APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HEALTH DATA

• US 20140068728A1
• Filed: 09/03/2013
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Do-Young, PARK, Jeong-Je, LEE, Kwang-Hyeon, LIM, Nae-Hyun, LIM, Hyoung-Kyu, CHANG, Yong, KIM, In-Kyo
• Granted Patent: US 9,294,472 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An apparatus and method for managing health data through a user terminal are provided. The method includes inputting a user terminal number for identifying the user terminal, and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal, receiving, by a receiver, a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number and comprising a security type code for instructing the health data which the medical instrument has measured to be stored in a first memory without security or in a second memory with security, from the management server, and storing the health data in the first memory or the second memory, which the security type code instructs, through determining the security type code of the security type table when the health data is received from the medical instrument.

Claims

1. A method for managing health data by a user terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting a user terminal number for identifying the user terminal, and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal;

receiving a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number and comprising a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or in a second memory with security, from the management server; and

storing the health data in the first memory or the second memory according to the security type code of the security type table when the health data is received from the medical instrument.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data, which the medical instrument measures, when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type table is issued in the management server or a hospital server interworked with the management server, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or the hospital server to be registered in the management server, when the security type table is issued in the management server, and wherein the security type code is set in the hospital server, when the security type table is issued in the hospital server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for sharing of the health data stored in the second memory, from a hospital server interworked with the management server, when a table code of the security type table coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number; and

transmitting the health data stored in the second memory to the hospital server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

36. A non-transitory processor readable medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing the method as recited in claim 1.

7. A method for managing health data by a management server interworked with a user terminal, the method comprising:

receiving a user terminal number for identifying the user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data, from the user terminal;

determining whether or not a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or a second memory with security is registered in the management server; and

issuing a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number based on the security type code to transmit the issued security type table to the user terminal, when the security type code is registered in the management server.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the user terminal number and the information of the medical instrument to a hospital server in which the security type code is stored, when the security type code is not registered in the management server; and

receiving and transmitting a security type table issued from the hospital server to the user terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data which the medical instrument measures, when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or a hospital server to be registered in the management server.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

13. A method for managing health data measured by a medical instrument in a hospital server, the method comprising:

detecting a user terminal number for identifying a user terminal and a table code of a security type table, which the user terminal manages;

determining whether or not the detected table code coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number; and

sharing health data stored in a memory with security with the user terminal, when the detected table code coincides with the table code of the security type table mapped onto the user terminal number.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in the memory with security or a memory without security, the table code, slot numbers of slots constituting the memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the memories, and usage codes of the slots.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data, which the medical instrument measures, when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

setting the security type code for the medical instrument, and registering the security type code in a management server through the medical instrument; and

receiving and storing the user terminal number and a table code of the security type table issued from the management server.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

18. A user terminal for managing health data, the user terminal comprising:

a first memory without security;

a second memory with security;

a transmitter configured to transmit a user terminal number for identifying the user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal;

a receiver configured to receive a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number and comprising a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in the first memory or the second memory, from the management server, and to receive the health data from the medical instrument; and

a controller configured to instruct the health data to be stored in the first memory or the second memory according to the security type code of the security type table, when the health data is received.

19. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes denoting usage of the slots.

20. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data, which the medical instrument measures, when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

21. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the security type table is issued in the management server or a hospital server interworked with the management server, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or the hospital server to be registered in the management server, when the security type table is issued in the management server, and wherein the security type code is set in the hospital server, when the security type table is issued in the hospital server.

22. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the receiver receives a request for sharing of the health data stored in the second memory, from a hospital server interworked with the management server, when a table code of the security type table coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number, and wherein the transmitter transmits the health data stored in the second memory to the hospital server.

23. The user terminal of claim 18, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

24. A management server for managing health data, the management server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a user terminal number for identifying a user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data, from the user terminal;

a controller configured to determine whether or not a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or a second memory with security is registered in the management server;

a management unit configured to issue a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number based on the security type code, when the security type code is registered in the management server; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the security type table to the user terminal.

25. The management server of claim 24, wherein the transmitter transmits the user terminal number and the information of the medical instrument to a hospital server in which the security type code is stored, when the security type code is not registered in the management server, and transmits a security type table to the user terminal when the receiver receives the security type table issued from the hospital server.

26. The management server of claim 24, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

27. The management server of claim 24, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data which the medical instrument measures when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

28. The management server of claim 24, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or a hospital server to be registered in the management server.

29. The management server of claim 24, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

30. A hospital server for managing health data measured by a medical instrument, the hospital server comprising:

a controller configured to detect a user terminal number for identifying a user terminal and a table code of a security type table, which the user terminal manages, and to determine whether or not the detected table code coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number; and

a transmitter configured to share health data stored in a memory with security with the user terminal, when the detected table code coincides with the table code of the security type table mapped onto the user terminal number.

31. The hospital server of claim 30, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in the memory with security or a memory without security, the table code, slot numbers of slots constituting the memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the memories, and usage codes of the slots.

32. The hospital server of claim 31, wherein the security type code is set according to medical instruments when the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set according to health data, which the medical instrument measures, when the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

33. The hospital server of claim 31, wherein the controller sets the security type code for the medical instrument, and the wherein transmitter registers the security type code in a management server through the medical instrument.

34. The hospital server of claim 33, further comprising:

a receiver configured to receive the user terminal number and a table code of the security type table issued from the management server; and

a memory configured to store the user terminal number and the table code.

35. The hospital server of claim 30, wherein the user terminal number comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.