Systems and methods for health monitoring and providing emergency support

• US 10,304,315 B2
• Filed: 06/09/2017
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AMP, LLC
• Original Assignee: AMP, LLC
• Inventors: Newman, Fredric Mark, Newman, Marsha Jo
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Zhen Y
• Application Number:
  US15/618,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20170358200A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 34053912
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Systems and methods for providing a health monitoring and emergency response service are provided. Each element in a plurality of data elements is obtained from a health monitoring device connected to a corresponding subject in a plural of subjects. An alert is triggered through analysis of the data element or manually triggered by the subject or a subject'"'"'s circle of support. A communication channel is opened between the subject and the members of the circle of support. The subject or one or more members of the circle of support of the subject verifies or rejects the alert. The alert is sent to a remote monitoring alarm center and emergency responders are dispatched.

Claims

1. A computer system for providing a health monitoring and emergency support service to a plurality of subjects, the computer system comprising:

at a first computer comprising one or more first processors and a first memory, the first memory comprising first non-transitory instructions which, when executed by the one or more first processors, performs a first method comprising;

running a monitoring process, wherein, for each respective subject in the plurality of subjects, the monitoring process comprises;

(i) polling for a respective data element in a plurality of data elements from a corresponding health monitoring device in a plurality of health monitoring devices associated with the respective subject, and

(ii) initiating a first notification process for a candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies an alarm trigger condition, wherein the first notification process, performed for the candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies the alarm trigger condition, comprises;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in a plurality of remote devices, wherein each remote device in the plurality of remote devices is associated with a respective support member in a plurality of support members, and wherein each respective support member is uniquely associated with the candidate subject;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to the corresponding health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

concurrently polling for a verification response from the plurality of remote devices and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject; and

responsive to receiving the verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) from and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

initiating a second notification process that notifies a remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition and a current location of the candidate subject when the verification response satisfies a first condition, and

terminating the first notification process when the verification response satisfies a second condition without notifying the remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition, wherein;

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices is a confirmation,

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a confirmation, and

the second condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a rejection.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding health monitoring device is a smart phone device.

3. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the corresponding health monitoring device wirelessly transmits the respective data element to the computer system.

4. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the polling further comprises instructions for receiving an interrupt communication from the candidate subject, wherein when the interrupt communication from the candidate subject is received within a predetermined time period of receiving the respective data element for the candidate subject, the first notification process and the alarm trigger condition are cancelled.

5. The computer system of claim 4, wherein the predetermined time period is 15 seconds.

6. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the representative data element is inputted by the candidate subject using a push command at the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein when the representative data element satisfies the alarm trigger condition a timing of a predetermined time period is initiated, wherein:

the representative data element is terminated upon a lapse of the predetermined time period, or

the representative data element is inputted through a series of push commands by the candidate subject at the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject during the predetermined time period.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the respective data element includes global positioning system coordinates of the candidate subject and the communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in the plurality of remote devices includes communicating the global positioning system coordinates of the candidate subject.

9. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the respective data element comprises recorded audio or video from the health monitoring device corresponding to the candidate subject and the communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in the plurality of remote devices includes communicating the recorded audio or video of the candidate subject.

10. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the respective data element comprises live audio or video from the health monitoring device corresponding to the candidate subject and the communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in the plurality of remote devices includes communicating the live audio or video of the candidate subject.

11. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in a plurality of remote devices occurs on a recurring basis.

12. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in a plurality of remote devices occurs on the recurring basis at a predetermined interval.

13. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the respective data element satisfies the alarm trigger condition when the respective data element comprises an audible alarm transmitted through the corresponding health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject.

14. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of support members uniquely associated with the candidate subject comprises a family member of the candidate subject or a friend of the candidate subject.

15. The computer system of claim 1, wherein each support member, in the plurality of support members serves as a recipient of the data element or the alarm trigger condition on a voluntary basis.

16. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the remote alarm company is a physician, a provider group, a hospital, a hospital network, a health insurance company, a pharmacy, a governmental body, a first responder business entity, or a prescribing clinician that receives the alarm trigger condition in the second notification process on a subscription basis with the candidate subject.

17. The computer system of claim 1, wherein

the first condition is validation by a respective support member of the need for emergency services for the candidate subject responsive to the communication of the data element or the alarm trigger condition, and

the second condition is affirmative validation by a respective support member of the absence of a need for emergency services for the candidate subject responsive to the communication of the data element or the alarm trigger condition.

18. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the notifying the remote alarm monitoring center further includes notifying the remote alarm monitoring of medial information related to the candidate subject.

19. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the further non-transitory instructions further include instructions for:

creating a communication channel between the candidate subject and each respective support member in the plurality of support members independent of a location of the respective support member responsive to the alarm trigger condition, wherein the communication channel allows for the candidate subject and a respective support member to directly communicate with each other.

20. A method for providing a health monitoring and emergency support service to a plurality of subjects, the method comprising:

at a first computer comprising one or more first processors and a first memory, the first memory comprising first non-transitory instructions which, when executed by the one or more first processors, performs a first method comprising;

running a monitoring process, wherein, for each respective subject in the plurality of subjects, the monitoring process comprises;

(i) polling for a respective data element in a plurality of data elements from a corresponding health monitoring device in a plurality of health monitoring devices associated with the respective subject, and

(ii) initiating a first notification process for a candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies an alarm trigger condition, wherein the first notification process, performed for the candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies the alarm trigger condition, comprises;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in a plurality of remote devices, wherein each remote device in the plurality of remote devices is associated with a respective support member in a plurality of support members, and wherein each respective support member is uniquely associated with the candidate subject;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to the corresponding health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

concurrently polling for a verification response from the plurality of remote devices and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject; and

responsive to receiving the verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) from and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

initiating a second notification process that notifies a remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition and a current location of the candidate subject when the verification response satisfies a first condition, and

terminating the first notification process when the verification response satisfies a second condition without notifying the remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition, wherein;

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices is a confirmation,

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a confirmation, and

the second condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a rejection.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, wherein the non-transitory computer readable storage medium stores instructions, which when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method for providing a health monitoring and emergency support service, the method comprising:

at a first computer comprising one or more first processors and a first memory, the first memory comprising first non-transitory instructions which, when executed by the one or more first processors, performs a first method comprising;

running a monitoring process, wherein, for each respective subject in the plurality of subjects, the monitoring process comprises;

(i) polling for a respective data element in a plurality of data elements from a corresponding health monitoring device in a plurality of health monitoring devices associated with the respective subject, and

(ii) initiating a first notification process for a candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies an alarm trigger condition, wherein the first notification process, performed for the candidate subject in the plurality of subjects when the respective data element satisfies the alarm trigger condition, comprises;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to each remote device in a plurality of remote devices, wherein each remote device in the plurality of remote devices is associated with a respective support member in a plurality of support members, and wherein each respective support member is uniquely associated with the candidate subject;

communicating the data element or the alarm trigger condition to the corresponding health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

concurrently polling for a verification response from the plurality of remote devices and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject; and

responsive to receiving the verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) from and the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject;

initiating a second notification process that notifies a remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition and a current location of the candidate subject when the verification response satisfies a first condition, and

terminating the first notification process when the verification response satisfies a second condition without notifying the remote alarm monitoring center about the alarm trigger condition, wherein;

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices is a confirmation,

the first condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a confirmation, and

the second condition is satisfied in accordance with a determination that a most recently received verification response from either (i) any one or more remote devices in the plurality of remote devices or (ii) the health monitoring device associated with the candidate subject is a rejection.