backend WiFi data platform. Application modules support government, military, police, student, and incarceration management. The platform includes analytics, security, and device management.
Unlike consumer fitness trackers, this platform is specified for institutional use—government, military, police, student, and incarceration management. The combination of sensors, connectivity, and backend enables location tracking, activity monitoring, and centralized management. The patent specifies the hardware (footwear, sensors, module) and the software side (data platform, application modules, analytics, security).
Footwear is hard to remove or discard without detection in many controlled environments. Embedding sensors and connectivity in shoes provides a persistent link to the backend for populations where continuous monitoring or accountability is required. The patent does not prescribe a single use case but defines a platform that can be configured for multiple institutional applications.
Figure 9 in the specification is an orthographic side view: footwear, sensors, module. The filing date for the portfolio is February 13, 2026; Application # 19/540,453 and Patent Center # 74480330 identify the case.
Source: US Patent Application 19/540,453, Section 8.9 and Figure 9.
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