HEALTH AND WELLNESS MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20100222645A1
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: FUTRELL, Alana, NADLER, Matt
• Application Number:
  US12/394,391
• Publication Number:
  US 20100222645A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/06 Children, e.g. for attention deficit diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/08 Elderly
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/06 Accessories for medical measuring apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• 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

A method and system for monitoring wellness information method may receive wellness information from a mobile device. The received wellness information may be compared against a monitoring profile associated with the mobile device, wherein the monitoring profile includes a number of rules, each rule including defined criteria and a result event to be executed when the defined criteria are met. It may be determined whether the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules. The result event may be executed when the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving wellness information from a mobile device;

comparing the received wellness information against a monitoring profile associated with the mobile device, the monitoring profile including a number of rules and each rule including defined criteria and a result event to be executed when the defined criteria are met;

determining whether the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules; and

executing the result event when the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the number of rules comprises at least two rules, with each rule including defined criteria based on different values of a same category of information, wherein a result event associated with the first rule is different that a result event associated with the second rule.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wellness information includes at least timestamp information and geographic location information.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the same category of information comprises one of time of day, day of week, or geographic location information.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving wellness information from a mobile device further comprises:

periodically transmitting a request for the wellness information to the mobile device; and

receiving the wellness information in response to the request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving wellness information from a mobile device further comprises:

periodically receiving the wellness information from a mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving wellness information from a mobile device, further comprises:

receiving the wellness information via a wireless radio network.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the result event for each of the number of rules comprises at least one of a notification or call initiation to an entity.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the notification comprises at least one of a text message transmitted via a radio network, an email or instant message transmitted via a data network, or an alert transmitted via a video distribution network.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting an on duty message to a device associated with the entity indicating an on duty status of the entity based on the monitoring profile,

wherein receipt of the on duty message causes the device associated with the entity to display an on duty indicator.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the on duty indicator comprises a graphical indicator or an audible indicator.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the call initiation comprises at least one of initiating a call between the mobile device and a call center interface, initiating a call between the mobile device and a caregiver, initiating a call between the mobile device and medical personnel, initiating an automated call to the caregiver, or initiating an automated call to the medical personnel.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the monitoring profile;

receiving a request to modify the monitoring profile;

determining whether the request to modify the monitoring profile is received from an authorized user; and

providing a monitoring profile modification interface when the request to modify the monitoring profile is received from an authorized user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the request to modify the monitoring profile is received from the mobile device via a radio network or a data network.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying monitoring profile suggestions; and

providing the identified monitoring profile suggestions to a user associated with the monitoring profile.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying monitoring profile suggestions, further comprises:

identifying a pattern of activity associated with the mobile device;

determining whether the identified pattern of activity matches any of a number of monitoring profile suggestions; and

identifying a selected monitoring profile suggestion when the identified pattern of activity matches any of a number of monitoring profile suggestions.

17. A system, comprising:

a portable wellness monitoring device; and

a service provider configured to;

receive wellness information from the portable wellness monitoring device via a radio network;

receive a monitoring profile associated with the portable wellness monitoring device, the monitoring profile including a number of rules, each rule including defined criteria and a result event to be executed when the defined criteria are met;

compare the received wellness information against the monitoring profile;

determine whether the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules; and

execute the result event when the received wellness information matches the defined criteria in one of the number of rules.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the portable wellness monitoring device comprises:

a wearable device configured to communicate with the service provider via the radio network.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein each of the number of rules in the monitoring profile comprises:

a days field indicating one or more week days to which the rule is to apply;

an hours field indicating hours during which the rule is to be applied;

a condition field indicating a wellness monitoring conditions;

a location field indicating a geographic location corresponding to the rule; and

a result field indicating the result event to be performed when the received wellness information matches the days field, the hours field, the condition field, and the location field.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein a first rule indicates a first result event and a second rule indicates a second result event, where the first rule and the second rule differ by one of the condition field and the location field value, and the result field value.

21. The system of claim 20, where the differing one field value comprises the location field, such that identical conditions in different locations result in different result events.

22. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a notification receiving device to receive notifications associated with the result events,

wherein the service provider is further configured to;

transmit an on duty message to the notification receiving device indicating an on duty status of the notification receiving device,

wherein receipt of the on duty message causes the notification receiving device to display an on duty indicator.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the portable wellness monitoring device includes health condition monitoring logic configured to monitor and store health condition information corresponding to a user,

wherein the health condition information comprises at least one of:

blood pressure, body temperature, blood sugar level, or heart rate.

24. The system of claim 17, further comprising

a call center interface configured to receive a call initiation request from the service provider,

wherein the call initiation request includes a request to call the portable wellness monitoring device, request to call medical service personnel, or request to call a caregiver associated with a user of the portable wellness monitoring device.

25. A method, comprising:

receiving a call center service request from a mobile device, wherein the call center service request includes monitoring data collected by the mobile device;

initiating a call between the user device and a call center based on the request;

forwarding the received monitoring data to the call center;

receiving, at the call center, a request for information from the mobile device; and

providing, in response to the request, information to the mobile device based on the received monitoring data.