DISTRIBUTED NETWORKS USED FOR HEALTH-BASED DATA COLLECTION

• US 20100169108A1
• Filed: 12/31/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Jordan, Neil A., Karkanias, Chris Demetrios
• Application Number:
  US12/346,968
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• 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

Abstract

The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates aggregating data with a distributed network for health-related diagnosis. A device can include a sensor for dynamic collection of data, wherein the portion of data is wirelessly communicated from the device to a distributed network. An evaluator can generate a health informative update based at least in part upon an analysis of the dynamically collected data received via the distributed network, wherein the evaluator analyzes a medical condition with a condition-indicative level of the portion of data collected via the sensor. The health informative update can be at least one of a personal update providing information pertaining to an individual-based medical condition or a geographic-based population update providing information related to a medical condition that affects a pre-defined number of individuals within the geographic-based population.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates aggregating data with a distributed network for health-related diagnosis, comprising:

a device that includes a sensor that dynamically collects a portion of data, the portion of data is wirelessly communicated from the device to a distributed network;

an evaluator that generates a health informative update based at least in part upon an analysis of the dynamically collected portion of data received via the distributed network, the evaluator analyzes a medical condition with a condition-indicative level of the portion of data collected via the sensor; and

the health informative update is at least one of a personal update providing information pertaining to an individual-based medical condition or a geographic-based population update providing information related to a medical condition that affects a pre-defined number of individuals within the geographic-based population.

2. The system of claim 1, the collected data is a portion of internal user health data related to emotional data or physiological data.

3. The system of claim 2, the portion of physiological data is at least one of a medical related measurement, a medical statistic, or a level related to a wellness.

4. The system of claim 2, the portion of emotional data descriptive of at least one of a user'"'"'s condition, a user'"'"'s state, or a user'"'"'s feelings.

5. The system of claim 1, the collected data is a portion of external user health data, the portion of external user health data is at least one of an air quality, a measurement of contaminants in air, an oxygen level, an oxygen level within air, an air toxin level, a temperature, a humidity, a precipitation, a carbon dioxide level, a second-hand smoke amount, a radiation level, a radio wave exposure, a mercury level from digested food, an acceleration, a pressure, a physical contact, a geographic position, a movement, a sun exposure, an animal interaction, an allergy level, a level of smog, a portion of audio, an amount of light or darkness, a scent, an amount of smoke, or an amount of dust particles.

6. The system of claim 1, the device is at least one of a cellular device, a mobile device, a smartphone, a laptop, a desktop machine, a personal computer, a portable digital assistant (PDA), a media player, a media device, a portable media device, a gaming console, a portable gaming device, a messenger device, a web browsing device, a camera, a video camera, an email device, or an electronic device capable of communicating data via the distributed network.

7. The system of claim 1, further comprising an inquiry component that actively solicits information from a user that receives the informative health update, the solicitation of information is targeted to the individual-based medical condition.

8. The system of claim 7, the inquiry component actively extracts information from the user utilizing at least one of a questionnaire, an open forum, or an interactive chat.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a threshold collector that identifies a level with at least one detected parameter in which such level is indicative of a medical condition, the level is dynamically adjusted based at least in part upon one of a user definition, a portion of historic data related to a user, a medical finding, or a medical related research result.

10. The system of claim 1, further comprising a geographic-based data collector optimizer that distributes data collection across two or more devices within the distributed network.

11. The system of claim 10, the geographic-based data collector optimizer distributes data collection responsibilities across two or more devices based upon at least one of a geographic proximity, a sensor availability, a sensor capability, a device availability, a device capability, an amount of available bandwidth, a connection, a signal strength, a condition-based criteria, or a parameter-based criteria.

12. The system of claim 1, the geographic-based population update relates to a population, the organization of the population is family member based, relationship based, age based, gender based, blood type based, or user-defined network.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one of the following:

the device incorporates the sensor for real-time data collection;

the device communicates with an independent sensor for real-time data collection;

or

the device is a proxy to a component with an incorporated sensor.

14. The system of claim 1, the evaluator analyzes the aggregated 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, wherein such generated data is incorporated into the informative health update.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a cloud that incorporates at least one of the evaluator, the sensor, or the device.

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 leveraging a distributed network in order to provide medical information directly to a user, comprising:

collecting at least one of a portion of internal user health data or a portion of external user health data;

utilizing a distributed network to communicate at least one of the portion of internal user health data or the portion of external user health data;

evaluating the collected health data to generate a health informative update; and

communicating the health informative update to the user.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

distributing data collection across two or more devices within the distributed network;

dynamically collecting data associated with a parameter that is indicative of a potential medical condition; and

communicating the informative health update to the user via the distributed network, the informative health update relates to a potential medical condition and is at least one of a population update or a personal update.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising actively soliciting information from the user in connection with the potential medical condition.

20. A computer-implemented system that facilitates aggregating data with a distributed network for health-related diagnosis, comprising:

means for collecting data in real-time, the data is at least one of a portion of internal user health data or a portion of external user health data

means for distributing data collection between two or more devices based upon a geographic proximity;

means for communicating the data to a device associated with a distributed network;

means for receiving the data from the distributed network;

means for analyzing the data in connection with a characteristic of a medical condition, and identifying a potential medical condition the data correlates to a pre-defined amount of the characteristic;

means for generating a health informative update based at least in part upon an analysis of the data, the health informative update is at least one of a personal update providing information pertaining to an individual-based medical condition or a population update providing information related to a potential medical condition that affects a pre-defined group of individuals;

means for directly communicating the health informative update to the user via the distributed network; and

means for actively soliciting information from a user, the information is collected for the individual-based medical condition identified by the analysis of the data.