METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING HEALTH MANAGEMENT INFORMATION BY USING BUTTON-METHOD

• US 20110077957A1
• Filed: 07/22/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Jeong-je, LEE, Kwang-hyeon
• Application Number:
  US12/841,492
• Publication Number:
  US 20110077957A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/17 delivered via infusion or injection
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A method of inputting health management information of a user using a button-method includes: receiving a selection of at least one button from among buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user; reading a current time of a clock corresponding to a point of time when the at least one button is selected; and outputting identification information and a time of selection of the selected at least one button.

Claims

1. A method of inputting health management information of a user using a button-method, the method comprising:

receiving a selection of at least one button from buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user;

reading a current time of a clock corresponding to a point of time when the at least one button is selected; and

outputting identification information and a time of selection of the selected at least one button.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the buttons includes a mark respectively corresponding to each of the medical events.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising preparing a health management report indicating a status of the health management of the user based on a prescription by matching the prescription with identification information and the point of time when the at least one button is selected.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the preparing the health management report comprises determining a type and attribute of a medical event indicated by the selected at least one button based on the identification information and the point of time corresponding to medical events prescribed in the prescription and an order of selecting the at least one button.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising, upon receiving information to be revised on the health management report, revising the health management report based on the received information to be revised.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising synchronizing a current time received from an external source with the current time of the clock.

7. A computer program product comprising:

a computer readable computer program code for implementing a method of inputting health management information of a user by using a button-method; and

instructions for causing a computer to implement the method, the method comprising;

receiving a selection of at least one button from buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user;

reading a current time of a clock corresponding to a point of time when the at least one button is selected; and

outputting identification information and a time of selection of the selected at least one button.

8. An apparatus for inputting health management information of a user by using a button-method, the apparatus comprising:

a button interface including buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user;

a data processor which reads a current time of a clock at a point of time when at least one button of the buttons is selected by the user; and

a communicator which transfers identification information and a time of selection of the selected at least one button.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the buttons includes a mark respectively corresponding to each of the medical events.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the mark comprises at least one of a number and a character.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the buttons touchscreen buttons which display a name corresponding to each of the medical events.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the marks correspond to names of each of the medical events, the names being displayed on a screen.

13. An apparatus for inputting and managing health management information of a user by using a button-method, the apparatus comprising:

a button interface including buttons which correspond to medical events related to health management of the user; and

a data processor which prepares a health management report indicating a status of the health management of the user based on a prescription by matching the prescription with identification information and a time of selection of at least one button selected by the user.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the data processor determines attributes of the medical events based on at least two buttons selected from the buttons based on an order of selecting the at least two buttons.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the data processor prepares the health management report indicating the status of the health management by determining a type and attribute of a medical event indicated by the selected at least one button based on the identification information and a point of time of selection of the at least one button corresponding to medical events prescribed in the prescription and an order of selecting the at least one button.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein

the medical events comprise taking medicine and consuming a meal, and

the data processor determines whether the taking of the medicine is before or after the consuming the meal based on an order of selecting a button corresponding to the taking of medicine and a button corresponding to the meal.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the medical events comprise an insulin injection and consuming a meal, and

the data processor determines whether the insulin is rapid-acting insulin or long-acting insulin based on an order of selecting a button corresponding to the insulin injection and a button corresponding to consuming the meal.