Method and apparatus to utilize sensor, monitor, device (SMD) data based on location

• US 9,683,860 B1
• Filed: 01/17/2013
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: DP Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Kinsolving, Arthur, Kahn, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Boccio, Vincent F
• Application Number:
  US13/744,320
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 707602, 707800, 707899, 707724, 701 25
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3461 Preferred or disfavoured areas, e.g. dangerous zones, toll or emission zones, intersections, manoeuvre types, segments such as motorways, toll roads, ferries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/29 Geographical information databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A method of using location-dependent sensor information comprising receiving information from one or more sensor/monitor/device (SMD) and determining a location associated with the SMD. The method further comprising integrating the SMD data into a comprehensive location-based database, and enabling a user to search for local conditions in the location-based database.

Claims

1. A method of using location-dependent sensor information comprising:

maintaining health data pertaining to a plurality of users, the health data including sensitivity information related to the health of the plurality of users;

receiving pseudo-real-time information from at least two sensor/monitor/devices (SMDs);

determining a location associated with an SMD at a time when the pseudo-real-time information was obtained, and integrating the pseudo-real-time information received from the SMD into a location-based database; and

determining risk at various locations, based on the information received from the SMDs;

receiving a routing request for a vehicle, the routing request including identity information of one or more users in the vehicle;

generating a route avoiding locations which have any triggers that would impact any users in the vehicle, the triggers indicating local conditions that may affect the health of the one or more users, from the location-based database.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the route on a travel map for a user upon request, the travel map showing locations of the triggers.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one trigger indicates a severity and a type of the trigger.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the triggers includes a trigger level, indicating a severity of potential response.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

enabling a user to adjust routing by adjusting the trigger level.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving information that the vehicle includes multiple users; and

generating the route based on the health information of the multiple users.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the health data includes one or more of:

allergies, illnesses, sensitivity to chemicals.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the routing takes into account a potential exposure generated by the user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining risk comprising:

identifying a risk as being one of;

a risk for all users, a risk for users having a particular condition, a risk for users of a certain age, and a risk for users having a particular illness.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the triggers comprise risks associated with the health data of the user.

11. A method of claim 1, wherein one of the SMDs is integrated into a mobile device of a user.

12. A system of using location-dependent sensor information comprising:

a non-transitory storage medium including a database of health data to maintain health data pertaining to a plurality of users;

a sensor data receiving logic to receive pseudo-real-time information from at least two different remote sensor/monitor/devices (SMDs) and determine a location associated with the SMDs when the pseudo-real-time information was obtained;

a processor to classify a risk at various locations, based on the information received from the SMDs, the risk including identifying one or more triggers associated with particular health conditions;

a database of sensor data including the pseudo-real-time information received from the SMDs, the database providing a location-based database; and

a mapping logic to generate a route, in response to a request including identity information of one or more users, the route to avoid triggers that would impact any of the one or more users, the triggers indicating local conditions that may affect the health of the one or more users, from the location-based database.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

the mapping logic to display the route on a travel map for a user upon request, the travel map showing locations of the triggers.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one trigger indicates a severity and a type of the trigger.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the triggers includes a trigger level, indicating a severity of potential response.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a user interface to enable a user to adjust routing by adjusting the trigger level.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein when the mapping request includes information about multiple users, the route is generated based on the health information of the multiple users.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the routing takes into account a potential exposure generated by the user.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor classifying the risk identifies a risk as being one of:

a risk for all users, a risk for users having a particular condition, a risk for users of a certain age, and a risk for users having a particular illness.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the triggers comprise risks associated with the health data of the user.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein one of the SMDs is integrated into a mobile device of a user.

22. A server system of using location-dependent sensor information comprising:

a non-transitory medium to store a database of health data to maintain health data pertaining to a plurality of users;

a sensor data receiving logic to receive pseudo-real-time information from at least two different remote sensor/monitor/devices (SMDs) and determine a location associated with the SMDs when the pseudo-real-time information was obtained, wherein at least one of the SMDs comprises a user'"'"'s mobile device;

a processor to classify trigger levels at various locations, based on the information received from the SMDs, the trigger level including identifying a risk associated with the location for various conditions;

a database of sensor data including the pseudo-real-time information received from the SMDs, the database providing a location-based database; and

a mapping logic to generate a route to avoid triggers based on the health data and the sensor data.

23. A server system of using location-dependent sensor information comprising:

a sensor data receiving logic to receive pseudo-real-time information from at least two different remote sensor/monitor/devices (SMDs) and determine a location associated with the SMDs when the pseudo-real-time information was obtained;

a processor to classify a risk at various locations, based on the information received from the SMDs, the risk including identifying one or more triggers associated with particular health conditions;

a non-volatile memory storing a database of sensor data including the pseudo-real-time information received from the SMDs, the database providing a location-based database; and

the system to provide the database information to a mapping application to generate a route, in response to a request including information of a user, the route to avoid triggers that would impact the user, the triggers indicating local conditions that may affect the health of the user based on health information of the user and the location-based database.