SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MEASUREMENT DATA AND BACK-UP CHANNEL SERVICES

• US 20120011527A1
• Filed: 07/12/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: FAN, JAMES, Lam, Jennifer K.
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,817 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/9
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/64 for providing detail information
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/82 the transmission system being the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44231 Monitoring of peripheral device or external card, e.g. to detect processing problems in a handheld device or the failure of an external recording device configuring of peripheral devices in general G06F9/4411; reporting information sensed by appliance or service execution status of appliance services in a home automation network H04L12/2823; monitoring the status of connected device in data switched networks H04L43/0817
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic

Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box (STB) comprising a controller programmed to receive measurement data stored in a first wireless device serving as a portable monitoring gateway that collects subscriber collected data and store and analyze the measurement data at the STB using the received measurement data received from the first wireless device and optionally from a remote server or a local storage space having stored measurement data to provide analyzed results. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium operating in a set top box (STB), comprising computer instructions to:

receive measurement data stored in a first wireless device serving as a portable monitoring gateway that collects subscriber collected data;

analyze the measurement data at the STB using the received measurement data received from the first wireless device and optionally from a remote server or a local storage space having stored measurement data to provide analyzed results; and

present the analyzed results at the STB.

2. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first wireless device is a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, or a medical data gateway.

3. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the measurement data stored in the first wireless device is received by the STB using a Bluetooth connection.

4. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the STB presents the analyzed results using a built in display or built-in speaker.

5. The storage medium of claim 1, comprising computer instructions for importing or exporting measurement data and enabling access by an authorized third party health care provider.

6. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the STB has a built-in machine-to-machine (M2M) connection for connecting to the portable wireless gateway and a second wireless device.

7. The storage medium of claim 6, wherein the second wireless device is a cellular phone and wherein the storage medium comprises computer instructions to enable a back-up channel for the STB to perform troubleshooting and back-up video service functions.

8. The storage medium of claim 1, wherein the STB operates on an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network and has a built-in machine-to-machine (M2M) connection and wherein the storage medium comprises computer instructions to enable a back-up management channel for troubleshooting and a back-up video channel for back-up video service functions using the M2M connection or a wireless cellular connection.

9. A set top box (STB) comprising a controller programmed to:

receive measurement data stored in a first wireless device serving as a portable monitoring gateway that collects subscriber collected data; and

store and analyze the measurement data at the STB using the received measurement data received from the first wireless device and optionally from a remote server or a local storage space having stored measurement data to provide analyzed results.

10. The STB of claim 9, wherein the STB has a built-in display to present the analyzed results at the STB without the use of a television set.

11. The STB of claim 9, wherein STB has a built-in speaker to present the analyzed results at the STB.

12. The STB of claim 9, wherein the STB comprises a built-in machine-to-machine (M2M) chipset enabling the first wireless device or a second wireless device to communicate using the M2M function.

13. The STB of claim 9, wherein the controller is programmed to analyze and report measurement data to an IPTV personal measurement record server.

14. The STB of claim 9, wherein the controller is programmed receive measurement data via the portable monitoring gateway from one or more among a pedometer, a heart rate monitor, a blood pressure monitor, a pulse oximeter, a scale, a glucose meter, an elliptical machine, a rower, a bike, a stair stepper, or a treadmill.

15. The STB of claim 9, wherein the controller is programmed to operate on an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network and enable a back-up management channel for troubleshooting and a back-up video channel for back-up video service functions using a machine-to-machine (M2M) connection or a wireless cellular connection.

16. A network device in comprising a controller programmed to:

receive measurement data from a set top box (STB) previously stored in a first wireless device serving as a portable monitoring gateway that collects subscriber collected data;

analyze the measurement data and any previously aggregated data at the network device to create analyzed results; and

send the analyzed results to the STB.

17. The network device of claim 16, wherein the first wireless device is a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant, or a medical data gateway and wherein the measurement data stored in the first wireless device is received by the STB using a Bluetooth connection.

18. The network device of claim 16, wherein the network device sends the analyzed results to the STB in response to a code entry at the STB and wherein the network device enables access by an authorized third party health care provider.

19. The network device of claim 18, wherein a second wireless device coupled to the STB sends an alert to a subscriber in response to granting access to the authorized third party health care provider.

20. The network device of claim 16, wherein the STB has a built-in machine-to-machine (M2M) connection for connecting to the portable wireless gateway and a second wireless device and wherein the second wireless device is a cellular phone and wherein the STB enables a back-up channel for the STB to perform troubleshooting and back-up video service functions.