Monitoring conditions associated with remote individuals over a data communication network and automatically notifying responsive to detecting customized emergency conditions

• US 10,424,035 B1
• Filed: 05/16/2018
• Issued: 09/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David H.C. Chen, Trungram Gyaltrul R. Sherpa
• Original Assignee: David H.C. Chen, Trungram Gyaltrul R. Sherpa
• Inventors: Sherpa, Trungram Gyaltrul R., Chen, David H. C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Blount, Eric
• Application Number:
  US15/981,885
• Time in Patent Office: 496 Days
• Field of Search: 34053911-53914, 3405731
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 20/00 Machine learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 3/088 Non-supervised learning, e.g. competitive learning
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/02 Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring

Abstract

Individuals are remotely monitored over a data communication network to automatically detect and responds to anomalous conditions. A user account of a plurality of user accounts is configured for remote monitoring for emergency conditions of monitored individuals. A monitoring device can be wearable and in physical contact with a first individual. A notifying device can also be wearable for a second individual for notification of emergency conditions. An anomalous condition is detected. The monitoring device includes sensors that measure conditions within and around the first individual, and send readings to the anomalous condition server for analysis. An alert is sent responsive to the anomaly determination, from the network communication interface, to the notifying device, according to personalized settings of the second individual.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method in an anomaly server on a data communication network and implemented at least partially in hardware, the method for real-time remote detection of anomaly psychological or biochemical conditions within or around individuals being monitored and comprising:

configuring a user database of the anomaly condition server for a specific user account of a plurality of user accounts for remote monitoring for urgent psychological or biochemical conditions of a first individual, including registering a monitoring, device being wearable and in physical contact with the first individual to measure psychological or biochemical data internal to the first individual, and registering a notifying device associated with a second individual, wherein both the monitoring device and the notifying device are coupled in communication with the anomaly server over the data communication network;

determining, based on sensor data gathered from monitoring devices registered to the plurality of user accounts, an expected baseline condition of the first individual;

receiving, at a network communication interface of the anomaly condition server, data concerning the first individual, the data sourced by at least one sensor of the monitoring device;

determining, by the anomaly condition server, a current condition of the first individual based on the data received from the monitoring device;

comparing the current condition of the first individual to the expected baseline condition of the first individual, yielding a comparison;

determining by a processor of the anomaly condition server and based on the comparison, that the current condition of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition with respect to the first individual, yielding an anomaly determination; and

sending, from the network communication interface to the notifying device associated with the second individual, a first alert responsive to the anomaly determination, the first alert indicating the current state of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising a:

sending, from the network communication interface to the monitoring device, a second alert responsive to the anomaly determination.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising a:

sending, to an authority associated with a first-responder, a third alert responsive to the anomaly determination.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the data received from the monitoring device pertains to a medical condition of the first individual, an ambient or environmental condition surrounding the first individual, or a combination thereof.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to receiving data concerning the first individual, querying an external resource for related information,

wherein the anomaly condition determination is based at least part on results of querying the external resource for related information.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first alert causes the notifying device to show a text, change a display color, create a vibration, generate a sound, or a combination thereof.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a physiological sensor sending computer readable data by converting physiological or biochemical events associated with the first individual.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least one sensor comprises an ambient sensor sending computer readable data by converting ambient condition events surrounding the first individual.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first alert causes a change to a display color of the notifying device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the change to the color display of the monitoring device is based at least in part on customized alert parameters set at the notifying device.

11. An anomaly server comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the anomaly server to perform operations comprising;

configuring a user database for a specific user account of a plurality of user accounts for remote monitoring for urgent psychological and/or biochemical conditions of a first individual, including registering a monitoring device being wearable and in physical contact with the first individual to measure psychological or biochemical data internal to the first individual, and registering a notifying device associated with a second individual, wherein both the monitoring device and the notifying device are coupled in communication with the anomaly server over a data communication network;

determining, based on sensor data gathered from monitoring devices registered to the plurality of user accounts, an expected baseline condition of the first individual;

receiving, at a network communication interface of the anomaly condition server, data concerning the first individual, the data sourced by at least one sensor of the monitoring device;

determining a current condition of the first individual based on the data received from the monitoring device;

comparing the current condition of the first individual to the expected baseline condition of the first individual, yielding a comparison;

determining, based on the comparison, that the current condition of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition with respect to the first individual, yielding an anomaly determination; and

sending, to the notifying device associated with the second individual, a first alert responsive to the anomaly determination, the first alert indicating the current state of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition.

12. The anomaly server of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

sending, to the monitoring device, a second alert responsive to the anomaly determination.

13. The anomaly server of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

sending, to an authority associated with a first-responder, a third alert responsive to the anomaly determination.

14. The anomaly server of claim 11, wherein the data received from the monitoring device pertains to a medical condition of the first individual, an ambient or environmental condition surrounding the first individual, or a combination thereof.

15. The anomaly server of claim 11, the operations further comprising:

responsive to receiving data concerning the first individual, querying an external resource for related information,

wherein the anomaly condition determinations based at least in part on results of querying the external resource for related information.

16. The anomaly server of claim 11, wherein the first alert causes the notifying device to show a text, change a display color, create a vibration, generate a sound, or a combination thereof.

17. The anomaly server of claim 11, wherein the at least one sensor comprises a physiological sensor sending computer readable data by converting physiological or biochemical events associated with the first individual.

18. The anomaly server of claim 11, wherein the at least one sensor comprises an ambient sensor sending computer readable data by converting ambient condition events surrounding the first individual.

19. The anomaly server of claim 11, wherein the first alert causes a change to a display color of the notifying device, and the change to the color display of the monitoring device is based at least in part on customized alert parameters set at the notifying device.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors of an anomaly server, cause the anomaly server to perform operations comprising:

configuring a user database for a specific user account of a plurality of user accounts for remote monitoring for urgent psychological or biochemical conditions of a first individual, including registering a monitoring device being wearable and in physical contact with the first individual to measure psychological or biochemical data internal to the first individual, and registering a notifying device associated with a second individual, wherein both the monitoring device and the notifying device are coupled in communication with the anomaly server over a data communication network;

determining, based on sensor data gathered from monitoring devices registered to the plurality of user accounts, an expected baseline condition of the first individual;

receiving, at a network communication interface of the anomaly condition server, data concerning the first individual, the data sourced by at least one sensor of the monitoring device;

determining a current condition of the first individual based on the data received from the monitoring device;

comparing the current condition of the first individual to the expected baseline condition of the first individual, yielding a comparison;

determining, based on the comparison, that the current condition of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition with respect to the first individual, yielding an anomaly determination; and

sending, to the notifying device associated with the second individual, a first alert responsive to the anomaly determination, the first alert indicating the current state of the first individual amounts to an anomalous psychological or biochemical condition.