Personalized health history system with accommodation for consumer health terminology
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for providing personalized health or benefit-related works to a user, the method comprising:
- a. obtaining from the user, another information source, or both, personal health or benefit-related information comprising one or more health terms, each health term comprising at least one of a health-related term, a health-related code, a benefit-related term, and a benefit-related code;
b. in a computer system, associating one or more of the obtained health terms with one or more health or benefit-related concepts;
c. receiving from at least one of the user and a system administrator a first weight coefficient for each corresponding health or benefit-related concept based on the relevance of the corresponding health or benefit-related concept to the user;
d. generating a user profile data structure for the user containing one or more of the associated health or benefit-related concepts and the first weight coefficients corresponding to the associated health or benefit-related concepts;
e. in the computer system, identifying a plurality of health or benefit-related works associated with the one or more health or benefit-related concepts;
f. the computer system assigning a second weight coefficient to each of the health or benefit-related works as a function of at least a degree to which the associated health or benefit-related concept describes a subject matter of the work upon receiving each of the health or benefit-related works;
g. providing the user computer network access to the plurality of health or benefit-related works, wherein the computer system provides said access based on a function of the first weight coefficients of the one or more health or benefit-related concepts and the second weight coefficients assigned to the plurality of health or benefit-related works; and
h. adjusting the second weight coefficient assigned to at least one of the health or benefit-related works based on whether the user accesses the corresponding health or benefit-related work.
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Abstract
Personalization of access to health or benefit-related information on a computer network is provided based upon a health history of a user. In one implementation, personal health or benefit-related information about the user is obtaining from the user operating a client computer. The health or benefit-related information includes one or more health or benefit-related terms that each corresponds to a health or benefit-related concept. The health related terms provided by the user are correlated with a health terminology thesaurus that is stored on a computer-readable medium, such as at a server remote from the user client. Each of the health or benefit-related terms is associated with a health or benefit-related concept, which has one or more health or benefit-related works associated therewith. The works associated with health or benefit-related concepts are then made accessible over a computer network to the user.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing personalized health or benefit-related works to a user, the method comprising:
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a. obtaining from the user, another information source, or both, personal health or benefit-related information comprising one or more health terms, each health term comprising at least one of a health-related term, a health-related code, a benefit-related term, and a benefit-related code; b. in a computer system, associating one or more of the obtained health terms with one or more health or benefit-related concepts; c. receiving from at least one of the user and a system administrator a first weight coefficient for each corresponding health or benefit-related concept based on the relevance of the corresponding health or benefit-related concept to the user; d. generating a user profile data structure for the user containing one or more of the associated health or benefit-related concepts and the first weight coefficients corresponding to the associated health or benefit-related concepts; e. in the computer system, identifying a plurality of health or benefit-related works associated with the one or more health or benefit-related concepts; f. the computer system assigning a second weight coefficient to each of the health or benefit-related works as a function of at least a degree to which the associated health or benefit-related concept describes a subject matter of the work upon receiving each of the health or benefit-related works; g. providing the user computer network access to the plurality of health or benefit-related works, wherein the computer system provides said access based on a function of the first weight coefficients of the one or more health or benefit-related concepts and the second weight coefficients assigned to the plurality of health or benefit-related works; and h. adjusting the second weight coefficient assigned to at least one of the health or benefit-related works based on whether the user accesses the corresponding health or benefit-related work. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29)
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5. A computer-implemented method for providing personalized health or benefit-related works to a user, the method comprising:
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a. in a computer system, accessing a user profile data structure comprising one or more health or benefit-related concepts and first weight coefficients associated therewith indicating the relevance of the one or more concepts to the user, wherein the first weight coefficients are assigned by at least one of the user and a system administrator; b. in the computer system, identifying a plurality of health or benefit-related works associated with the one or more health or benefit-related concepts; c. the computer system assigning a second weight coefficient to each of the health or benefit-related works as a function of at least a degree to which the associated health or benefit-related concept describes a subject matter of the work upon receiving each of the health or benefit-related works; d. providing the user computer network access to the plurality of health or benefit-related works, wherein the computer system provides said access based on a function of the first weight coefficients of the one or more health or benefit-related concepts and the second weight coefficients assigned to the plurality of health or benefit-related works; and e. adjusting the second weight coefficient assigned to at least one of the health or benefit-related works based on whether the user accesses the corresponding health or benefit-related work. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 23, 24, 30)
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10. A system for providing personalized health or benefit-related works to a user, the system comprising:
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a. a non-transitory computer-readable medium having a user profile data structure stored thereon, wherein the user profile data structure comprises; i. one or more health or benefit-related concepts, wherein each health or benefit-related concept has a first weight coefficient associated therewith indicating relevance of the health or benefit-related concept to the user, and wherein the first weight coefficient is assigned by at least one of the user and a system administrator, ii. links to a plurality of health or benefit-related works associated with the one or more health or benefit-related concepts, wherein each health or benefit-related work among the plurality of health or benefit-related works has a corresponding second weight coefficient assigned thereto; and b. a processor configured to; i. assign the second weight coefficient to each of the health or benefit-related works as a function of at least a degree to which the associated health or benefit-related concept describes a subject matter of the work upon receiving each of the health or benefit-related works; ii. access the user profile data structure and provide to the user computer network access to the plurality of the health or benefit-related works, the access being based on a function of the first weight coefficients of the health or benefit-related concepts and the second weight coefficients assigned to the plurality of health or benefit-related works; and iii. adjust the second weight coefficient assigned to at least one of the health or benefit-related works based on whether the user accesses the corresponding health or benefit-related work. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 25, 26, 31)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for execution on a computer system, said code comprising instructions that, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to:
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a. define a user profile data structure comprising one or more health or benefit-related concepts and first weight coefficients associated therewith for indicating relevance of the health or benefit-related concepts to a user, wherein the first weight coefficients are assigned by at least one of the user and a system administrator; b. identify a plurality of health or benefit-related works associated with one or more health or benefit-related concepts; c. assign a second weight coefficient to each of the health or benefit-related works as a function of at least a degree to which the associated health or benefit-related concept describes a subject matter of the work upon receiving each of the health or benefit-related works; d. provide to the user computer network access to the plurality of health or benefit-related works, the access being based on a function of the first weight coefficients of the one or more health or benefit-related concepts and the second weight coefficients assigned to the plurality of health or benefit-related works; and e. adjust the second weight coefficient assigned to at least one of the health or benefit-related works based on whether the user accesses the corresponding health or benefit-related work. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 27, 28, 32)
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