Method and apparatus to provide an interface to obtain data from a real-time monitor

• US 7,343,260 B1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Issued: 03/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fullpower Technologies Incorporated
• Inventors: Kinsolving, Arthur, Kahn, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Raymond; Edward
• Application Number:
  US11/173,753
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 702/122, 702182-185, 702/188, 702/118, 714/25, 709/100, 709/201
• US Class Current: 702/122
• 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: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

A method and apparatus for a plug-in apparatus to provide server-transmission from a sensor, monitor, or device (SMD), the plug-in apparatus comprising an interface to automatically receive data from the SMD, without interfering or affecting SMD functionality, and a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data from the SMD to a remote server, the data from the SMD representing monitoring results.

Claims

1. An add-on transmission system to a sensor, monitor, or device (SMD), the add-on transmission system to transparently capture the output of the SMD that cannot directly communicate with a server, the add-on transmission system further to transmit the output of the SMD to the server without requiring user action, the transmission system comprising:

an interface to automatically receive data from the SMD;

a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data received by the interface to the remote server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is a charge coupled device (CCD), to capture an image from an SMD display.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is an electromagnetic field detector, to detect the emissions from an SMD display.

4. A plug-in apparatus to provide server-transmission from a sensor, monitor, or device (SMD) that can not directly address a remote server, the plug-in apparatus comprising:

an interface to automatically receive data from the SMD without requiring user interaction, and without interfering with or affecting SMD functionality; and

a transmitter to wirelessly transmit the data from the SMD to the remote server, the data from the SMD representing monitoring results.

5. The plug-in apparatus of claim 4, wherein the interface is a data port designed to receive a wired connection.

6. The plug-in apparatus of claim 4, wherein the interface is a charge coupled device (CCD), to capture an image from an SMD display.

7. The plug-in apparatus of claim 4, wherein the interface is an electromagnetic field detector, to detect the emissions from an SMD display.

8. The plug-in apparatus of claim 4, wherein the interface is a wire connection to a graphics circuit within the SMD, to receive output from the graphics circuit within the SMD.