Activation and control device for coupling two mutually activatable automatic intervention systems

• US 8,690,772 B2
• Filed: 11/28/2006
• Issued: 04/08/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Original Assignee: Swiss Reinsurance Company
• Inventors: Hately, Paul Alastair, Johnson, Mark, Brown, Jerry
• Primary Examiner(s): Hindenburg, Max
• Assistant Examiner(s): EISEMAN, ADAM JARED
• Application Number:
  US12/095,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20100179451A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,688 Days
• Field of Search: 600/587, 600/595, 600/300, 600/301
• US Class Current: 600/301
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/08 Elderly
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 3/113 for determining or recording eye movement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1114 Tracking parts of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/163 by tracking eye movement, gaze, or pupil change
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Activation and control apparatus (11) and also appropriate process for coupling two reciprocally activatable automated intervention systems (10/12) for coverage events in medical diagnosis and/or therapy processes, where the activation and control apparatus (11) comprises a proxy trigger (14), which proxy trigger (14) comprises at least first measuring apparatuses (141) which can be used to detect first measurement parameters on the basis of user-specific walking distance and/or a user-specific visual accuracy and/or a user-specific sitting period, and/or second measuring apparatuses which can be used to detect second measurement parameters on the basis of user-specific communication ability. The measurement parameters can be stored in a lookup table (15) in association. The proxy trigger (14) also comprises a filter module (146), where the filter module (146) can be used to generate appropriate activation parameters on the basis of the measurement parameters in the lookup table (15) and associated, synchronized threshold parameters if at least one of the measurement parameters exceeds the associated threshold value. In addition, the activation and control apparatus (11) also comprises means (13) for generating the activation data on the basis of the activation parameters.

Claims

1. An activation and control apparatus for coupling two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems for coverage events in at least one of medical diagnosis and therapy processes, the automated intervention systems being associated with a plurality of users, the automated intervention systems being activated by means of activation data from the activation and control apparatus, the activation and control apparatus comprising:

a proxy trigger including

first measuring apparatuses configured to detect first measurement parameters on the basis of at least one of a user-specific walking distance, a user-specific visual accuracy, and a user-specific sitting period, and configured to store the first measurement parameters in a lookup table in association with a user of the plurality of users,

second measuring apparatuses configured to detect second measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific communication ability, and to store the second measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user, the user-specific communication ability including at least one of aural, visual, and comprehension measurement parameters for the user,

third measuring apparatuses configured to detect third measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific ability to drive a motor vehicle, and to store the third measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user,

fourth measuring apparatuses configured to detect fourth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to lift oneself or stand independently, and to store the fourth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user, and

fifth measuring apparatuses configured to detect fifth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to at least one of write and use a keypad-based input apparatus, and to store the fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

a filter module configured to generate appropriate activation parameters on the basis of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table and associated synchronized threshold values and to transmit the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters to the activation and control apparatus if at least one of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters exceeds an associated threshold value, at least one of the threshold values corresponding to cash-sum values associated with a service;

means for generating the activation data on the basis of the activation parameters; and

a clearing module configured to automatically obtain and pay for at least one service for the user, without user intervention, in response to one of the two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems being activated by the activation data.

2. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measuring apparatuses include a definable time-based threshold value which is stored in a memory unit in association with a measurement parameter.

3. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and fourth measuring apparatuses include at least one eyetracking apparatus and one or more pressure sensors.

4. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second measuring apparatuses include at least one of apparatuses for generating multimedia data, audio output apparatuses, image presentation apparatuses, touchscreens, and appropriate input appliances.

5. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the third measuring apparatuses include means for bidirectionally accessing appropriate databases with data concerning health-related framework parameters for motor vehicle driver licensing.

6. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the third measuring apparatuses additionally include at least one of means for access-controlled and encrypted access to at least one of medical and national databases with data concerning the vehicle driver licensing for one or more users.

7. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fifth measuring apparatuses include at least one of input apparatuses with keypad-based input elements, pressure-sensitive input tablets, and touchscreens.

8. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein activation prompts clearing data to be transmitted from the one of the two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems to the clearing module, the clearing data include charging data for the access to services and user data that include information about user-specific access.

9. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the clearing module is configured to at least one of credit and debit the user with services and to provide a provider of said services with information in line with the transmitted clearing data, the information being generated by the clearing module according to stipulated reuse conditions on the basis of the user data.

10. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proxy trigger includes means for dynamic user-specific registering of at least some of the threshold values.

11. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the dynamic user-specific registering the proxy trigger includes means for detecting appropriate user-specific parameters, the user-specific parameters being taken as a basis for dynamically adapting the threshold values.

12. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the intervention systems include cash-value-based intervention systems for at least one of medical and therapeutic processes.

13. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proxy trigger includes a network module that is used by at least one medical or therapeutic service provider to access one or more databases, and includes a second filter module for aggregating historical user data, at least one of the threshold values being determined by means of the second filter module on the basis of the aggregated historical data.

14. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the proxy trigger includes means for bidirectional access-controlled access to one or more databases by at least one of a medical and a therapeutic service provider.

15. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the proxy trigger includes a supplementary trigger module that includes a memory unit for storing at least one of definable triggerable illness type data, illness status data, and treatment type data, the supplementary trigger module being used by at least one medical service provider to filter data concerning services provided in diagnosis and therapy processes on the basis of the at least one of the illness type data, the illness status data, and the treatment type data, and detection of the at least one of the illness type data, the illness status data, and the treatment type data prompting the charging data with charging parameters for crediting cash-sum values to at least one of the user and medical service provider to be transmitted to the clearing module.

16. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the at least one of the illness type data and the illness status data include at least one of data concerning specific types of cancer and data concerning a cancer stage of a specific type of cancer.

17. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the treatment type data include at least data concerning specific organ transplants.

18. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the treatment type data include at least data concerning specific cardiac surgical intervention.

19. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the illness type data include at least data concerning illnesses with expected long-term dependency of the relevant user.

20. The activation and control apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the supplementary trigger module includes means for dynamically registering the long-term dependency of different illness types on the basis of locally stored data from medical service providers based on services provided in diagnosis and therapy processes.

21. An activation and control process for coupling two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems for coverage events in at least one of medical diagnosis and therapy processes, the automated intervention systems being associated with a plurality of users, the automated intervention systems being activated using activation data from an activation and control apparatus, the activation and control process comprising:

detecting, using first measuring apparatuses of a proxy trigger, first measurement parameters on the basis of at least one of a user-specific walking distance, a user-specific visual accuracy, and a user-specific sitting period, and storing the first measurement parameters in a lookup table in association with a user of the plurality of users;

detecting, using second measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, second measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific communication ability, and storing the second measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user, the user-specific communication ability including at least one of aural, visual, and comprehension measurement parameters for the user;

detecting, using third measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, third measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific ability to drive a motor vehicle, and storing the third measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

detecting, using fourth measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, fourth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to lift oneself or stand independently, and storing the fourth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

detecting, using fifth measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, fifth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to at least one of write and use a keypad-based input apparatus, and storing the fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

generating, using a filter module of the proxy trigger, appropriate activation parameters on the basis of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table and associated synchronized threshold values and transmitting the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters to the activation and control apparatus if at least one of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters exceeds the associated threshold value, at least one of the threshold values corresponding to cash-sum values associated with a service;

generating, using the activation and control apparatus, the activation data on the basis of the activation parameters; and

automatically obtaining and paying for, using a clearing module, at least one service for the user, without user intervention, in response to one of the two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems being activated by the activation data.

22. The activation and control process according to claim 21, further comprising:

detecting, using at least one of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measuring apparatuses, a definable time-based threshold value in association with a measurement parameter.

23. The activation and control process according to claim 21, wherein at least one of the first and fourth measuring apparatuses include at least one eyetracking apparatus and one or more pressure sensors.

24. The activation and control process according to claim 21, wherein the second measuring apparatuses include at least one of means for generating multimedia data, audio output apparatuses, image presentation apparatuses, touchscreens, and appropriate input appliances.

25. The activation and control process according to claim 21, further comprising:

bidirectionally accessing, using the third measuring apparatuses, databases with data concerning the health-related framework parameters for motor vehicle driver licensing, and

transmitting appropriate user data to the third measuring apparatuses.

26. The activation and control process according to claim 25, further comprising:

accessing, using the third measuring apparatuses, at least one of medical and national databases with data concerning the vehicle driver licensing for one or more users under at least one of access control and encryption.

27. The activation and control process according to claim 21, wherein the fifth measuring apparatuses include at least one of input apparatuses with keypad-based input elements, pressure-sensitive input tablets, and touchscreens.

