METHOD FOR ALARM QUALIFICATION AMONG ALARMS STEMMING FROM AN ACTIVITY SUPERVISION SYSTEM

• US 20160150957A1
• Filed: 11/13/2015
• Published: 06/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Berenguer, Marc, Bouzid, Marie-Jeanne
• Granted Patent: US 9,962,080 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0423 detecting deviation from an expected pattern of behaviour or schedule
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0484 Arrangements monitoring consumption of a utility or use of an appliance which consumes a utility to detect unsafe condition, e.g. metering of water, gas or electricity, use of taps, toilet flush, gas stove or electric kettle

Abstract

The invention concerns a method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being such that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and that it has, on reception of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, steps of obtainment of a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system, comparison of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, and qualification of the alarm according to the result of the comparison. The invention likewise concerns a device and a server implementing the method. According to another aspect, the invention concerns a method for requesting alarm qualification and a terminal implementing this method.

Claims

1. Method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has, on reception (200) of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, the following steps:

obtainment (201) of a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

comparison (202) of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, and

qualification (203) of the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the management server is connected to a plurality of second supervision systems and in that the comparison step is performed on the basis of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and an average for the drift in the activity index of the plurality of second systems.

3. Method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the supervision systems are associated with domestic contexts and in that the supervision systems are grouped into classes that are defined by at least one criterion of similarity for the domestic contexts with which they are associated, the comparison step being performed on the basis of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and an average for the drift in the activity index of the supervision systems belonging to the same class as the first system.

4. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the activity index drifts are weighted according to a startup date for the corresponding supervision system.

5. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the activity index for a supervision system is established on the basis of a plurality of indicators, and in that it additionally has the following steps:

identification of the preponderant indicator that has caused the drift in the index of the first system,

obtainment of the drift in the indicator corresponding to the preponderant indicator, for the at least one second supervision system,

comparison of the drift in the preponderant indicator of the first supervision system with a value that is representative of the drift in the corresponding indicator of the at least one second system, and

update of the qualification of the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

6. Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the at least one criterion of similarity between the domestic contexts has at least one element selected from among the following elements:

a geographical location,

the spatial configuration of an environment, and

a physiological characteristic of the individual.

7. Device for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it is connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has:

a communication module (504) that is capable of receiving an alarm triggered by the first supervision system,

a communication module (504) that is capable of obtaining a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

a computer (507) that is capable of computing a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system,

a comparator (506) that is capable of comparing the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system with the computed representative value, and

a qualification module (505) that is capable of qualifying the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

8. Method for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it has the following steps subsequent to the triggering (400) of an alarm:

transmission (401) of an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

reception (402) of a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, and

transmission (403) of an alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

9. Device for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it has a communication module that is implemented on the triggering of an alarm and capable of:

transmitting an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

receiving a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, and

transmitting the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

10. Management server characterized in that it has a device for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it is connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has:

a communication module (504) that is capable of receiving an alarm triggered by the first supervision system,

a communication module (504) that is capable of obtaining a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

a computer (507) that is capable of computing a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system,

a comparator (506) that is capable of comparing the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system with the computed representative value, and

a qualification module (505) that is capable of qualifying the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

11. Terminal characterized in that it has a device for requesting alarm qualification for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the device being characterized in that it has a communication module that is implemented on the triggering of an alarm and capable of:

transmitting an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

receiving a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, and

transmitting the alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

12. Computer program having instructions for executing a method by a processor, the method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has, on reception (200) of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, the following steps:

obtainment (201) of a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

comparison (202) of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, and

qualification (203) of the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

13. Information storage medium that can be read by a processor on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing steps of a method for qualifying an alarm among the alarms stemming from a first supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it is implemented in a management server connected to at least one second supervision system, and in that it has, on reception (200) of an alarm triggered by the first supervision system, the following steps:

obtainment (201) of a drift in the activity index of the at least one second supervision system,

comparison (202) of the drift in the activity index of the first supervision system and a value that is representative of the drift in the activity index of the at least one second system, and

qualification (203) of the alarm according to the result of the comparison.

14. Computer program having instructions for executing a method by a processor, the method for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it has the following steps subsequent to the triggering (400) of an alarm:

transmission (401) of an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

reception (402) of a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, and

transmission (403) of an alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.

15. Information storage medium that can be read by a processor on which is recorded a computer program comprising instructions for executing steps of a method for requesting qualification of an alarm on a supervision system supervising the activity of an individual, the system being adapted to compute an activity index that is representative of the activity of the individual, alarms being triggered by the supervision system in the event of a drift in the activity index, a drift corresponding to a difference in the value of the index in relation to a reference value, the method being characterized in that it has the following steps subsequent to the triggering (400) of an alarm:

transmission (401) of an alarm qualification request having a datum relating to the drift in the activity index,

reception (402) of a message having a qualification for the alarm according to a comparison between the datum relating to the drift in the activity index of the supervision system and a datum relating to the drift in the activity index of at least one second supervision system, and

transmission (403) of an alarm to an alarm processing server when the alarm is qualified as confirmed.