ON-LINE HEALTH EDUCATION AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM USING MOTIVATIONAL DRIVER PROFILE CODING AND AUTOMATED CONTENT FULFILLMENT

• US 20070111176A1
• Filed: 12/21/2006
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Health Hero Network Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Original Assignee: Health Hero Network Incorporated (Robert Bosch GmbH)
• Inventors: Brown, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US11/614,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20070111176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/262
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0275 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 23/28 for medicine
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/00 Electrically-operated educational appliances working with questions and answers G09B7/00; simulators G09B9/00; advertising or displaying in general G09F
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/04 characterised by modifying the teaching programme in response to a wrong answer, e.g. repeating the question, supplying a further explanation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data

Abstract

An automated system and method provides customized health education to an individual at a remote terminal to induce a modification in a health-related behavior of the individual. The automated system includes a questionnaire generator for questioning the individual to determine his or her motivational drivers and comprehension capacity. A profile generator receives answers entered by the individual from the remote terminal and generates a motivational driver profile and a comprehension capacity profile of the individual. A translator receives clinical data relating to a current health condition of the individual and translates the clinical data, the motivational driver profile, and the comprehension capacity profile into a profile code. An educational fulfillment bank matches the profile code to matching educational materials and transfers the matched educational materials to the remote terminal. An evaluation program evaluates educational responses of the individual and provides profile updates for targeting subsequent educational material to the individual based on the educational responses.

Claims

1. A system for providing automatically customized content, said system comprising:

a server configured to provide a first content from a first source to be sent over at least one communication network, wherein said first content is selected based on a profile code;

a translator configured to generate said profile code based on a profile;

a profile generator configured to generate said profile based on information about an individual; and

a terminal configured to receive said first content from said server.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said system is configured to provide customized content to said individual based on said profile.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal is further configured to display said first content to said individual.

4. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second source configured to present a second content to be sent over the at least one communication network in response to a request from said server.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said server, said translator and said profile generator are part of a single computer system.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal is remotely situated from said server, said translator and said profile generator.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first content comprises educational content.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said educational content comprises health-related information.

9. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a questionnaire generator configured to generate an interview form, wherein said information about said individual comprises responses to said interview form from said individual.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprising a questionnaire generator configured to generate an interview form, wherein said information about said individual is collected based upon responses to said interview form from said individual.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said information about said individual is collected from one or more sources selected from the group consisting of (i) registration information, (ii) responses from said individual, (iii) medical records, (iv) healthcare providers, (v) medical claims and (vi) monitoring devices.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein said server is further configured to customize said first content for said individual based on said profile code.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein said profile generator is further configured to update said profile based on one or more types of information selected from the group consisting of (i) information gathered from evaluation of individual responses and (ii) information gathered from an interview form.

14. The system according to claim 1, wherein said translator is further configured to update said profile code based on information gathered by a monitoring device.

15. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one communication network comprises a computer network.

16. The system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one communication network comprises a telephone network.

17. The system according to claim 1, wherein said translator is further configured to generate said profile code taking into account one or more types of information selected from the group consisting of clinical data, medical claims data and medical records data.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said clinical data comprises measurements from a monitoring device.

19. A system for preparing user profiles, said system comprising:

a profile generator configured to generate a profile of an individual based on information about said individual; and

a computer readable storage medium containing a profile database configured to store said profile of said individual.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein said profile of said individual comprises one or more types of profiles selected from the group consisting of a motivational driver profile, a comprehension capacity profile, and a media selection profile.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein said profile database is further configured to store a registration record of said individual.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein said registration record comprises one or more types of information selected from the group consisting of name, language, and health condition.

23. The system according to claim 19, further comprising a questionnaire generator configured to generate an interview form comprising a plurality of questions related to said information about said individual.

24. The system according to claim 23, wherein said plurality of questions comprise one or more categories selected from the group consisting of (i) questions relating to a current health condition of said individual, (ii) questions relating to determining a motivation driver of said individual, (iii) questions relating to determining a comprehension capacity of said individual and (iv) questions related to determining a media preference of said individual.

25. The system according to claim 23, wherein said plurality of questions comprise one or more subsets of questions selected from the group consisting of (i) questions related to determining a current disease of the individual, (ii) questions related to determining symptoms of the individual, (iii) questions related to determining a value placed by the individual on various motivating factors, (iv) questions related to determining a value placed on longevity, (v) questions related to determining a value placed on quality of life, (vii) questions related to determining a value placed on family life, (viii) questions related to determining a value placed on social acceptability, (ix) questions related to determining a value placed on social responsibility, (x) questions related to determining an age of the individual, (xi) questions related to determining language skills of the individual, (xii) questions related to determining reading habits of the individual, (xiii) questions related to determining an educational background of the individual.

26. The system according to claim 19, further comprising a translator configured to translate said profile received from said profile generator and clinical data into a profile code.

27. The system according to claim 26, wherein said clinical data is received through at least one communication network.

28. The system according to claim 26, wherein said clinical data comprises one or more types of data selected from the group consisting of medical claim data, electronic medical records and device measurements.

29. The system according to claim 28, wherein said clinical data comprises data received from one or more sources of data selected from the group consisting of a medical claims database, a medical records database and a monitoring device.

30. A system for updating use profiles, said system comprising:

a profile generator configured to (i) generate one or more profiles of an individual based on information about said individual and (ii) update said one or more profiles based on said information about said individual;

a computer readable storage medium containing a profile database configured to store said one or more profiles of said individual.

31. The system according to claim 30, wherein said profile generator is further configured to generate a confirmation form comprising a summary of each of said one or more profiles generated.

32. The system according to claim 30, wherein said profile generator is further configured to confirm each of said one or more profiles generated based on response to said confirmation form received from said individual.

33. The system according to claim 30, further comprising a translator configured to update said one or more profiles based on clinical data.

34. The system according to claim 33, wherein said clinical data is received through at least one communication network.

35. The system according to claim 34, wherein said clinical data comprises one or more types of data selected from the group consisting of medical claim data, electronic medical records and device measurements.

36. The system according to claim 34, wherein said clinical data comprises data received from one or more sources of data selected from the group consisting of a medical claims database, a medical records database and a monitoring device.

37. The system according to claim 30, further comprising a performance evaluator configured to evaluate responses from said individual.

38. The system according to claim 37, wherein said performance evaluator is further configured to generate profile updates based on the evaluation of said responses from said individual.

39. The system according to claim 38, wherein said profile generator is further configured to adjust said one or more profiles based on said profile updates received from said performance evaluator.

40. The system according to claim 39, wherein said responses from said individual are generated in response to customized content presented to said individual based on said one or more profiles of said individual.