CARE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A care system comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect activity in a home environment within a plurality of detection periods, count the detection periods during which activity was sensed, and report one or more counts of activity; and
a gateway configured to receive reports from the sensor and to send information based on the counts and indicating the activity sensed in the home environment.
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Abstract
A care system uses sensors and a gateway to collect activity or health information of a home user and reports the information to a service that provides the information to the home user and authorized remote users. A motion sensor can sense an activity level of the home user, e.g., indicating the amount of motion per minute, and reports the motion data periodically at a reporting period selected to provide manageable data rates. A pillbox sensor can sense and report use of medication by the home user. The service that provides data can employ a business method that sells care systems and separate sensors, licenses interfaces that enable use of sensors in a care system, sells Internet advertisements on web pages that contain the health data, and sells enhanced service, e.g., higher data collection frequencies, to remote users.
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26 Claims
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1. A care system comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect activity in a home environment within a plurality of detection periods, count the detection periods during which activity was sensed, and report one or more counts of activity; and a gateway configured to receive reports from the sensor and to send information based on the counts and indicating the activity sensed in the home environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A monitoring process comprising:
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operating a sensor during a series of count intervals, wherein each count interval includes a plurality of detection intervals; for each of the count intervals, determining a count of the detection intervals that are in the count interval and during which the sensor detected activity in a home environment of a first user; reporting the counts to a local gateway; and sending from the local gateway to a remote service provider information based on the counts and indicating the activity sensed in the home environment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A dispenser comprising:
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a plurality of medication compartments; a plurality of sensors arranged to detect accesses to respective medication compartments; and an interface coupled to the sensors and configured to report the accesses. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A process comprising:
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establishing a care system in a home environment of a home user; reporting health information from the care system to a service accessible by a remote user, wherein the care system reports the health information with a first frequency; and in response to a purchase, reporting the health information to the service at a second frequency that is higher than the first frequency. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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