Multi-user remote health monitoring system
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a server computer having access to a memory configured to store identification information about one or more patients of a health monitoring service; and
a remote device comprising a sensor interface configured to receive identification data of one of said patients from a sensor, wherein said server computer further comprises a processor configured to (A) identify one of said patients as at least one of (i) a patient of said health monitoring service when said identification data is received and (ii) a known patient type, in response to said identification data, wherein said apparatus recognizes a type of monitoring device to determine said patient type when said identification data is not received (B) generate a program in response to said identification data, wherein said program is (i) assigned to said patient and (ii) buffered in said memory and (C) transmit said program from said server computer to said remote device where said program provides display data in a format readable by said patient.
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Abstract
A method for monitoring a physiological condition of a user with an apparatus in a computer network is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) storing authorization information in a nonvolatile condition within the apparatus, the authorization information being suitable for identifying at least one of (i) one or more authorized patients among a plurality of medical patients of a health monitoring service and (ii) one or more authorized types among a plurality of patient types of the health monitoring service, (B) sensing biometric data from the user of the apparatus and (C) identifying the user as a particular patient from at least one of (i) the authorized patients and (ii) the authorized types in response to matching the biometric data to the authorization information.
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8 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a server computer having access to a memory configured to store identification information about one or more patients of a health monitoring service; and a remote device comprising a sensor interface configured to receive identification data of one of said patients from a sensor, wherein said server computer further comprises a processor configured to (A) identify one of said patients as at least one of (i) a patient of said health monitoring service when said identification data is received and (ii) a known patient type, in response to said identification data, wherein said apparatus recognizes a type of monitoring device to determine said patient type when said identification data is not received (B) generate a program in response to said identification data, wherein said program is (i) assigned to said patient and (ii) buffered in said memory and (C) transmit said program from said server computer to said remote device where said program provides display data in a format readable by said patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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