USER HEALTH STATUS

• US 20100218101A1
• Filed: 12/18/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Everyday Health, Inc. (Ziff Davis, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Waterfront Media, Inc. (Ziff Davis, Inc.)
• Inventors: Frederick, Edward, O'Shaughnessy, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US12/641,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20100218101A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A method includes providing a first user with an ability to indicate a health status and receiving an indication of the health status. The method also includes assigning a health status and associated task requests to the first user into a record and providing the health status and task requests as corresponding to the first user. The method further includes enabling other users to select from one or more of the task requests and receiving an indication that a second user has selected a first task request associated with the health status. In addition, the method includes assigning the first task request associated with the health status and providing, to the other users, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for enabling a user of a social networking website to present, to other users, a health status and multiple task requests such that another user may select a task request and view the selection of task requests of other users, the method comprising:

providing a first user accessing a social networking website over the Internet and through a web-browser with an ability to indicate a health status;

receiving, from the first user, an indication of the health status and a selection of multiple task requests to be associated with the health status;

updating, based on the received indication and selection from the first user, a profile of the first user within the social networking website stored in a user profile data structure to include the indicated health status and task requests;

providing, to other users accessing the social networking website over the Internet and through a web-browser, the profile of the first user as including the health status and task requests;

enabling the other users to select from one or more of the task requests so that other users may perceive task requests that have been assigned to users and to select an unassigned task request;

receiving, from a second user within the other users, an indication that the second user has selected a first task request associated with the health status within the one or more task requests;

assigning, based on the received indication from the second user, the first task request associated with the assigned health status to the second user;

updating the assignment of the first task request associated with the assigned health status as referenced within the user profile data structure; and

providing, to the other users associated with the first user accessing the first user'"'"'s profile within the social networking website, the health status as assigned to the first user and the first task request associated with the assigned health status as assigned to the second user.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein assigning the health status and associated task requests to the first user into a record includes assigning multiple task requests which each represent a portion of a predetermined plan of care for the health status into the record.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the health status and task requests as corresponding to the first user includes providing, to other users viewing a social networking profile of the first user, the health status and task requests as features within the social networking profile of the first user.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein enabling the other users to allocate themselves one or more of the task requests includes enabling the other users viewing the social networking profile of the first user to view a populated list of task requests and select, from the populated list, one or more of the task requests for allocation.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein providing, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user includes providing, to the other users viewing a social networking profile of the first user, the health status as corresponding to the first user as a first feature within a first viewable portion of the social networking profile of the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user as a second feature within a second viewable portion of the social networking profile of the first user.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein providing, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user includes providing, to other users viewing a social networking profile of the second user, the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user as a feature with the social networking profile of the second user.

2. A computer-implemented method for providing task requests associated with a health status of a user such that the task requests may be assigned to one or more other users, the method comprising:

providing a first user with an ability to indicate a health status;

receiving, from the first user, an indication of the health status;

assigning, based on the received indication from the first user, a health status and associated task requests to the first user into a record;

storing the assigned record of the health status and the task requests;

providing, to other users, the health status and task requests as corresponding to the first user;

enabling the other users to select from one or more of the task requests so that other users may perceive task requests that may be selected;

receiving, from a second user within the other users, an indication that the second user has selected a first task request associated with the health status within the one or more task requests;

assigning, based on the received indication from the second user, the first task request associated with the health status;

storing the assignment of the first task request associated with the health status; and

providing, to the other users, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user.

8. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

providing the first user the ability to indicate one or more task requests associated with the indicated health status, wherein

receiving the indication of the health status includes receiving, from the first user, the indication of the health status and the indication of the one or more task requests associated with the health status.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein receiving the indication of one or more task requests associated with the health status consists of receiving the indication of one or more task requests concurrently with or after receiving the indication of the health status.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein receiving the indication of the one or more task requests associated with the health status includes receiving the indication of the one or more task requests concurrently with and assigned to the indication of the health status.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein providing the first user with the ability to indicate the health status includes providing, as functionality to a user of a social networking website, the ability to indicate the health status to be associated with the likeness of the first user within the social networking website.

12. The method of claim 2 wherein assigning task requests to the first user includes determining that the one or more task requests should be assigned to the first user based on the indicated health status.

13. The method of claim 2 wherein assigning task requests to the first user includes determining that the one or more task requests should be assigned to the first user based on one or more aspects of a first user'"'"'s profile other than health status.

14. A computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program comprising instructions that, when executed, operate to cause a computer to perform operations providing task requests associated with a health status of a user such that the task requests may be assigned to one or more other users, the computer program configured to:

provide a first user with an ability to indicate a health status;

receive, from the first user, an indication of the health status;

assign, based on the received indication from the first user, a health status and associated task requests to the first user into a record;

store the assigned record of the health status and the task requests;

provide, to other users, the health status and task requests as corresponding to the first user;

enable the other users to select from one or more of the task requests so that other users may perceive task requests that may be selected;

receive, from a second user within the other users, an indication that the second user has selected a first task request associated with the health status within the one or more task requests;

assign, based on the received indication from the second user, the first task request associated with the health status;

store the assignment of the first task request associated with the health status; and

provide, to the other users, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user.

15. The medium of claim 14 wherein assigning the health status and associated task requests to the first user into a record includes assigning multiple task requests which each represent a portion of a predetermined plan of care for the health status into the record.

16. The medium of claim 14 wherein providing the health status and task requests as corresponding to the first user includes providing, to other users viewing a social networking profile of the first user, the health status and task requests as features within the social networking profile of the first user.

17. The medium of claim 16 wherein enabling the other users to allocate themselves one or more of the task requests includes enabling the other users viewing the social networking profile of the first user to view a populated list of task requests and select, from the populated list, one or more of the task requests for allocation.

18. The medium of claim 16 wherein providing, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user includes providing, to the other users viewing a social networking profile of the first user, the health status as corresponding to the first user as a first feature within a first viewable portion of the social networking profile of the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user as a second feature within a second viewable portion of the social networking profile of the first user.

19. The medium of claim 18 wherein providing, the health status as corresponding to the first user and the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user includes providing, to other users viewing a social networking profile of the second user, the assigned first task request associated with the health status as assigned to the second user as a feature with the social networking profile of the second user.

20. The medium of claim 14 further comprising:

providing the first user the ability to indicate one or more task requests associated with the indicated health status, wherein

receiving the indication of the health status includes receiving, from the first user, the indication of the health status and the indication of the one or more task requests associated with the health status.

21. The medium of claim 20 wherein receiving the indication of one or more task requests associated with the health status consists of receiving the indication of one or more task requests concurrently with or after receiving the indication of the health status.

22. The medium of claim 20 wherein receiving the indication of the one or more task requests associated with the health status includes receiving the indication of the one or more task requests concurrently with and assigned to the indication of the health status.

23. The medium of claim 14 wherein receiving the indication of the one or more task requests associated with the health status includes receiving the indication of the one or more task requests concurrently with and assigned to the indication of the health status.

24. The medium of claim 14 wherein assigning task requests to the first user includes determining that the one or more task requests should be assigned to the first user based on the indicated health status.

25. The medium of claim 14 wherein assigning task requests to the first user includes determining that the one or more task requests should be assigned to the first user based on one or more aspects of a first user'"'"'s profile other than health status.