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Population monitoring system

  • US 7,427,920 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2001
  • Issued: 09/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for predicting an epidemic disease within a live population, comprising:

  • (a) local data collection means operative to derive physical condition data of a plurality of population members;

    (b) a local processor for correlating and storing the physical condition data of each of said population member relative to time; and

    (c) means for transferring the data of each of said population members stored by the local processor to a remote data collection means;

    wherein the remote data collection means is (i) operative to access information relating to the location of each of said population members relative to time and (ii) comprises a main processor programmed to analyze the physical condition data and the location information of said plurality of population members together according to a set of rules which assign a relative significance to a departure from each of a normal background level and an expected distribution of cases of the disease and an overall significance value signaling a probability of epidemic within said population.

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