Method and apparatus for logging in a health information tele-monitoring device by using a personal portable device

• US 8,688,981 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Gim, Byung-soo, Yoo, Kyu-tae, Lee, Kwang-hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Chai, Longbit
• Application Number:
  US12/553,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20100122087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,671 Days
• Field of Search: 380/277, 713/168, 713/183, 713/184, 713/202, 726/7, 726/10, 396/56, 600/300
• US Class Current: 713/168
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/88 Medical equipments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3226 using a predetermined code, e.g. password, passphrase or PIN network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using passwords in a packet data network H04L63/083
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security

Abstract

A method of logging in a health information tele-monitoring device by using a personal portable device. The method includes issuing a security key embedded in a health information tele-monitoring device to a personal portable device, storing the security key issued by the health information tele-monitoring device in the user'"'"'s personal portable device; requesting the user'"'"'s personal portable device to authenticate the health information tele-monitoring device in order to connect the health information tele-monitoring device to a healthcare server; and authorizing access of the health information tele-monitoring device to the healthcare server.

Claims

1. A method of logging in a health information tele-monitoring device by using a user'"'"'s personal portable device, the method comprising:

issuing a security key embedded in a health information tele-monitoring device;

transmitting the issued security key to the user'"'"'s personal portable device to allow the security key to be stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device before a user attempts to log in the health information tele-monitoring device;

measuring a health condition of the user with a bio-signal measuring device;

transmitting a password, input by the user into the health information tele-monitoring device, to the user'"'"'s personal portable device to request the user'"'"'s personal portable device to authenticate the health information telemonitoring device in order to connect the health information tele-monitoring device to a healthcare server; and

receiving a signal, from the user'"'"'s personal portable device, informing that the health information tele-monitoring device is authorized to access the healthcare server for information of the user health condition,

wherein the signal is generated by the user'"'"'s personal portable device if the security key stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device and the password transmitted from the health information tele-monitoring device are identical to each other.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the health information tele-monitoring device and the user'"'"'s personal portable device wirelessly communicate with each other.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the health information tele-monitoring device and the user'"'"'s personal portable device perform one-to-one local communication.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sharing information about user'"'"'s health between the health information tele-monitoring device and the healthcare server, wherein after the authentication, the health information tele-monitoring device automatically has access to the healthcare server.

5. A health information tele-monitoring device, comprising:

a health information obtaining unit which obtains information from a bio-signal measuring unit about a user'"'"'s health;

a security key issuing unit which issues a security key;

a local communicating unit which transmits the security key to a personal portable device through a local communication, the security key to be stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device before a user attempts to log in the health information tele-monitoring device; and

a network communicating unit which transmits the information about the user'"'"'s health to a healthcare server over a network or transmits healthcare information from the healthcare server to the user over the network,

wherein the transmission of the information about the user'"'"'s health to the healthcare server over the network or the transmission of the healthcare information from the healthcare server to the user over the network occurs if the personal portable device authenticates the health information tele-monitoring device to connect to the healthcare server,

wherein the authentication includes comparing the security key transmitted to and stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device to a password input by the user into the health information tele-monitoring device, determining whether the security key transmitted to and stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device and the password input by the user are identical to each other and authorizing access of the health information tele-monitoring device to the healthcare server if the security key stored in the user'"'"'s personal portable device and the password input by the user are identical to each other.

6. The device of claim 5, further comprising an identifier adding unit which adds an identifier of the health information tele-monitoring device to the information about the user'"'"'s health,

wherein the network communicating unit transmits the information about the user'"'"'s health, including the identifier, to the healthcare server.

7. A personal portable device comprising:

a security key obtaining unit which obtains a security key transmitted from a health information tele-monitoring device;

a security key storage unit which stores the security key before a user attempts to log in the health information tele-monitoring device;

a comparing unit which compares the security key with a password input by the user into the health information tele-monitoring device and determines whether the security key and the password are identical to each other; and

a transmitting unit which transmits a signal informing that the health information tele-monitoring device is authorized to access the healthcare server for user'"'"'s health information if the comparing unit determines that the security key and the password are identical to each other.