METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING AND PROVIDING HEALTH RELATED INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for communicating with a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
- (A) generating medical information within one or more healthcare professional computers in response to a report relating to a medical condition of a particular individual of a plurality of individuals;
(B) transmitting (i) said medical information and (ii) a selection of a particular mode of a plurality of modes of a server computer from said one or more healthcare professional computers to said server computer, wherein said one or more healthcare professional computers correspond to one or more healthcare professionals associated with said particular individual;
(C) placing said server computer in said particular mode in response to said selection as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers;
(D) generating processed information within said server computer by data processing said medical information as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers;
(E) transmitting said processed information from said server computer to a device while said server computer is in said particular mode, wherein said device comprises (i) a removable memory containing identifying information corresponding to said particular individual, (ii) at least one built-in memory containing program instructions received by the device from the server computer and (iii) a display; and
(F) executing said program instructions within said device to present the processed information on said display of the device,wherein (i) said device is remotely located from all of said server computer and said one or more healthcare professional computers, (ii) said server computer is remotely located from said one or more healthcare professional computers, (iii) while said particular mode is a first of said modes said server computer waits to receive a request from said device before sending said processed information to said device, (iv) while said particular mode is a second of said modes said server computer sends said processed information to said device in response to communications being established between said server computer and said device and (v) while said particular mode is a third of said modes said server computer (a) informs said device when said processed information is available and (b) sends said processed information to said device in response to receiving said request from said device.
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Abstract
A health monitoring system includes a plurality of remote user sites, each remote user site comprising at least one health monitoring device for collection of user health monitoring data, an interactive video device, and a user interface apparatus; at least one remote computing facility configured for signal communication with, and to receive health monitoring data-related signals from, the plurality of remote user sites; and at least one computer, configured for signal communication with the remote computing facility, wherein the interactive video device is interactively coupled with the remote computing facility. Associated methods are also described.
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1. A method for communicating with a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
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(A) generating medical information within one or more healthcare professional computers in response to a report relating to a medical condition of a particular individual of a plurality of individuals; (B) transmitting (i) said medical information and (ii) a selection of a particular mode of a plurality of modes of a server computer from said one or more healthcare professional computers to said server computer, wherein said one or more healthcare professional computers correspond to one or more healthcare professionals associated with said particular individual; (C) placing said server computer in said particular mode in response to said selection as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers; (D) generating processed information within said server computer by data processing said medical information as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers; (E) transmitting said processed information from said server computer to a device while said server computer is in said particular mode, wherein said device comprises (i) a removable memory containing identifying information corresponding to said particular individual, (ii) at least one built-in memory containing program instructions received by the device from the server computer and (iii) a display; and (F) executing said program instructions within said device to present the processed information on said display of the device, wherein (i) said device is remotely located from all of said server computer and said one or more healthcare professional computers, (ii) said server computer is remotely located from said one or more healthcare professional computers, (iii) while said particular mode is a first of said modes said server computer waits to receive a request from said device before sending said processed information to said device, (iv) while said particular mode is a second of said modes said server computer sends said processed information to said device in response to communications being established between said server computer and said device and (v) while said particular mode is a third of said modes said server computer (a) informs said device when said processed information is available and (b) sends said processed information to said device in response to receiving said request from said device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for communicating with a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
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(A) generating medical information within one or more healthcare professional computers in response to a report relating to a medical conditions of each of at least two individuals of a plurality of individuals; (B) transmitting (1) said medical information and (2) selection of a particular mode of a plurality of modes of a server computer from said one or more healthcare professional computers to said server computer, wherein said one or more healthcare professional computers corresponds to one or more healthcare professionals associated with said at least two individuals; (C) placing said server computer in said particular mode in response to said selection as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers; (D) establishing a first communication between a first device and said server computer, wherein (i) said first device comprises (a) a first removable memory containing first identifying information corresponding to a first particular individual of said at least two individuals, (b) at least one first built-in memory containing first program instructions received by the first device from the server computer and (c) a first display, (ii) said first device is remotely located from all of said server computer and said one or more healthcare professional computers and (iii) said server computer is remotely located from said one or more healthcare professional computers; (E) generating first processed information within said server computer by data processing said medical information as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers in response to said first communication; (F) transmitting said first processed information from said server computer to said first device while said server computer is in said particular mode; and (G) executing said first program instructions within said first device to present said first processed information on said first display of the first device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A server computer comprising:
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a memory configured to store (1) medical information related to a medical condition of a particular individual of a plurality of individuals and (2) a selection of a particular mode of a plurality of modes as received from one or more healthcare professional computers, wherein (i) said one or more healthcare professional computers corresponds to one or more healthcare professionals associated with said particular individual and (ii) said medical information is generated within said one or more healthcare professional computers in response to a report (a) relating to a medical condition of said particular individual; and a processor configured to (i) generate processed information by data processing said medical information as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers, (ii) place the server computer in said particular mode of said plurality of modes in response to said selection as received from said one or more healthcare professional computers, (iii) transmit said processed information from said server computer to a device while said server computer is in said particular mode and (iv) transmit to said one or more healthcare professional computers a menu containing said modes, wherein (i) said device comprises (a) a removable memory containing identifying information corresponding to said particular individual, (b) at least one built-in memory containing program instructions received by the device from the server computer and (c) a display, (ii) executing said program instructions within said device presents the processed information on said display of the device, (iii) said device is remotely located from all of said server computer and said one or more healthcare professional computers and (iv) said server computer is remotely located from said one or more healthcare professional computers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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