Providing assistance related to health

• US 10,042,980 B2
• Filed: 11/17/2005
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Persephone Biome, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, Jr., John D., Wood, Jr., Lowell L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chng, Joy
• Application Number:
  US11/283,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20070112587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,646 Days
• Field of Search: 705 2- 3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/00 ICT specially adapted for the handling or processing of medical references
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/20 relating to practices or guidelines
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage

Abstract

In one aspect, a method related to health-related data management. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.

Claims

1. A method for a computer processor related to health-related data management, the method comprising:

controlling at least one network health regimen information database at least partially using one or more processing components including at least;

providing health regimen information in the at least one network health regimen information database including one or more data structures linked by associative information;

enabling a plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database at least to access, add, and modify information in the at least one network health regimen information database including at least enabling the plurality of users to modify one or more linkages between health regimen entities;

accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database, the input information including at least information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information;

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities based at least partly on the information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information and user modification of the one or more linkages between health regimen entities; and

storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the two or more health regimen data entities, wherein accessibility to the health regimen entities in the at least one network health regimen information database is modified in response to the input information received from the at least one user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

at least one of;

accepting input information for changing one or more health regimen data entities;

or

accepting input information for altering one or more health regimen data entities.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for deleting one or more health regimen data entities.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for including at least one table of correlation in one or more data structures.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for adding information to one or more health regimen data entities.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for deleting information from one or more health regimen data entities.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for integrating at least one report of an experience by at least one end-user into one or more health regimen data entities.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for accepting a change in one or more health regimen data entities from an end-user.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for accepting a change in one or more health regimen data entities from a vendor.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

at least one of;

accepting input information for accepting a change in one or more health regimen data entities from a publisher;

or

accepting input information for accepting a selection of at least one health regimen data entity.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

at least one of an end-user, a vendor, or a publisher.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second non-nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second non-nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second non-nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second non-nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a vitamin regimen data entity and a constituent substance data entity that is linked with one or more personal notes data entities.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a vitamin regimen data entity and a constituent substance data entity that is linked with one or more personal notes data entities.

38. The method of claim 21 wherein the storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the two or more health regimen data entities, wherein accessibility to the health regimen entities in the at least one network health regimen information database is modified in response to the input information received from the at least one user comprises:

storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the vitamin regimen data entity and the constituent substance data entity such that personal note information of the one or more personal notes data entities is provided in association with the vitamin regimen data entity.

22. A system comprising:

at least one server configured for controlling at least one network health regimen information database at least partially using one or more processing components including at least;

at least one memory configured for storing health regimen information in the at least one network health regimen information database including one or more data structures linked by associative information;

circuitry configured for enabling a plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database at least to access, add, and modify information in the at least one network health regimen information database including at least enabling the plurality of users to modify one or more linkages between health regimen entities;

circuitry configured for accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database, the input information including at least information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information;

circuitry configured for automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities based at least partly on the information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information and user modification of the one or more linkages between health regimen entities; and

circuitry configured for storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the two or more health regimen data entities, wherein accessibility to the health regimen entities in the at least one network health regimen information database is modified in response to the input information received from the at least one user.

23. A system comprising:

means for controlling at least one network health regimen information database at least partially using one or more non-transitory computer readable media bearing one or more instructions executable on one or more processing components including at least;

means for providing health regimen information in the at least one network health regimen information database including one or more data structures linked by associative information;

means for enabling a plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database at least to access, add, and modify information in the at least one network health regimen information database including at least enabling the plurality of users to modify one or more linkages between health regimen entities;

means for accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database, the input information including at least information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information;

means for automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities based at least partly on the information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information and user modification of the one or more linkages between health regimen entities; and

means for storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the two or more health regimen data entities, wherein accessibility to the health regimen entities in the at least one network health regimen information database is modified in response to the input information received from the at least one user.

24. A system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable media bearing one or more instructions for facilitating operations including at least;

controlling at least one network health regimen information database at least partially using one or more processing components including at least;

providing health regimen information in the at least one network health regimen information database including one or more data structures linked by associative information;

enabling a plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database at least to access, add, and modify information in the at least one network health regimen information database including at least enabling the plurality of users to modify one or more linkages between health regimen entities;

accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database, the input information including at least information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information;

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities based at least partly on the information indicating at least one of patterns or correlations between health regimen entities in the health regimen information linked by associative information and user modification of the one or more linkages between health regimen entities; and

storing the associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between the two or more health regimen data entities, wherein accessibility to the health regimen entities in the at least one network health regimen information database is modified in response to the input information received from the at least one user.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for integrating at least one report of an experience by at least one end-user into one or more health regimen data entities.

26. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

adding information to one or more health regimen data entities.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for deleting information from one or more health regimen data entities.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for altering information associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information for accepting a change to one or more health regimen data entities from an end-user.

30. The system of claim 24, wherein the accepting input information from at least one user of the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

accepting input information including a selection of at least one health regimen data entity.

31. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

32. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

33. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

34. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

35. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

36. The system of claim 24, wherein the automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between two or more health regimen data entities comprises:

at least one of;

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nesting health regimen data entity and a second non-nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities;

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second non-nesting health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities;

or

automatically correlating one or more health regimen entities including adding associative information to the one or more data structures including at least one of pointers or identifiers indicating at least one or more linkages between a first nested health regimen data entity and a second non-nested health regimen data entity that is linked with one or more other health regimen data entities.

37. The system of claim 24, wherein the plurality of users of the at least one network health regimen information database includes:

at least one of an end-user, a vendor, or a publisher.