Notifying of Health Events in Peer Environments

• US 20120245955A1
• Filed: 03/22/2011
• Published: 09/27/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2011
• 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: Bari, Farooq, Ray, Sankar
• Granted Patent: US 9,582,839 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products notify of health events. Personal health information is stored in memory of a mobile communications device. A peer device is discovered through a wireless personal data network. The peer device is queried for anonymous health information. The anonymous health information is aggregated with the personal health information to produce aggregated health information. The aggregated health information is stored in the memory of the mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

storing personal health information in memory of a mobile communications device;

discovering a peer device through a wireless personal data network;

querying the peer device for anonymous health information;

aggregating the anonymous health information with the personal health information to produce aggregated health information; and

storing the aggregated health information in the memory of the mobile communications device.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the personal health information to a rule.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising presenting an alert when the personal health information matches the rule.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the anonymous health information to a rule.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising presenting an alert when the anonymous health information matches the rule.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the aggregated health information to a rule.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising presenting an alert when the aggregated health information matches the rule.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor executing code stored in memory, the code causing the processor to;

store personal health information in memory of a mobile communications device;

discover a peer device through a wireless personal data network;

query the peer device for anonymous health information;

aggregate the anonymous health information with the personal health information to produce aggregated health information; and

store the aggregated health information in the memory of the mobile communications device.

9. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to compare the personal health information to a rule.

10. The system according to claim 9, further comprising code that causes the processor to present an alert when the personal health information matches the rule.

11. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to compare the anonymous health information to a rule.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes the processor to present an alert when the anonymous health information matches the rule.

13. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to compare the aggregated health information to a rule.

14. The system according to claim 13, further comprising code that causes the processor to present an alert when the aggregated health information matches the rule.

15. A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

storing personal health information in memory of a mobile communications device;

discovering a peer device through a wireless personal data network;

querying the peer device for anonymous health information;

aggregating the anonymous health information with the personal health information to produce aggregated health information; and

storing the aggregated health information in the memory of the mobile communications device.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for comparing the personal health information to a rule.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, further comprising instructions for presenting an alert when the personal health information matches the rule.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for comparing the anonymous health information to a rule.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 18, further comprising instructions for presenting an alert when the anonymous health information matches the rule.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for:

comparing the aggregated health information to a rule; and

presenting an alert when the aggregated health information matches the rule.