Multi-user remote health monitoring system with biometrics support
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing that is sufficiently compact to be hand-held and carried by a patient;
a measurement apparatus within said housing configured to (i) measure one or more health condition parameters of the patient and (ii) generate health data representative of the health condition parameters;
a recording device within said housing configured to store (i) the health data and (ii) identification data unique to each of one or more respective authorized users;
a port within said housing connected to the recording device and configured to download the health data and the identification data from the recording device to an external computer;
a display within said housing connected to the measurement apparatus and configured to display the health data such as to be viewable by the patient; and
a processor within said housing configured to (A) determine if the patient is one of the authorized users based on the identification data and (B) if the patient is authorized (i) receive a program through the port from the external computer, said program comprising an identification number, one or more queries and one or more sets of response choices corresponding to said queries, wherein said identification number of said program is different from said identification data of said one or more authorized users, (ii) execute the program to present said one or more queries and the one or more sets of response choices to the patient via the display, (iii) gather one or more responses from the patient to the queries and (iv) transmit the responses and the identification number of the program that gathered the responses to the external computer through the port.
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Abstract
The invention presents a networked system for identifying an individual, communicating information to the individual, and remotely monitoring the individual. The system includes a remotely programmable apparatus that occasionally connects to a server via a communication network such as the Internet. The remotely programmable apparatus interacts with the individual in accordance with a script program received from the server Among other capabilities, the script program may instruct the remotely programmable apparatus to identify the individual, to communicate information to the individual, to communicate queries to the individual, to receive responses to the queries, and to transmit information identifying the individual and the responses from the remotely programmable apparatus to the server. Information identifying the individual may be obtained via a biometrics sensor, a data card, a remote monitoring device, or the interception of data from a separate information system. The information identifying the individual may be used by either or both the server system and remotely programmable apparatus for security, customization and other purposes. As the present invention has multi-user capabilities, it can be used in a public place, such as a pharmacy or health care clinic. The multi-user capabilities also allow collection and tracking of user data for the healthcare industry.
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21 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing that is sufficiently compact to be hand-held and carried by a patient; a measurement apparatus within said housing configured to (i) measure one or more health condition parameters of the patient and (ii) generate health data representative of the health condition parameters; a recording device within said housing configured to store (i) the health data and (ii) identification data unique to each of one or more respective authorized users; a port within said housing connected to the recording device and configured to download the health data and the identification data from the recording device to an external computer; a display within said housing connected to the measurement apparatus and configured to display the health data such as to be viewable by the patient; and a processor within said housing configured to (A) determine if the patient is one of the authorized users based on the identification data and (B) if the patient is authorized (i) receive a program through the port from the external computer, said program comprising an identification number, one or more queries and one or more sets of response choices corresponding to said queries, wherein said identification number of said program is different from said identification data of said one or more authorized users, (ii) execute the program to present said one or more queries and the one or more sets of response choices to the patient via the display, (iii) gather one or more responses from the patient to the queries and (iv) transmit the responses and the identification number of the program that gathered the responses to the external computer through the port. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing that is sufficiently compact to be hand-held and carried by a patient; a measurement apparatus within said housing configured to (i) measure one or more health condition parameters of the patient and (ii) generate health data representative of the health condition parameters; a recording device within said housing configured to store (i) a medicine administration amount of the patient and (ii) identification data unique to one or more respective authorized users; a port within said housing connected to the recording device and configured to download the health data and the identification data from the recording device to an external computer; a display within said housing (i) connected to the measurement apparatus and (ii) configured to display the health data such as to be viewable by the patient; and a processor within said housing configured to (A) determine if the patient is one of the authorized users based on the identification data and (B) if the patient is authorized (i) receive a program through the port from the external computer, said program comprising an identification number, one or more queries and one or more sets of response choices corresponding to said queries, wherein said identification number of said program is different from said identification data of said one or more authorized users, (ii) execute the program to present the one or more queries and the one or more sets of response choices corresponding to the queries to the patient via the display, (iii) gather one or more responses from the patient to the queries and (iv) transmit the responses and the identification number of the program that gathered the responses to the external computer through the port. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing that is sufficiently compact to be hand-held and carried by a patient; a measurement apparatus within said housing configured to (i) measure one or more health condition parameters of the patient and (ii) generate health data representative of the health condition parameters; a recording device within said housing configured to store (i) the health data, (ii) a medicine administration amount and (iii) identification data unique to each of one or more respective authorized users; a port within said housing (i) connected to the recording device and (ii) configured to download the health data and the identification data from the recording device to an external computer; a display within said housing (i) connected to the measurement apparatus and (ii) configured to display the health data such as to be viewable by the patient; and a processor within said housing configured to (A) determine if the patient is one of the authorized users based on the identification data and (B) if the patient is authorized (i) receive a program through the port from the external computer, said program comprising an identification number, one or more queries and one or more sets of response choices corresponding to said queries, wherein said identification number of said program is different from said identification data of said one or more authorized users, (ii) execute the program to present one or more queries and the one or more sets of response choices to the patient via the display, (iii) gather one or more responses from the patient to the queries and (iv) transmit the responses and the identification number of the program that gathered the responses to the external computer through the port. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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