System for monitoring individuals with a monitoring device, telemetry system, activity manager and a feedback system

• US 9,526,422 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2013
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fitbit, Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hello, Inc.
• Inventors: Proud, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Li B
• Assistant Examiner(s): WHEATON, BRADFORD F
• Application Number:
  US13/967,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20140247150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 717/121
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0214 of power generation or supply
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0233 Special features of optical sensors or probes classified in A61B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/08 Sensors provided with means for identification, e.g. barcodes or memory chips
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0024 for multiple sensor units attached to the patient, e.g. using a body or personal area network
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02055 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular condition and temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1112 Global tracking of patients, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/443 Evaluating skin constituents, e.g. elastin, melanin, water
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6831 Straps, bands or harnesses
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/743 Displaying an image simultaneously with additional graphical information, e.g. symbols, charts, function plots
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/90 Identification means for patients or instruments, e.g. tags
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/98 using electromagnetic means, e.g. transponders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 2310/23 : The load being a medical device, a medical implant, or a life supporting device
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/005 : Mechanical details of housing or structure aiming to accommodate the power transfer means, e.g. mechanical integration of coils, antennas or transducers into emitting or receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/10 : using inductive coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 : using microwaves or radio frequency waves
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/70 : involving the reduction of electric, magnetic or electromagnetic leakage fields
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/80 : involving the exchange of data, concerning supply or distribution of electric power, between transmitting devices and receiving devices
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/00034 : Charger exchanging data with an electronic device, i.e. telephone, whose internal battery is under charge
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 : Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A monitoring device, with one or more sensors detects or measures individual information selected from of at least one of, an individual'"'"'s activities, behaviors and habit information, and an individual'"'"'s health. The monitoring device includes ID circuitry with an ID storage that contains a unique individual ID, a communication system which reads and transmits the unique individual ID from the ID storage, a power source and a pathway system. A telemetry system is in communication with the monitoring device. An activity manager is in communication with the monitoring device. The activity manager provides information analysis of the individual information received from the monitoring device, the individual information selected from at least one of, individual physiological information, information that is indicative of the individual'"'"'s activities, data indicative of one or more contextual parameters of the individual and monitoring a degree to which an individual has followed a routine.

Claims

1. A system for determining sleep monitored information about an individual, comprising:

a monitoring device that includes a microphone, an RF transmitter and sensors to determine air quality, sound level/quality, light quality and ambient temperature near the individual configured to assist to determine individual sleep information and sleep behavior information, the RF transmitter serving as a communication device;

an accelerometer configured to detect a user'"'"'s movement information, the accelerometer and the monitoring system configured to assist to determine individual sleep information and sleep behavior information, the microphone configured to record user movement sounds detected by the accelerometer, the accelerometer configured to cause the microphone to stop recording user movement sounds when the movement sounds are not directed to a sleep related parameter;

a telemetry system in communication with the monitoring device;

a sleep related activity manager in communication with the monitoring device, the sleep related activity manager analyzing telemetry data based on sleep onset and wake time, sleep interruptions, and the quality and depth of sleep; and

a feedback system or subsystem in communication with the sleep related activity manager and in operation is configured to communicate the sleep related information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sleep related activity manager is included with the telemetry system.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback system is included with the telemetry system.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

one or more analysis tools at the sleep related activity manager.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the telemetry system in operation receives an individual survey.

6. The system of either claim 1, wherein the feedback is in graphical form.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the feedback system or subsystem in operation generates one or more web pages containing feedback.

8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an alert at the monitoring system.

9. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a sleep related activity database.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the sleep related activity manager includes the sleep related activity database.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a GPS at the monitoring device.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an alarm at the monitoring device.