Method and apparatus for remote blood alcohol monitoring
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1. A monitor network for use with a modem and a continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to a human subject, the monitor network comprising:
- a communication server, wherein said communication server receives raw data over a communication link from the modem, wherein said raw data is gathered by the continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to the subject and transmitted to the modem;
a situation analyzer connectable to said communication server, wherein said situation analyzer parses said raw data through a predetermined set of rules into a plurality of messages;
a workflow instructions connectable to said situation analyzer, wherein said situation analyzer queries said workflow instructions and a historical data relating to similar said plurality of messages for an action to be applied to each of said plurality of messages;
a supervising agency/subject database connectable to said situation analyzer for storing said raw data, for storing information on the human subject, a supervising agency, and a supervising person monitoring the human subject, and for storing a predetermined notification method by said supervising person; and
a notification server connectable to said situation analyzer, wherein when said situation analyzer determines that said action to be applied to one of said plurality of messages requires an immediate notification of said supervising person, said situation analyzer will communicate said one of said plurality of messages to said notification server, and further wherein said notification server queries said supervising agency/subject database to determine said predetermined notification method, and executes said predetermined notification method to communicate one of said plurality of messages to said supervising person.
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Abstract
A tamper proof transdermal alcohol content monitoring device is made up of analog and digital sides which are securely attached to the human subject to be monitored. The analog side has a sampling circuit which draws a measured insensible skin perspiration sample from the skin of the subject and measured with an electrochemical fuel cell. A distance measurement of the device from the skin of the subject and temperature of the sample are monitored along with the transdermal alcohol content, and converted to digital signals which are transmitted to a modem when the monitor is in proximity to the modem. The signals are stored in the modem and uploaded to a central monitoring station. Automatic alerts may be sent from the central monitoring station to a supervising agency. The supervising agency may also access the information through secured dedicated websites via the Internet.
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1. A monitor network for use with a modem and a continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to a human subject, the monitor network comprising:
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a communication server, wherein said communication server receives raw data over a communication link from the modem, wherein said raw data is gathered by the continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to the subject and transmitted to the modem; a situation analyzer connectable to said communication server, wherein said situation analyzer parses said raw data through a predetermined set of rules into a plurality of messages; a workflow instructions connectable to said situation analyzer, wherein said situation analyzer queries said workflow instructions and a historical data relating to similar said plurality of messages for an action to be applied to each of said plurality of messages; a supervising agency/subject database connectable to said situation analyzer for storing said raw data, for storing information on the human subject, a supervising agency, and a supervising person monitoring the human subject, and for storing a predetermined notification method by said supervising person; and a notification server connectable to said situation analyzer, wherein when said situation analyzer determines that said action to be applied to one of said plurality of messages requires an immediate notification of said supervising person, said situation analyzer will communicate said one of said plurality of messages to said notification server, and further wherein said notification server queries said supervising agency/subject database to determine said predetermined notification method, and executes said predetermined notification method to communicate one of said plurality of messages to said supervising person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for using a monitor network to process transdermal alcohol concentration (TAC) data received via a modem from a continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to a human subject, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving in a communication server in the monitor network the TAC data over a communication link from the modem, wherein the TAC data is gathered by the continuous remote blood alcohol monitoring device adapted to be attached to the subject and is transmitted to the modem; (b) parsing with a situation analyzer said TAC data through a predetermined set of rules into one or more messages; (c) determining, with a workflow instructions and a historical data relating to similar said one or more messages, an action to be applied to each of said one or more messages; (d) storing in a supervising agency/subject database said TAC data, an information on the human subject, an information on a supervising agency associated with the human subject, a predetermined notification method for notifying a supervising person of said supervising agency associated with the human subject; and (e) when said action to be applied to one of said messages requires an immediate notification of said supervising person, executing with a notification server said predetermined notification method to communicate one of said one or more messages to said supervising person. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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