Methods, Systems, and Products for Measuring Health

• US 20110313774A1
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ji, Lusheng, Chang, Hisao, Miller, Robert R. II
• Granted Patent: US 8,442,835 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/275
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products measure health data related to a user. A spoken phrase is received and time-stamped. The user is identified from the spoken phrase. A window of time is determined from a semantic content of the spoken phrase. A sensor measurement is received and time-stamped. A difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase and the time-stamped sensor measurement is determined and compared to the window of time. When the difference in time is within the window of time, then the sensor measurement is associated with the user.

Claims

1. A method of measuring health, comprising:

receiving a time-stamped spoken phrase;

identifying a user from the spoken phrase;

determining a window of time from a semantic content of the spoken phrase;

receiving a time-stamped sensor measurement;

determining a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase and the time-stamped sensor measurement; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, then associating the sensor measurement with the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the spoken phrase to a database storing commands.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising retrieving a command from the database that is associated to the spoken phrase.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a device identifier associated with a device that recorded the spoken phrase.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the device identifier is selected from a telephone number and an Internet Protocol address.

6. The method according to claim 4, further comprising querying a database for the device identifier.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising retrieving a group of users associated with the device identifier.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a sensor identifier associated with a sensor that measured the sensor measurement.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising querying a database for the sensor identifier.

10. The method according to claim 9, further comprising retrieving a group of users associated with the sensor identifier.

11. A system, comprising:

a processor executing code stored in memory, the code causing the processor to;

receive a time-stamped spoken phrase;

identify a user from the spoken phrase;

determine a window of time from a semantic content of the spoken phrase;

receive a time-stamped sensor measurement;

determine a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase and the time-stamped sensor measurement; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, then associate the sensor measurement with the user.

12. The system according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes the processor to:

compare the spoken phrase to a database that stores commands; and

retrieve a command from the database associated with the spoken phrase.

13. The system according to claim 11, further comprising code that causes the processor to:

receive a device identifier associated with a device that recorded the spoken phrase;

query a database for a group of users associated with the device identifier; and

select the user from the group of users.

14. The system according to claim 13, further comprising code that causes the processor to select the device identifier from a telephone number and an Internet Protocol address.

15. The system according to claim 13, further comprising code that causes the processor to receive a sensor identifier associated with a sensor that measured the sensor measurement.

16. The system according to claim 15, further comprising code that causes the processor to:

query a database for the sensor identifier;

retrieve a group of users associated with the sensor identifier; and

select the user from the group of users.

17. A computer readable medium storing processor executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:

receiving a time-stamped spoken phrase;

identifying a user from a semantic content of the spoken phrase;

determining a window of time from the semantic content of the spoken phrase;

receiving a time-stamped sensor measurement;

determining a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase and the time-stamped sensor measurement; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, then associating the sensor measurement with the user.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 17, further comprising instructions for:

comparing the spoken phrase to a database storing commands; and

retrieving a command from the database that is associated to the spoken phrase.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 17, further comprising instructions for determining a command from the semantic content of the spoken phrase.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 17, further comprising instructions for:

receiving a device identifier associated with a device that recorded the spoken phrase;

querying a database for a group of users associated with the device identifier; and

selecting the user from the group of users.