METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMART INDIVIDUAL HEALTH MONITORING

• US 20120117020A1
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Davis, Michelle, Maresh, Mark E., Stegner, Eric A., Stegner, Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US12/942,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20120117020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/54
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention relate to use of sensors for monitoring and gathering data and applications for processing and communicating the gathered data in real-time. The sensor data provides an insight into the daily activities of the user. Analysis of the data supports maintenance of health on a granular level. For each sensor, data is gathered and processed in real-time, including correlating the sensor data with an electronic events schedule. An analysis of the data is then communicated to the user in real-time. Data output is used to pro-actively notify, predict, and/or identify when the user needs to take an action to maintain the current or future sensor data within defined limits.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing a processor in communication with memory;

creating a user profile stored in said memory, said profile including historical data associated with at least one vital of said user;

analyzing said historical data, including determining lower and upper values for at least one of said vitals over a predetermined time interval;

continuously acquiring real-time data associated with said at least one vital of said user;

analyzing said real-time data based upon said profile, including comparing said real-time data with said lower and upper values and correlating an electronic event schedule of said user to said historical data;

in real-time providing recommendations to said user based upon said analysis;

updating said profile with said real-time data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising acquiring said real-time data from a sensor in communication with said user, said sensor selected from the group consisting of:

an environmental sensor, a personal monitoring sensor, and a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said sensor is incorporated into a computer system employed by said user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising said profile including settings defining a preferable range for each of said acquired data and notifying said user when said real-time data falls outside of said preferable range.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying said user when said real-time data falls outside an interval defined by said upper value and lower value determined based upon said historical data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising supporting data exchange between said profile and an external application, said external application is selected from the grouping consisting of:

a third party application, an employer application, and a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said recommendations include real-time recommendations and long term recommendations.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of correlating a schedule of said user to historical data includes consulting a schedule of said user as documented in a calendar, and performing said correlation in an automated manner.

9. A system comprising:

a processor in communication with memory;

a user profile stored in said memory, said profile including historical data associated with at least one vital of said user;

a review manager to analyze said historical data including determining lower and upper values for at least one of said vitals over a predetermined time interval;

a data manager to continuously acquire real-time data associated with said at least one vital of said user;

a director in communication with said review manager and said data manager, said director to analyze said real-time data based upon said profile, including comparing said real-time data with said lower and upper values and correlating an electronic event schedule of said user to said historical data;

said director to provide recommendations to said user in real-time based upon said analysis; and

said director to update said profile with said real-time data.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a sensor in communication with said user, said director to acquire from the sensor real-time data selected from the group consisting of:

an environmental sensor, a personal monitoring sensor, and a combination thereof.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein said sensor is incorporated into a computer system employed by said user.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising said profile including settings defining a preferable range for each of said acquired data and notifying said user when said real-time data falls outside of said preferable range.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising said director to notify said user when said real-time data falls outside an interval defined by said upper value and lower value determined based upon said historical data.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising supporting data exchange between said profile and an external application, said external application is selected from the grouping consisting of:

a third party application, an employer application, and a combination thereof.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein said recommendations include real-time recommendations and long term recommendations.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the schedule correlation by the director includes consulting a schedule of said user as documented in a calendar, and performance of said correlation in an automated manner.

17. A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to create a user profile stored in memory, said profile including historical data associated with at least one vital of said user;

computer readable program code configured to analyze said historical data including determining lower and upper values for at least one of said vitals over a predetermined time interval;

computer readable program code configured to continuously acquire real-time data associated with said at least one vital of said user;

computer readable program code configured to analyze said real-time data based upon said profile, including comparing said real-time data with said lower and upper values and automatically correlating an electronic event schedule of said user to said historical data;

computer readable program code configured to in real-time provide recommendations to said user based upon said analysis; and

computer readable program code configured to update said profile with said real-time data.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code to acquire said real-time data from a sensor in communication with said user, said sensor selected from the group consisting of:

an environmental sensor, a personal monitoring sensor, and a combination thereof.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising said profile including settings defining a preferable range for each of said acquired data and computer readable program code to notify said user when said real-time data falls outside of said preferable range.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code to notify said user when said real-time data falls outside an interval defined by said upper value and lower value determined based upon said historical data.