Method and apparatus for managing body device

• US 10,452,100 B2
• Filed: 05/26/2017
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Li, Yingtao, Xue, Xijun, Lei, Yun, Huang, Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akhter, Sharmin
• Application Number:
  US15/606,192
• Publication Number:
  US 20170262015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 3405731-5734
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• 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 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/02438 with portable devices, e.g. worn by the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/686 Permanently implanted devices, e.g. pacemakers, other stimulators, biochips A61B5/6861 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7282 Event detection, e.g. detecting unique waveforms indicative of a medical condition A61B5/4094, A61B5/4818, A61B5/349, A61B5/0823 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• 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: H04Q 9/02 : Automatically-operated arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 : using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/70 : Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The present invention relates to the computer field, and specifically, to a method and an apparatus for managing a body device. The method includes: obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device; obtaining, by the mobile personal station according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device; obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a body parameter and a location parameter that are of a user that carries the body device; and setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device. In this way, the body device can be set quickly, which facilitates management of the body device and improves user experience.

Claims

1. A method for managing a body device, wherein the method comprises:

obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device;

obtaining, by the mobile personal station according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device;

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a body parameter and a location parameter that are of a user that carries the body device; and

setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device;

after the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising;

detecting, by the mobile personal station, whether there is another mobile personal station within a preset range; and

establishing a connection to the another mobile personal station, and sending data received by the mobile personal station to the another mobile personal station when another mobile personal station is detected, so that the another mobile personal station manages, when the mobile personal station runs out of power, the body device according to the data sent by the mobile personal station.

2. The method according to claim 1, before the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

determining, by the mobile personal station, a communication priority of the body device according to the communication mode supported by the body device;

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, an ambient parameter of the user that carries the body device; and

the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device comprises;

setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, the ambient parameter, and the communication priority.

3. The method according to claim 1, after the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, data sent by the body device;

identifying, by the mobile personal station, an event type of the data;

performing, by the mobile personal station, matching between the event type of the data and a preset event; and

processing, by the mobile personal station, the data and sending an alert in a preset manner according to a processing result when the event type of the data successfully matches a preset event.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a data reporting solution, wherein the data reporting solution is used to indicate whether to report after-preprocessing data or report before-preprocessing data to an information center when the event type of the data does not match a preset event; and

sending, by the mobile personal station, the before-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the before-preprocessing data to the information center, so that the information center processes the reported before-preprocessing data;

or when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the after-preprocessing data to the information center, preprocessing, by the mobile personal station, the data and sending the after-preprocessing data to the information center, so that the information center processes the reported after-preprocessing data further.

5. The method according to claim 4, after the obtaining a data reporting solution, further comprising:

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a network status of a network on which the mobile personal station is located; and

the sending, by the mobile personal station, the before-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the before-preprocessing data to the information center, so that the information center processes the reported before-processing data comprises;

sending, by the mobile personal station, the before-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the before-preprocessing data to the information center and when the status of the network meets a preset network status requirement, so that the information center processes the data.

6. The method according to claim 1, after the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, a network topology of the network on which the mobile personal station is located; and

optimizing the network on which the mobile personal station is located, according to communication modes supported by body devices on the network on which the mobile personal station is located, a preset optimization algorithm, and the network topology.

7. The method according to claim 1, after the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

determining, by the mobile personal station according to the body parameter, a unique recognizable characteristic of the user that carries the mobile personal station;

establishing, by the mobile personal station, a security authentication manner with a gateway according to the unique recognizable characteristic of the user;

collecting, by the mobile personal station, a physiological characteristic of the user within a preset time by using the body device, and obtaining a collection result; and

interacting, by the mobile personal station, with the gateway according to the collection result and the security authentication manner, for identity authentication on the user.

8. The method according to claim 1, after the setting, by the mobile personal station, the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device, further comprising:

detecting, by the mobile personal station, strength of a radio signal of the body device;

determining, by the mobile personal station, a distance between the body device and the mobile personal station according to the strength of the radio signal of the body device; and

sending, by the mobile personal station, in a preset manner, an alert to the user that carries the mobile personal station when the distance is greater than a preset value.

