System and Method for Remotely Updating a Health Station

• US 20090204422A1
• Filed: 02/12/2008
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Grant K. James, Terry L. James
• Original Assignee: Grant K. James, Terry L. James
• Inventors: James, Grant K., James, Terry L.
• Application Number:
  US12/030,061
• Publication Number:
  US 20090204422A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A method for remotely updating a health station is presented in one example embodiment. The method includes establishing one or more communication sessions between one or more health stations and a web server. The method includes receiving, at the one or more health stations, a user interface from the web server. The method includes loading the user interface by a host application stored on the one or more health stations.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing one or more communication sessions between one or more health stations and a web server;

receiving, at the one or more health stations, a user interface from the web server; and

loading the user interface by a host application stored on the one or more health stations.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more communication sessions are initiated by the one or more health stations.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more communication sessions initiated by the one or more health stations allow the one or more health stations to receive the user interface from the web server if the one or more health stations are located within a secure network comprising a firewall.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more communication sessions are initiated by the user interface stored on the one or more health stations.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the loading the user interface by a host application comprises:

deleting an old user interface stored on the one or more health stations; and

loading the user interface received from the web server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the loading the user interface by the host application allows the one or more health stations to run continuously without shutting down.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a selected one of group of user interfaces, the group consisting of:

a) a FLASH player; and

b) a web browser.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the one or more health stations, media from the web server; and

displaying the user interface and the media on the one or more health stations.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the media is a selected one of group of media, the group consisting of:

a) a swf flash file;

b) an html file;

c) php;

d) asp;

e) javascript; and

f) cgi.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the received user interface is sent by an operator utilizing a remote command element at a remote location

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface controls content displayed on the one or more health stations.

12. A method, comprising:

establishing one or more communication sessions between one or more health stations and a web server;

receiving, at the one or more health stations, a response, from the web server, to update a host application stored on the one or more health stations;

establishing one or more additional communication sessions between one or more health stations and a file server;

receiving, at the one or more health stations, an updated host application, from the file server; and

loading the updated host application by a controller application stored on the one or more health stations.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the one or more additional communication sessions are initiated by the one or more health stations.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more additional communication sessions initiated by the one or more health stations allow the one or more health stations to receive the host application from the file server if the one or more health stations are located within a secure network comprising a firewall.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more additional communication sessions are initiated by the host application stored on the one or more health stations.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the loading the host application by the controller application comprises:

deleting an old host application stored on the one or more health stations; and

loading the updated host application received from the file server.

17. The method of claim 12, wherein the loading the host application by a host application allows the one or more health stations to run continuously without shutting down.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the host application is updated in response to new hardware installed on the one or more health stations.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the response to update the host application is sent by an operator utilizing a remote command element at a remote location.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein the controller application controls the host application.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

a user interface operable to;

establish a communication session between a health station and a web server;

receive media; and

load the media;

a host application operable to;

establish an additional communication session between the health station and a file server;

receive an updated user interface from the web server;

load the updated user interface; and

control one or more biometric devices; and

a controller application operable to;

receive an updated host application from the file server; and

load the updated host application; and

a display operable to display the user interface.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the communication session is initiated by the user interface.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the one or more communication sessions initiated by the user interface allows the health station to receive the updated user interface from the web server if the health station is located within a secure network comprising a firewall.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the loading the updated user interface by the host application comprises:

deleting the user interface stored on the health station; and

loading the updated user interface received from the web server.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the loading the user interface by the host application allows the health stations to run continuously without shutting down.

26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the user interface is a selected one of group of user interfaces, the group consisting of:

a) a FLASH player; and

b) a web browser.

27. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the loading the host application by the controller application comprises:

deleting the host application stored on the health station; and

loading the updated host application received from the file server.

28. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the media is a selected one of group of media, the group consisting of:

a) a swf flash file;

b) an html file;

c) php;

d) asp;

e) javascript; and

f) cgi.

29. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the updated user interface is sent by an operator utilizing a remote command element at a remote location.

30. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the user interface controls content displayed on the health stations.