Method and apparatus for remote health monitoring and providing health related information
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for communicating information from a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
- (A) storing said information received from a device in a server, wherein (i) said device corresponds to a particular individual of said individuals, (ii) said device is remotely located from said server, (iii) said device comprises a microprocessor-based unit capable of receiving a computer program from said server, said computer program, when executed, collects physiological information associated with said particular individual;
(B) processing said information in said server; and
(C) transmitting said processed information to one or more computers, wherein said one or more computers correspond to one or more users associated with said particular individual and said one or more computers are remotely located from (i) said device and (ii) said server.
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Abstract
A health monitoring system includes a plurality of remote user sites, each remote user site comprising at least one health monitoring device for collection of user health monitoring data, an interactive video device, and a user interface apparatus; at least one remote computing facility configured for signal communication with, and to receive health monitoring data-related signals from, the plurality of remote user sites; and at least one computer, configured for signal communication with the remote computing facility, wherein the interactive video device is interactively coupled with the remote computing facility. Associated methods are also described.
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1. A method for communicating information from a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
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(A) storing said information received from a device in a server, wherein (i) said device corresponds to a particular individual of said individuals, (ii) said device is remotely located from said server, (iii) said device comprises a microprocessor-based unit capable of receiving a computer program from said server, said computer program, when executed, collects physiological information associated with said particular individual; (B) processing said information in said server; and (C) transmitting said processed information to one or more computers, wherein said one or more computers correspond to one or more users associated with said particular individual and said one or more computers are remotely located from (i) said device and (ii) said server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 21, 22, 23)
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8. A method for communicating with a plurality of individuals at a plurality of remote locations, comprising the steps of:
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(A) storing raw information, received from a device, in a server, wherein (i) said device corresponds to a particular individual of said individuals, (ii) said device is remotely located from said server, (iii) said device comprises a microprocessor-based unit capable of receiving a computer program from said server, said computer program, when executed, collects physiological information associated with said particular individual; (B) storing processed information received from one or more computers in said server, wherein (i) said one or more computers correspond to one or more users associated with said particular individual, (ii) said one or more computers are remotely located from (a) said device and (a) said server and (iii) at least one of said one or more computers receives said raw information from said server, processes said raw information and transmits said processed information back to said server; and (C) transmitting said processed information from said server to said device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A server comprising:
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a memory configured to store information received from a device, wherein (i) said device corresponds to a particular individual of said individuals, (ii) said device is remotely located from said server, (iii) said device comprises a microprocessor-based unit capable of receiving a computer program from said server, said computer program, when executed, collects physiological information from associated with said particular individual; and a processor configured to (i) process said information and (ii) transmit said processed information to one or more computers, wherein said one or more computers correspond to one or more users associated with said particular individual and said one or more computers are remotely located from (i) said device and (ii) said server. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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