28. The activation and control process according to claim 21, wherein activation prompts transmitting clearing data from the one of the two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems to the clearing module, the clearing data include charging data for the access to services and user data that include information about user-specific access.

29. The activation and control process according to claim 28, further comprising:

at least one of crediting and debiting, using the clearing module, the user with services and providing the provider of said services with information in line with the transmitted clearing data, the information being generated by the clearing module according to stipulated reuse conditions on the basis of the user data.

30. The activation and control process according to claim 21, further comprising:

dynamically registering, using the proxy trigger, the threshold values at least to some extent on a user-specific basis.

31. The activation and control process according to claim 30, further comprising:

detecting, using the proxy trigger, appropriate user-specific parameters for dynamic registering, on the basis of which user-specific parameters the threshold values are dynamically adapted.

32. The activation and control process according to claim 21, wherein the intervention systems include cash-value-based intervention systems for at least one of medical and therapeutic processes.

33. The activation and control process according to claim 21, further comprising:

using a network module included in the proxy trigger, by at least one medical or therapeutic service provider, to access one or more databases,

aggregating historical user data, using a second filter module, and

determining at least one of the threshold values by means of the second filter module on the basis of the aggregated historical data.

34. The activation and control process according to claim 21, further comprising:

using the proxy trigger by at least one of a medical and therapeutic service provider to access one or more databases bi-directionally or under access control.

35. The activation and control process according to claim 28, further comprising:

storing, in a memory unit of a supplementary trigger module of the proxy trigger, at least one of definable triggerable illness type data, illness status data, and treatment type data, and

using the supplementary trigger module by at least one medical service provider to filter data concerning services provided in diagnosis and therapy processes on the basis of the at least one of the illness type data, the illness status data, and the treatment type data,

wherein detection of the at least one of the illness type data, the illness status data, and the treatment type data prompts the charging data with charging parameters for crediting cash-sum values to at least one of the user and medical service provider to be transmitted to the clearing module.

36. The activation and control process according to claim 35, wherein the at least one of the illness type data and the illness status data include at least one of data concerning specific types of cancer and data concerning a cancer stage of a specific type of cancer.

37. The activation and control process according to claim 35, wherein the treatment type data include at least data concerning specific organ transplants.

38. The activation and control process according to claim 35, wherein the treatment type data include at least data concerning specific cardiac surgical intervention.

39. The activation and control process according to claim 35, wherein the illness type data include at least data concerning illness with an expected long-term dependency of the relevant user.

40. The activation and control process according to claim 39, further comprising:

dynamically registering, using the supplementary trigger module, the long-term dependency of different illness types on the basis of locally stored data from medical service providers based on services provided in diagnosis and therapy processes.

41. A computer-readable storage medium including computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform an activation and control process for coupling two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems for coverage events in at least one of medical diagnosis and therapy processes, the automated intervention systems being associated with a plurality of users, the automated intervention systems being activated using activation data from an activation and control apparatus, the activation and control process comprising:

detecting, using first measuring apparatuses of a proxy trigger, first measurement parameters on the basis of at least one of a user-specific walking distance, a user-specific visual accuracy, and a user-specific sitting period, and storing the first measurement parameters in a lookup table in association with a user of the plurality of users;

detecting, using second measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, second measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific communication ability, and storing the second measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user, the user-specific communication ability including at least one of aural, visual, and comprehension measurement parameters for the user;

detecting, using third measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, third measurement parameters on the basis of a user-specific ability to drive a motor vehicle, and storing the third measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

detecting, using fourth measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, fourth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to lift oneself or stand independently, and storing the fourth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

detecting, using fifth measuring apparatuses of the proxy trigger, fifth measurement parameters on the basis of the user-specific ability to at least one of write and use a keypad-based input apparatus, and storing the fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table in association with the user;

generating, using a filter module of the proxy trigger, appropriate activation parameters on the basis of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters in the lookup table and associated synchronized threshold values and transmitting the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters to the activation and control apparatus if at least one of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth measurement parameters exceeds the associated threshold value, at least one of the threshold values corresponding to cash-sum values associated with a service;

generating, using the activation and control apparatus, the activation data on the basis of the activation parameters; and

automatically obtaining and paying for, using a clearing module, at least one service for the user, without user intervention, in response to one of the two complementarily activatable automated intervention systems being activated by the activation data.