METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AMBIENT AUGMENTED REMOTE MONITORING

• US 20150157279A1
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), President and Fellows of Harvard College (Harvard Corporation)
• Inventors: GHASSEMZADEH, SAEED S., Ji, Lusheng, Miller, Robert Raymond II, Gupta, Manish, Tarokh, Vahid
• Application Number:
  US14/099,610
• Publication Number:
  US 20150157279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/01 Measuring temperature of body parts ; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0245 by using sensing means generating electric signals, i.e. ECG signals
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0816 Measuring devices for examining respiratory frequency measuring frequency of electric signals G01R23/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/112 Gait analysis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/318 Heart-related electrical modalities, e.g. electrocardiography [ECG]
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A method, computer-readable storage device, and an apparatus for processing an alert are disclosed. For example, the method receives the alert reporting a physiological condition for a individual, analyzes the physiological condition of the individual in view of ambient information in a vicinity of the individual, generates a report in accordance with the analyzing, and sends the report to a recipient.

Claims

1. A method for processing an alert, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, the alert reporting a physiological condition for an individual;

analyzing, by the processor, the physiological condition of the individual in view of ambient information in a vicinity of the individual;

generating, by the processor, a report in accordance with the analyzing; and

sending, by the processor, the report to a recipient.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the physiological condition with the ambient information.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing a level of the physiological condition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein data of the physiological condition of the individual is received via a portable monitoring device worn by the individual.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the portable monitoring device comprises a device for measuring at least one of:

a blood pressure, a blood glucose level, a heart rate, a body temperature, a respiratory rhythm, an electrocardiogram, and a gaiting.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein data of the ambient information is received via an ambient data collection device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the ambient data collection device comprises a device for measuring at least one of:

a temperature level, a humidity level, an ambient noise level, a light intensity level, and an electromagnetic radiation level.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the ambient data collection device comprises a device that is under a control of the individual.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the device that is under the control of the individual is a device for being carried by the individual.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the device that is under the control of the individual is a device for being worn by the individual.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the ambient data collection device comprises a device that is embedded in an environment in the vicinity of the individual.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the device that is embedded in the environment is managed by a third party entity.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the analyzing uses the ambient information that is based on a location of the individual.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient comprises the individual.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient comprises a doctor of the individual.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the recipient comprises a contact provided by the individual.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the report comprises an instruction to leave the vicinity.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting data on the physiological condition of the individual over a period of time; and

collecting data on the ambient information in the vicinity of the individual over the period of time.

19. A computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for processing an alert, the operations comprising:

receiving the alert reporting a physiological condition for a individual;

analyzing the physiological condition of the individual in view of ambient information in a vicinity of the individual;

generating a report in accordance with the analyzing; and

sending the report to a recipient.

20. An apparatus for processing an alert, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage device storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving the alert reporting a physiological condition for a individual;

analyzing the physiological condition of the individual in view of ambient information in a vicinity of the individual;

generating a report in accordance with the analyzing; and

sending the report to a recipient.