Networked system for interactive communication and remote monitoring of individuals
First Claim
1. An interactive television system configured to allow monitoring of at least one individual, the interactive television system comprising:
- a communication interface for establishing a communication link between the interactive television system and a server remotely situated from the interactive television system through at least one communication medium;
a display for presenting (i) one or more queries related to a physiological condition to be answered by the individual and one or more predefined response choices corresponding to the one or more queries provided by a script program received from said server, wherein said script program includes (a) general information, (b) information specific to said individual, and (c) a message corresponding to said individual from a health care professional associated with said individual and (ii) entertainment or advertisement content received from the server through the at least one communication medium, wherein said one or more queries, said one or more predefined response choices, and said message from said script program are displayed along with said entertainment or advertisement content received from said server;
a user interface for receiving responses to the one or more queries selected from said one or more predefined response choices by the at least one individual;
a processing unit connected to the communication interface, the display and the user interface, wherein the processing unit comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium initialized with a unique identification code for the at least one individual by the healthcare professional prior to the at least one individual receiving the processor unit and the processor unit is configured to execute the script program to (i) present the one or more queries and the one or more predefined response choices on the display, (ii) receive the responses from the user interface, and (iii) transmit the responses to the server through the at least one communication medium, wherein said processor unit is further configured to send said unique identification code for the at least one individual to said server in order to receive said script program and said script program includes a program identifier received from said server by said processing unit and said program identifier (a) is transmitted back to said server with said responses and (b) causes said server to associate said responses with said script program sent by said server to said processing unit; and
a device interface connected to the processing unit and configured for receiving measurements from at least one monitoring device, wherein the at least one monitoring device is adapted for producing measurements of the physiological condition of the at least one individual.
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Abstract
A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual'"'"'s response to the questions.
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43 Claims
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1. An interactive television system configured to allow monitoring of at least one individual, the interactive television system comprising:
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a communication interface for establishing a communication link between the interactive television system and a server remotely situated from the interactive television system through at least one communication medium; a display for presenting (i) one or more queries related to a physiological condition to be answered by the individual and one or more predefined response choices corresponding to the one or more queries provided by a script program received from said server, wherein said script program includes (a) general information, (b) information specific to said individual, and (c) a message corresponding to said individual from a health care professional associated with said individual and (ii) entertainment or advertisement content received from the server through the at least one communication medium, wherein said one or more queries, said one or more predefined response choices, and said message from said script program are displayed along with said entertainment or advertisement content received from said server; a user interface for receiving responses to the one or more queries selected from said one or more predefined response choices by the at least one individual; a processing unit connected to the communication interface, the display and the user interface, wherein the processing unit comprises a non-transitory computer readable medium initialized with a unique identification code for the at least one individual by the healthcare professional prior to the at least one individual receiving the processor unit and the processor unit is configured to execute the script program to (i) present the one or more queries and the one or more predefined response choices on the display, (ii) receive the responses from the user interface, and (iii) transmit the responses to the server through the at least one communication medium, wherein said processor unit is further configured to send said unique identification code for the at least one individual to said server in order to receive said script program and said script program includes a program identifier received from said server by said processing unit and said program identifier (a) is transmitted back to said server with said responses and (b) causes said server to associate said responses with said script program sent by said server to said processing unit; and a device interface connected to the processing unit and configured for receiving measurements from at least one monitoring device, wherein the at least one monitoring device is adapted for producing measurements of the physiological condition of the at least one individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A monitoring system for communicating with at least one individual, the monitoring system comprising:
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a server configured to broadcast a script program to at least one remotely situated interactive television system through at least one communication medium in response to receiving a unique identification code assigned to the at least one individual from the at least one remotely situated interactive television system, wherein said script program is included with entertainment or advertisement content broadcast from said server, said unique identification code assigned to the at least one individual is stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium of said interactive television system, and the non-transitory computer readable medium is initialized by a health care professional associated with said at least one individual prior to being provided to said at least one individual; a user interface configured to communicate with the server and adapted for generating (i) a set of one or more queries relating to a physiological condition to be answered by the individual and (ii) corresponding one or more predefined response choices for each of the one or more queries; a script generator configured to generate the script program to be broadcast to the remotely situated interactive television system, wherein the script program (i) presents the one or more queries and the corresponding one or more predefined response choices to the individual, and (ii) includes a) general information, b) information specific to said individual, and (c) a message corresponding to said individual from said health care professional associated with said individual; and one or more databases accessible by the server for storing the script program and responses selected from said predefined response choices by said individual and received from the remotely situated interactive television system, wherein said script program includes a program identifier received from said server by said interactive television system and said program identifier (a) is transmitted back to said server with said responses and (b) causes said server to associate said responses with said script program sent by said server to said remotely situated interactive television system. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for communicating with at least one individual, the method comprising the steps of:
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A) entering one or more queries and corresponding one or more predefined response choices relating to a physiological condition into a computer; B) generating one or more script programs using the one or more queries and corresponding one or more predefined response choices, wherein said script program includes (a) general information, (b) a portion specific to said individual, and (c) a message corresponding to said individual from a health care professional associated with said individual; C) broadcasting the one or more script programs together with entertainment or advertisement content to one or more remotely situated interactive television systems through at least one communication medium in response to receiving a unique identification code assigned to the at least one individual from the at least one remotely situated interactive television system, wherein the one or more script programs present the one or more queries and the corresponding one or more predefined response choices to the at least one individual, said unique identification code assigned to the at least one individual is stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium of said interactive television system, and the non-transitory computer readable medium is initialized by a health care professional associated with said at least one individual prior to being provided to said at least one individual; and D) receiving responses selected from said predefined response choices by the at least one individual through the at least one communication medium and storing the responses in one or more databases, wherein said script program includes a program identifier received from said server by said interactive television system and said program identifier (a) is transmitted back to said server with said responses and (b) causes said server to associate said responses with said script program sent by said server to said one or more remotely situated interactive television systems. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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