MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE FOR HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20120050066A1
• Filed: 08/25/2011
• Published: 03/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Pomdevices, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pomdevices, LLC
• Inventors: Pendse, Ajit
• Application Number:
  US13/217,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20120050066A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/870.07
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/30 using a wired architecture
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2209/43 using wireless personal area networks [WPAN], e.g. 802.15, 802.15.1, 802.15.4, Bluetooth or ZigBee
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 9/00 Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom

Abstract

In one example, a portable device comprises a processing device configured to monitor the health of a user and notify a caregiver according to the monitoring. The portable device also comprises a network connection configured to utilize a network protocol to interface with a display of a mobile device and output an image related to the monitoring on the display.

Claims

1. A portable device, comprising:

a processing device configured to;

receive a plurality of first communications, each first communication including data indicative of activity of a patient using a first device that was captured at a corresponding time;

receive a plurality of second communications, each second communication including data indicative of activity of the patient using a second device that was captured at a corresponding time;

identify a trend based on information from the collected first and second communications;

analyze data received in a new communication from at least one of the first and second devices based on the identified trend; and

transmit a notification to a caregiver responsive to a result of the analysis; and

a network connection coupled to the processing device, the network connection configured to utilize a network protocol to interface with a remote display and output an image related to the result of the analysis on the remote display.

2. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

detect a wireless or physical coupling of a mobile device to the portable device; and

responsive to said detection, download an application to the mobile device;

wherein the downloaded application enables the mobile device to send the plurality of first communications.

3. The portable device of claim 2, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

discover a characteristic of the display of the coupled mobile device;

select one of a plurality of display parameters according to the discovered characteristic; and

instruct the mobile device to display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) according to the selected display parameter.

4. The portable device of claim 3, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

generate display content based on the result of the analysis; and

instruct the mobile device to display the generated content responsive to operation of the GUI.

5. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to drive an output interface of the mobile device by transmitting signaling to the downloaded application.

6. The portable device of claim 5, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

receive signaling indicating inputs originating from an input interface of the mobile device; and

drive the output interface of the mobile device according to the inputs indicated by the received signaling.

7. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a platform independent personal computing device.

8. The portable device of claim 7, wherein the platform independent personal computing device comprises a cellular telephone.

9. The portable device of claim 8, wherein the processing device further is configured to utilize an interactive display device of the cellular telephone as an extended input and output interface of the portable device.

10. The portable device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to transmit the notification to the caregiver over a logical connection that extends over at least two physical connections, the first physical connection being a short range wireless connection or wired connection extending between the portable device and mobile device, and the second physical connection being a greater range wireless connection between the mobile device and a remote device.

11. The portable device of claim 10, wherein the portable device operates on a Local Area Network (LAN), and wherein at least one of the communications originates from the LAN, and wherein the logical connection extends over a Wide Area Network (WAN).

12. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a patient computing device operating on a Local Area Network (LAN), a plurality of first communications, each first communication including data indicative of activity of a patient using a first device that was captured at a corresponding time;

receiving, at the patient computing device, a plurality of second communications, each second communication including data indicative of activity of the patient using a second device that was captured at a corresponding time;

wherein at least some of the first or second communications originate from within the LAN;

identifying a trend corresponding to a patient based on information from the collected first and second communications;

analyzing data received in a new communication from at least one of the first and second devices relative to the identified trend;

transmitting a notification over a Wide Area Network (WAN) to a caregiver computing device responsive to the analysis; and

interfacing with a remote display using a network protocol to cause an image related to the result of the analysis to be output on the remote display.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

detecting a wireless or physical coupling of a mobile device to the patient computing device; and

responsive to said detection, configuring an application on the mobile device;

wherein the application enables the mobile device to send the plurality of first communications.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

discovering a characteristic of the display of the coupled mobile device;

selecting one of a plurality of display parameters according to the discovered characteristic; and

instructing the mobile device to display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) according to the selected display parameter.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

generating display content based on the result of the analysis; and

instructing the mobile device to display the generated content responsive to operation of the GUI.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising driving an output interface of the mobile device by transmitting signaling to the application.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

receiving signaling indicating inputs originating from an input interface of the mobile device; and

driving the output interface of the mobile device according to the inputs indicated by the received signaling.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the mobile device comprises a cellular telephone.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising utilizing an interactive display of the cellular telephone as an extended input and output interface of the patient computing device.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising transmitting the notification to the caregiver computing device over a logical connection that extends over at least two physical connections, the first physical connection being a short range wireless connection or wired connection extending between the patient computing device and the mobile device, and the second physical connection being a greater range wireless connection between the mobile device and a remote device.