Apparatus and method for managing health data

• US 9,294,472 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2013
• Issued: 03/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Do-Young, Lim, Nae-Hyun, Lim, Hyoung-Kyu, Chang, Yong, Kim, In-Kyo, Park, Jeong-Je, Lee, Kwang-Hyeon
• Primary Examiner(s): Paliwal, Yogesh
• Application Number:
  US14/017,003
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068728A1
• Time in Patent Office: 931 Days
• Field of Search: 726/5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

An apparatus and method for managing health data through a user terminal are provided. The method includes inputting a user terminal number for identifying the user terminal, and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal, receiving, by a receiver, a security type table mapped onto the user terminal number and comprising a security type code for instructing the health data which the medical instrument has measured to be stored in a first memory without security or in a second memory with security, from the management server, and storing the health data in the first memory or the second memory, which the security type code instructs, through determining the security type code of the security type table when the health data is received from the medical instrument.

Claims

1. A method for managing health data by a user terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting information of the user terminal for identifying the user terminal, and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal;

receiving a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal, the security type table comprising a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or in a second memory with security, from the management server; and

storing the health data in the first memory or the second memory based on the security type code of the security type table.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type code is set based on medical instruments if the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set based on health data, which the medical instrument measures, if the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the security type table is received from the management server or a hospital server interworked with the management server,

wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or the hospital server to be registered in the management server, if the security type table is received from the management server, and

wherein the security type code is set in the hospital server, if the security type table is received from the hospital server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for sharing of the health data stored in the second memory, from a hospital server interworked with the management server, if a table code of the security type table coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal; and

transmitting the health data stored in the second memory to the hospital server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the information of the user terminal comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

7. A method for managing health data by a management server interworked with a user terminal, the method comprising:

receiving information of the user terminal for identifying the user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data, from the user terminal;

determining whether or not a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or a second memory with security is registered in the management server;

generating a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal based on the security type code, if the security type code is registered in the management server, and

transmitting the generated security type table to the user terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the information of the user terminal and the information of the medical instrument to a hospital server in which the security type code is stored, if the security type code is not registered in the management server;

receiving a security type table from the hospital server; and

transmitting the received security type table to the user terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type code is set based on medical instruments if the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set based on health data which the medical instrument measures, if the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or a hospital server to be registered in the management server.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the information of the user terminal comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

13. A user terminal for managing health data, the user terminal comprising:

a first memory without security;

a second memory with security;

a transmitter configured to transmit information of the user terminal for identifying the user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal;

a receiver configured to;

receive a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal, the security type table comprising a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in the first memory or the second memory, from the management server, and

receive the health data from the medical instrument; and

a controller configured to instruct the health data to be stored in the first memory or the second memory based on the security type code of the security type table.

14. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes denoting usage of the slots.

15. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the security type code is set based on medical instruments if the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set based on health data, which the medical instrument measures, if the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

16. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the security type table is received from the management server or a hospital server interworked with the management server,

wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or the hospital server to be registered in the management server, if the security type table is received from the management server, and

wherein the security type code is set in the hospital server, if the security type table is received from the hospital server.

17. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the receiver receives a request for sharing of the health data stored in the second memory, from a hospital server interworked with the management server, if a table code of the security type table coincides with a table code of a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal, and

wherein the transmitter transmits the health data stored in the second memory to the hospital server.

18. The user terminal of claim 13, wherein the information of the user terminal comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

19. A management server for managing health data, the management server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive information of a user terminal for identifying a user terminal and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data, from the user terminal;

a controller configured to determine whether or not a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or a second memory with security is registered in the management server;

a management unit configured to generate a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal based on the security type code, if the security type code is registered in the management server; and

a transmitter configured to transmit the generated security type table to the user terminal.

20. The management server of claim 19, wherein the transmitter transmits the information of the user terminal and the information of the medical instrument to a hospital server in which the security type code is stored, if the security type code is not registered in the management server, and transmits a security type table to the user terminal if the receiver receives the security type table from the hospital server.

21. The management server of claim 19, wherein the security type table comprises at least one of a table code for identification of the security type table, slot numbers of slots constituting the first and the second memories, identifiers for identifying vendors of the first and the second memories, and usage codes of the slots.

22. The management server of claim 19, wherein the security type code is set based on medical instruments if the medical instrument measures one health data, and wherein the security type code is set based on health data which the medical instrument measures if the medical instrument measures two or more health data.

23. The management server of claim 19, wherein the security type code is set in the medical instrument or a hospital server to be registered in the management server.

24. The management server of claim 19, wherein the information of the user terminal comprises at least one of a phone number, a serial number, and a preset password of the user terminal.

25. A non-transitory processor readable medium for storing a computer program of instructions configured to be readable by at least one processor for instructing the at least one processor to execute a computer process for performing a method for managing health data in a user terminal, the method comprising:

transmitting information of the user terminal for identifying the user terminal, and information of a medical instrument for measuring the health data to a management server interworked with the user terminal;

receiving a security type table mapped onto the information of the user terminal, the security type table comprising a security type code for instructing the health data to be stored in a first memory without security or in a second memory with security, from the management server; and

storing the health data in the first memory or the second memory based on the security type code of the security type table.