Method of Detecting and Predicting Ovulation and the Period of Fertility
First Claim
1. A data processing device for processing data indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event for the female human user, the device comprising:
- a communication interface for receiving multiple body temperature readings or information derived therefrom from multiple female human users, wherein the readings for each user are uniquely identified;
a processor for identifying temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data and either deleting said readings or labelling them as to be disregarded, for obtaining one or several representative temperature values for each of multiple extended periods, and for analysing the representative temperature values over multiple extended periods to identify a pattern indicative or predictive of ovulation, and wherein the analysis includes using information from values obtained for other female human users;
wherein the processor is arranged to store information relevant to fertility or the timing of ovulation for each user associated with a unique identifier securely on a computer file server for secure retrieval by the user associated with the unique identifier.
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Abstract
Methods of detecting and predicting ovulation and a period of fertility include determining a series of measures indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event. The method includes obtaining, within a first 24 hour period, a plurality of first readings of the temperature of the female human user at intervals over a first extended period of at least an hour. The plurality of first readings are then processed to determine at least one first representative temperature reading representative of the basal body temperature of the user for the first extended period and the at least one first representative temperature reading is stored. The method is repeated for at least second and third 24 hour periods and the representative temperature readings are provided for analysis to identify a temperature change event for the female human user.
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19 Claims
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1. A data processing device for processing data indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event for the female human user, the device comprising:
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a communication interface for receiving multiple body temperature readings or information derived therefrom from multiple female human users, wherein the readings for each user are uniquely identified; a processor for identifying temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data and either deleting said readings or labelling them as to be disregarded, for obtaining one or several representative temperature values for each of multiple extended periods, and for analysing the representative temperature values over multiple extended periods to identify a pattern indicative or predictive of ovulation, and wherein the analysis includes using information from values obtained for other female human users; wherein the processor is arranged to store information relevant to fertility or the timing of ovulation for each user associated with a unique identifier securely on a computer file server for secure retrieval by the user associated with the unique identifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A temperature sensing system comprising a wearable, removable temperature sensor being arranged to be worn by a female human user for sensing her temperature, being associated with a code for uniquely identifying the user'"'"'s temperature readings, and comprising an interface for transmitting the temperature readings or information derived therefrom to a user terminal, the system further comprising the user terminal comprising an interface for receiving the temperature readings or information derived therefrom from the temperature sensor and an interface for transmitting temperature readings or information derived therefrom to a remote server together with the associated unique code to be analysed in conjunction with data from multiple users to determine a pattern indicative or predictive of ovulation for the female human user, the system further including an input device for receiving an input from the user for indicating supplementary information such as the onset of menstruation or a fever.
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19. A method for processing data indicative of the basal body temperature of a female human user to identify a temperature change event for the female human user, the method comprising:
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receiving multiple body temperature readings or information derived therefrom from multiple female human users, wherein the readings for each user are uniquely identified; identifying temperature readings having one or more characteristics of irrelevant or faulty data and either deleting said readings or labelling them as to be disregarded; obtaining one or several representative temperature values for each of multiple extended periods; analysing the representative temperature values over multiple extended periods and information from values obtained for other female human users to identify a pattern indicative or predictive of ovulation; and storing information relevant to fertility or the timing of ovulation for each user associated with a unique identifier securely on a computer file server for secure retrieval by the user associated with the unique identifier.
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