UNIVERSAL HEALTH DATA COLLECTOR AND ADVISOR FOR PEOPLE

• US 20090326981A1
• Filed: 06/27/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Karkanias, Chris Demetrios, Horvitz, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US12/147,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20090326981A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates collecting a portion of health data from a collection of users. An interface component can receive health data communicated from a collection of users, wherein each user within the collection is associated with a respective portion of health data. A verification component can authenticate at least one of a transmission source of the portion of health data, an ownership between a portion of health data and a user, an integrity level associated with the portion of health data, or a user submitting the portion of health data. A collection component can aggregate authenticated health data into a semantic data store in which the health data is indicative of a raw and unmolested source of health information from the collection of users. The collection component can further organize the health data to facilitate identification of a medical related trend.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates collecting a portion of health data from a collection of users, comprising:

an interface component that receives health data communicated from a collection of users, each user within the collection is associated with a respective portion of health data;

a verification component that authenticates at least one of a transmission source of the portion of health data, an ownership between a portion of health data and a user, an integrity level associated with the portion of health data, or a user submitting the portion of health data;

a collection component that aggregates authenticated health data into a semantic data store, the health data is indicative of a raw and unmolested source of health information from the collection of users; and

the collection component organizes the health data to facilitate identification of a medical related trend.

2. The system of claim 1, the semantic data store stores a meaning of the collected health data as a fact about an object.

3. The system of claim 1, the health data is at least one of a portion of low resolution data or a portion of high resolution data, wherein the health data includes at least one of a portion of text, a portion of audio, a portion of video, a portion of imagery.

4. The system of claim 3, the health data is a portion of emotional data, the portion of emotional data is descriptive of at least one of a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s state, or a user'"'"'s feelings.

5. The system of claim 3, the health data is a portion of physiological data, the portion of physiological data is at least one of a medical related measurement, a medical statistic, or a level related to a wellness.

6. The system of claim 3, the health data is at least one of a portion of demographic data, a portion of trusted third-party healthcare information, a portion of inference data, or a portion of dynamic health sensed data.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising a device that at least one of detects the health data or communicates the health data, the device is at least one of a heart monitor, a sphygmomanometer, a respirator, a thermometer, a cellular device, an application, a portion of software, a mobile device, a gaming console, a portable gaming device, a media player, a communication device, a pager, a messaging device, a watch, a ring, an article of clothing, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a smartphone, an item of jewelry, a global positioning system (GPS) device, an accelerometer, a motion detector, or a sensor.

8. The system of claim 1, the collection component employs a privacy technique that provides a granular level of exposure for data health data in accordance to a user preference for identity protection.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising an evaluation engine that analyzes the aggregated health data in order to generate at least one of a predicted outcome, a medical related trend, a determined diagnosis, a portion of medical advice, an interpretation of a user condition, or a reliable insight from a medical viewpoint.

10. The system of claim 9, the evaluation engine creates a model based in part upon analysis of the health data, the model facilitates generating the at least one the predicted outcome, the medical related trend, the determined diagnosis, the portion of medical advice, the interpretation of a user condition, or the reliable insight from a medical viewpoint.

11. The system of claim 10, the model is at least one of a generic model template created based upon analysis from a plurality of users or a user-specific model created based upon analysis from a particular user.

12. The system of claim 11, the evaluation engine provides at least one generic model template to a user, the user personally tailors the generic model template based on a preference.

13. The system of claim 11, the evaluation engine automatically identifies a generic model template for a user and adapts the model to the user based on user interaction with a portion of data.

14. The system of claim 1, further comprising an extractor component that automatically identifies and collects a portion of data relevant to health from at least one of a computer, a laptop, a mobile device, a smartphone, an email application, a text messaging application, a data store, a document, or a communication.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cloud that incorporates at least one of the collection component, the verification component, the data store, and/or the interface.

16. The system of claim 15, the cloud is a collection of resources maintained by a party and accessible by an identified user over a network.

17. A computer-implemented method that facilitates evaluating collected health data in order to predict a reliable outcome or diagnosis for an individual, comprising:

gathering health data from a population of users, the health data is raw and unmolested;

authenticating the gathered health data;

incorporating a privacy preference in accordance with a user that contributes such health data;

organizing the health data in a semantic data store to facilitate identification of a relationship;

automatically identifying health data associated with a user from a device;

analyzing the organized health data in order to determine at least one of a correlation, a trend or a potential outcome; and

enabling a user to interface with health data by leveraging at least one of a cloud or the semantic data store.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising creating a model based in part upon analysis of the health data, the model is at least one of a generic model template created based upon analysis from a plurality of users or a user-specific model created based upon analysis from a particular user.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising storing a meaning of a portion of the collected health data as a fact about an object within the semantic data store.

20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates aggregating a portion of health data from a collection of users, comprising:

means for receiving health data communicated from a collection of users, each user within the collection is associated with a respective portion of health data;

means for authenticating at least one of a transmission source of the portion of health data, an ownership between a portion of health data and a user, an integrity level associated with the portion of health data, or a user submitting the portion of health data;

means for aggregating authenticated health data into a semantic data store, the health data is indicative of a raw and unmolested source of health information from the collection of users;

means for organizing the health data to facilitate identification of a medical related trend;

means for analyzing the aggregated health data in order to generate at least one of a predicted outcome, a medical related trend, a determined diagnosis, a portion of medical advice, an interpretation of a user condition, or a reliable insight from a medical viewpoint; and

means for automatically identifying and collecting a portion of data relevant to health from at least one of a computer, a laptop, a mobile device, a smartphone, an email application, a text messaging application, a data store, a document, or a communication.