MULTI-BROKER MESSAGING AND TELEMEDICINE DATABASE REPLICATION

• US 20180183656A1
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Published: 06/28/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sierra Nevada Co. LLC
• Original Assignee: Sierra Nevada Corporation
• Inventors: Jones, David
• Granted Patent: US 10,523,498 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0668 by dynamic selection of recovery network elements, e.g. replacement by the most appropriate element after failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0695 the faulty arrangement being the maintenance, administration or management system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/30 Decision processes by autonomous network management units using voting and bidding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

A master node is provided. The master node can be configured to include multi-broker messaging. The node can be configured to perform Telemedicine Database Replication. A surrogate master node(s) can be provided in a wireless ad-hoc network. In some variations, the master node and surrogate master node(s) can be arranged in a mesh network.

Claims

1. A method to be performed by at least one computer processor forming at least a part of a computing system, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a network node and in response to a failure to connect to a master network node, an election message, the transmitting using a message broker of the network node, the network node being at least part of a network;

receiving, at the network node and from one or more other network nodes, one or more other election messages;

comparing, by the network node, a network hierarchy of the network node with one or more other network hierarchies of the one or more other network nodes;

designating, by the network node, the network node as another master node, the designating in response to the network hierarchy of the network node being superior to the one or more other network hierarchies of the one or more other network nodes; and

transmitting, by the network node and to the one or more other network nodes, an instruction to use the message broker of the network node for communicating over the network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the network node as the another master node is configured to at least control communication over the network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the network node as the another master node is a hub node and the one or more other network nodes are spoke nodes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is an ultra-wideband network.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the network is a wireless ad-hoc network.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the network node is a user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises one or more patient care devices configured to at least obtain patient data from a patient.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving, at the network node as the another master node, the patient data; and

storing, at the network node and in a patient data database, the patient data.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

transmitting, from the network node and to at least one of the one or more other network nodes, a copy of at least a portion of the patient data database.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises:

a subnetwork comprising a plurality of subnetwork network nodes; and

a surrogate master node configured to be a message broker for the plurality of subnetwork network nodes, the surrogate master node configured to communicate with the network node using the message broker of the network node.

11. A system comprising:

a processor; and

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a memory storing machine-readable instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform one or more operations, the one or more operations comprising;

transmitting, by a network node and in response to a failure to connect to a master network node, an election message, the transmitting using a message broker of the network node, the network node being at least part of a network;

receiving, at the network node and from one or more other network nodes, one or more other election messages;

comparing, by the network node, a network hierarchy of the network node with one or more other network hierarchies of the one or more other network nodes;

designating, by the network node, the network node as another master node, the designating in response to the network hierarchy of the network node being superior to the one or more other network hierarchies of the one or more other network nodes; and

transmitting, by the network node and to the one or more other network nodes, an instruction to use the message broker of the network node for communicating over the network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the network node as the another master node is configured to at least control communication over the network.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the network node as the another master node is a hub node and the one or more other network nodes are spoke nodes.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the network is an ultra-wideband network.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the network is a wireless ad-hoc network.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the network node is a user device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the network comprises one or more patient care devices configured to at least obtain patient data from a patient.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the one or more operations further comprise:

receiving, at the network node as the another master node, the patient data; and

storing, at the network node and in a patient data database, the patient data.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more operations further comprise:

transmitting, from the network node and to at least one of the one or more other network nodes, a copy of at least a portion of the patient data database.

20. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a subnetwork comprising a plurality of subnetwork network nodes; and

a surrogate master node configured to be a message broker for the plurality of subnetwork network nodes, the surrogate master node configured to communicate with the network node using the message broker of the network node.