System, Method, And Apparatus Of Facilitating Web-Based Interactions Between An Elderly And Caregivers

• US 20080294462A1
• Filed: 09/20/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Family Bank Limited
• Original Assignee: Family Bank Limited
• Inventors: Nuhaan, Laura, Rarick, Inger
• Application Number:
  US11/858,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20080294462A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063114 Status monitoring or status determination for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1095 Meeting or appointment
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• 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: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

Systems, methods and apparatuses of facilitating web-based interactions between an elderly and caregivers are described in this application. In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, which may be implemented on a system, of providing care through facilitating interactions between a set of service subscribers including an elderly and one or more caregivers, via an online networking platform. One embodiment can include, receiving data provided by one or more remote users, the data to be provided to a local user based on a time frame indicated by a request generated by the one or more remote users, providing the data to the local user via a network connection, the data to be displayed on a display screen to be provided to the local user, receiving data provided by the local user to be transmitted to the one or more remote users, and/or transmitting the data provided by the local user to the one or more remote users via the network connection, upon receiving a request generated by the local user, the one or more remote users being a caregiver and wherein the local user being the elderly

Claims

1. A method of providing care through facilitating interactions between a set of service subscribers including an elderly and one or more caregivers, via an online networking platform, comprising:

receiving data provided by one or more remote users, the data to be provided to a local user based on a time frame indicated by a request generated by the one or more remote users;

providing the data to the local user via a network connection, the data to be displayed on a display screen to be provided to the local user;

receiving data provided by the local user to be transmitted to the one or more remote users; and

transmitting the data provided by the local user to the one or more remote users via the network connection, upon receiving a request generated by the local user;

wherein the one or more remote users being a caregiver and wherein the local user being the elderly.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data provided by the one or more remote users and the data provided by the local user comprise image data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data provided by the one or more remote users and the data provided by the local user further comprise at least one of voice data, video data, and textual data.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the textual data comprise a set of medical records.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the textual data further comprises one or more of a document, a text message, a set of instructions, an alert, contact information, a reminder, and a calendar event.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the data provided by the local user further comprises data including vital signs of the local user.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the vital signs of the local user include one or more of pulse rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, spirometric data, body temperature, glucose level, oxygen saturation level, and intracranial pressure.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising recording data having the vital signs of the user.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving the data having the vital signs of the user from a measurement instrument via a second network connection.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first network connection comprises one or more of an internet connection, an extranet connection, a LAN connection, a telephonic connection, a 3G connection, a WAN connection, and a Bluetooth connection.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the second network connection comprises one or more of an internet connection, an extranet connection, a LAN connection, a telephonic connection, a 3G connection, a WAN connection, and a Bluetooth connection.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting one or more of motion, presence of the local user, and heat.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating an alert when motion of the local user has not been detected for a predetermined period of time.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising generating an alert when unexpected motion is detected.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing data to the local user in real-time as the data is being provided by the one or more remote users.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing data to the local user at pre-determined instants in time.

17. An apparatus to facilitate communication between a caregiver and a care receiver that are not necessarily geographically proximal, comprising:

a communication unit couple-able to a network for establishing a communication session with a remote device,

a screen to locally display data to the care receiver provided by the remote device, the remote device to receive the data from the caregiver to be transmitted through the network for display on the screen; and

a processing unit, the processing unit able to execute one or more instruction sets embodied on a machine readable medium, the one or more instruction causing the processing unit to;

process data received from the remote device via the communication unit, the data to be displayed locally on the screen;

process data provided by the care receiver to be transmitted to the remote device via the communication unit; and

generate a user interface to be displayed on the screen to the care receiver to facilitate communication between the care receiver and the caregiver.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, an imaging device for capturing a graphical representation of one or more areas in a vicinity of the imaging device, wherein the imaging devices is one or more of a web-camera, a camera, an array of photodetectors, a contact image sensor, a CCD camera, a video camera, a camcorder, and a scanner.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the screen comprises an interactive touch-screen key-pad.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, further comprising one or more of a motion detector, a presence sensor, and a heat sensor to detect at least one of motion and presence.

21. The apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a storage device to store one of the graphical representation and an occurrence indicating movement activity, to be provided to the remote device via the network.

22. A method of medical records management, comprising:

storing data including the medical record of a service subscriber;

receiving one or more sets of updated medical data to update the medical record of the service subscriber, the updated data to be received from a first authorized set of service subscribers;

in response to receiving a request to access the medical record of the service subscriber from a second subscriber and determining if the second subscriber is authorized to access the medical record of the service subscriber;

providing the medical record of the service subscriber to the second service subscriber, if the second service subscriber is authorized; and

tracking an occurrence of a medical event and providing a reminder to the subscriber at a pre-determined time before the occurrence of the medical event.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein medical event comprises one or more of an appointment with a health care provider and a scheduled intake of medication.

24. A system, comprising:

a first unit to receive a first set of data from a first user, the first set of data to include health-related information of the first user;

a second unit to receive a second set of data from a second user, the second set of data to include photography; and

a server communicatively coupled to the first unit and the second unit to store the first set of data and the second set of data;

wherein the server to facilitate exchange of the first set of data and the second set of data between the first unit and the second unit, upon receipt of a request by the server generated by one of the first user and the second user, the server to further provide a web-interface to at least one of the first unit and the second unit for receiving requests generated by the one of the first user and the second user.

25. A system, comprising:

a plurality of motion detectors operatively installed in one or more locations in a residence of an elderly;

a first unit coupled to one or more of the plurality of motion detectors, the first unit to receive an alarm signal from the one or more of the plurality of motion detectors when motion has not been detected for a predetermined amount of time by at least one of the plurality of motion detectors; and

a plurality of receiver units communicatively coupled to the first unit over a network connection, one or more of the plurality of receiver units to receive the alarm signal from the first unit indicating that motion has not been detected for at least the predetermined amount of time by at least one of the plurality of motion detectors in the residence of the elderly.