Personal status physiologic monitor system and architecture and related monitoring methods
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1. A method for performing context management, said method comprising the steps of:
- producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device;
associating at least one unique hardware identifier to said monitoring device;
creating and associating a unique patient identifier from said hardware identifier; and
binding said unique patient identifier to said continuous signal wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said signal is no longer continuous will cause the unique patient identifier to automatically unbind from said signal, said unique patient identifier remaining unbound even after resumption of a continuous signal until each of said producing, associating, creating and binding steps are repeated.
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Abstract
A method for performing context management, said method comprising the steps of: producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device; associating at least one unique hardware identifier to said continuous physiologic signal and binding a unique patient identifier to said continuous signal wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said signal is no longer continuous will cause the unique patient identifier to unbind from said signal.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for performing context management, said method comprising the steps of:
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producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device; associating at least one unique hardware identifier to said monitoring device; creating and associating a unique patient identifier from said hardware identifier; and binding said unique patient identifier to said continuous signal wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said signal is no longer continuous will cause the unique patient identifier to automatically unbind from said signal, said unique patient identifier remaining unbound even after resumption of a continuous signal until each of said producing, associating, creating and binding steps are repeated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for performing patient to device context management comprising the steps of:
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producing a continuous physiologic signal from a patient, as detected by a monitoring device; associating a unique monitoring device identifier with a newly created unique patient identifier; appending said newly created unique patient identifier to said continuous physiologic signal, wherein a change in said physiologic signal in which said signal is no longer continuous will automatically cause the unique patient identifier to disassociate from said signal, said identifier remaining unbound until said appending step is repeated. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for protecting privacy of patient information comprising the steps of:
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producing a continuous physiologic signal, as detected by a monitoring device; creating a unique monitoring device identifier; creating a unique patient identifier, said identifier being created remotely from said monitoring device; associating said monitoring device identifier with said unique patient identifier, said associating step being done remotely from said monitoring device; and appending said unique patient identifier to said continuous physiologic signal wherein the association between patient identity and said unique patient identifier is secret.
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10. A method for performing patient to caregiver context management comprising the steps of:
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associating at least one unique monitoring device identifier with a unique patient identifier; associating a unique respondent device identifier to a unique caregiver identifier; associating said at least one unique monitoring device identifier to at least one unique respondent device identifier thereby associating at least one unique caregiver identifier to at least one said unique patient identifier; and accessing a stored rules set in the event a primary respondent device is unavailable in order to permit at least one secondary respondent device to receive an alarm notification from a monitoring device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for performing patient to environment context management comprising the steps of:
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producing a continuous physiologic signal of a patient, as detected by a monitoring device; associating a unique monitoring device identifier to a newly created unique patient identifier; appending said unique patient identifier to said continuous physiologic signal; associating a unique location device identifier to at least one unique monitoring device identifier thereby associating a patient location to said unique patient identifier wherein a change in said continuous signal causes the patient identifier to automatically and permanently become unbound. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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