9. The method according to claim 1, before the obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device, further comprising:

receiving, by the mobile personal station, a connection request sent by the body device, wherein the connection request comprises the identifier of the body device;

detecting, by the mobile personal station, whether the identifier of the body device has already been stored; and

establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device when the identifier of the body device has already been stored; and

the obtaining, by a mobile personal station, an identifier of a body device specifically comprises;

obtaining, by the mobile personal station, the identifier of the body device that has been connected.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the connection request further comprises a parameter of the body device;

and

after the detecting, by the mobile personal station, whether the identifier of the body device has already been stored, further comprising;

checking, by the mobile personal station, whether the identifier of the body device is valid when the identifier of the body device has not yet been stored; and

establishing, by the mobile personal station, a connection to the body device, storing the identifier of the body device, and updating a body device list according to the parameter of the body device when the identifier of the body device is valid.

11. An apparatus for managing a body device, wherein the apparatus is a mobile personal station and comprises:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is operable to;

obtain an identifier of a body device;

obtain, according to the identifier of the body device, a communication mode supported by the body device; and

obtain a body parameter and a location parameter that are of a user that carries the body device; and

set the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the communication mode supported by the body device;

detect whether there is another mobile personal station within a preset range; and

establish a connection to the another mobile personal station, and send data received by the mobile personal station to another mobile second personal station when another mobile personal station is detected, so that the another mobile personal station manages, when the mobile personal station runs out of power, the body device according to the data sent by the mobile personal station.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

determine a communication priority of the body device according to the communication mode supported by the body device;

obtain an ambient parameter of the user that carries the body device; and

set the body device according to the body parameter, the location parameter, and the ambient parameter and according to the communication priority.

13. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

obtain data sent by the body device;

identify an event type of the data;

perform matching between the event type of the data and a preset event; and

process the data and send an alert in a preset manner according to a processing result when the event type of the data successfully matches a preset event.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further operable to:

obtain a data reporting solution when the event type of the data does not match a preset event, wherein the data reporting solution is used to indicate whether to report after-preprocessing data or report before-preprocessing data to an information center;

send the before-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the before-preprocessing data to the information center, so that the information center processes the reported before-preprocessing data; and

preprocess the data and send the after-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the after-preprocessing data to the information center, so that the information center processes the reported after-preprocessing data further.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14, wherein the processor is further operable to:

obtain a network status of a network on which the mobile personal station is located; and

send the before-preprocessing data to the information center when the data reporting solution indicates reporting the before-preprocessing data to the information center and when the status of the network meets a preset network status requirement, so that the information center processes the data.

16. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

obtain a network topology of the network on which the mobile personal station is located; and

optimize the network on which the mobile personal station is located, according to communication modes supported by body devices on the network on which the mobile personal station is located, a preset optimization algorithm, and the network topology.

17. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

determine, according to the body parameter a unique recognizable characteristic of the user that carries the mobile personal station;

establish a security authentication manner with a gateway according to the unique recognizable characteristic of the user;

collect a physiological characteristic of the user within a preset time by using the body device, and obtain a collection result; and

interact with the gateway according to the collection result obtained by the collection unit and according to the security authentication manner established by the negotiation unit, for identity authentication on the user.

18. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

detect strength of a radio signal of the body device set by the setting unit;

determine a distance between the body device and the mobile personal station according to the strength of the radio signal of the body device; and

send, in a preset manner, an alert to the user that carries the mobile personal station when the distance is greater than a preset value.

19. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

receive a connection request sent by the body device, wherein the connection request comprises the identifier of the body device;

detect whether the identifier of the body device has already been stored;

establish a connection to the body device when the identifier of the body device has already been stored; and

obtain the identifier of the body device that has been connected by the connection unit.

20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the processor is further operable to:

check whether the identifier of the body device is valid when the identifier of the body device has not yet been stored; and

establish a connection to the body device, store the identifier of the body device, and update the body device list according to the parameter of the body device when the identifier of the body device is valid.