Methods, systems, and products for measuring health

• US 8,442,835 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Issued: 05/14/2013
• 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, II, Robert R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Desir, Pierre-Louis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sirjani, Fariba
• Application Number:
  US12/817,255
• Publication Number:
  US 20110313774A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,062 Days
• Field of Search: 704/231, 704/251, 704270-275
• US Class Current: 704/272
• 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, at a server, a time-stamped spoken phrase sent from a mobile communications device;

identifying a user from the time-stamped spoken phrase;

voice recognizing a window of time from a semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase;

receiving a time-stamped physiological sensor measurement sent from a medical measurement device to the server;

determining by the server a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase received from the mobile communications device and the time-stamped physiological sensor measurement received from the medical measurement device;

comparing, by the server, the difference in time to the window of time determined from the semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, binding the physiological sensor measurement to the user from among a group of users in a database.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising comparing the time-stamped spoken phrase to entries in a database of commands storing commands.

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

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a device identifier associated with a device that recorded the time-stamped 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 another database for the device identifier.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising retrieving a subgroup of the group of users, the subgroup being 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 physiological measurement.

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

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

11. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory for storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a time-stamped spoken phrase from a mobile communications device;

identifying a user from the time-stamped spoken phrase;

voice recognizing a window of time from a semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase;

receiving a time-stamped physiological measurement from a medical measurement device;

determining a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase received from the mobile communications device and the time-stamped sensor measurement received from the medical measurement device;

comparing, by the server, the difference in time to the window of time determined from the semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, then binding the physiological measurement to the user from among a group of users in a database that is stored in the memory.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

comparing the time-stamped spoken phrase to a database of commands that stores commands; and

retrieving a command from the database of commands associated with the time-stamped spoken phrase.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:

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

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

reducing a pool of candidates to the subset of the group of users who are associated with the device identifier.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise selecting the device identifier from a telephone number and an Internet Protocol address.

15. The system according to claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise receiving a sensor identifier associated with a sensor that measured the physiological measurement.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

querying for the sensor identifier;

retrieving a subgroup of the group of users, the subgroup being associated with the sensor identifier; and

reducing a pool of candidates to the subgroup who are associated with the sensor identifier.

17. A computer readable memory storing processor executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform operations at a server, the operations comprising:

receiving a time-stamped spoken phrase sent from a mobile communications device;

identifying a user from the time-stamped spoken phrase;

voice recognizing a window of time from a semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase;

receiving a time-stamped physiological sensor measurement from a medical measurement device;

determining a difference in time between the time-stamped spoken phrase received from the mobile communications device and the time-stamped physiological sensor measurement received from the medical measurement device;

comparing the difference in time to the window of time determined from the semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase; and

when the difference in time is within the window of time, then binding the physiological sensor measurement to the user selected from among a group of users in a database.

18. The computer readable memory according to claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

comparing the time-stamped spoken phrase to a database of commands storing commands; and

retrieving a command from the database of commands that is associated to the time-stamped spoken phrase.

19. The computer readable memory according to claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise determining a command from the semantic content of the time-stamped spoken phrase.

20. The computer readable memory according to claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:

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

querying for a subgroup of the group of users, the subgroup being associated with the device identifier; and

reducing a pool of candidates to the subgroup who are associated with the device identifier.