Biological information management system

• US 8,612,247 B2
• Filed: 04/03/2009
• Issued: 12/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Nintendo Company Limited
• Inventors: Sawano, Takao, Yamamoto, Kenji, Kaneshige, Tsutomu
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HIEP VAN
• Application Number:
  US12/418,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20100169110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,719 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/79 involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/92 Video game devices specially adapted to be hand-held while playing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1068 being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/535 for monitoring, e.g. of user parameters, terminal parameters, application parameters, network parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/5546 using player registration data, e.g. identification, account, preferences, game history
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8064 Quiz
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A healthcare professional terminal 90 creates a question message based on an input operation of a healthcare professional, and transmits the question message to a game apparatus 12. The game apparatus 12 creates, based on an input operation of a healthcare recipient, an answer message including an answer to a question contained in the question message received from the healthcare professional terminal 90, and transmits the answer message to the healthcare professional terminal 90 together with automatically obtained biological information (weight data, exercise time data, and step count data) of the healthcare recipient.

Claims

1. A biological information management system comprising a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the first information processing apparatus,

the first information processing apparatus including:

biological information obtaining unit configured to obtain biological information;

first message creation unit configured to create a first message based on an input operation of an operator of the first information processing apparatus; and

first message transmission unit configured to transmit the biological information obtained by the biological information obtaining unit and the first message created by the first message creation unit to the second information processing apparatus,

the second information processing apparatus including;

first message reception unit configured to receive the biological information and the first message from the first information processing apparatus; and

a storage unit configured to store the biological information and the first message which are received by the first message reception unit,

wherein the first message creation unit is further configured to generate a transmission request that instructs the first message transmission unit to transmit the first message to the second information processing apparatus, and the first message transmission unit is further configured to, in response to receiving the transmission request, obtain the biological information and then transmit the first message and the biological information to the second information processing apparatus.

2. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein upon receiving a transmission instruction of the first message from the operator of the first information processing apparatus, the first message transmission unit is configured to automatically obtains the biological information by the biological information obtaining unit and to transmit the obtained biological information together with the first message to the second information processing apparatus.

3. The biological information management system according to claim 1, further comprising a biological information measuring apparatus including:

biological information measuring unit configured to measure biological information; and

biological information transmission unit configured to transmit the biological information measured by the biological information measuring unit to the first information processing apparatus,

wherein the biological information obtaining unit includes a biological information reception unit configured to receive the biological information from the biological information measuring apparatus.

4. The biological information management system according to claim 3, wherein the biological information measuring unit is further configured to measure a weight, or count the number of steps taken, as the biological information.

5. The biological information management system according to claim 3, wherein:

the first information processing apparatus further includes a processor for executing a process using the biological information measuring unit, and a process time counting unit configured to count a time of the process executed by the processor; and

the biological information obtaining unit is further configured to obtain the time counted by the process time counting unit.

6. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the biological information obtaining unit includes a biological information measuring unit configured to measure biological information.

7. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

the first information processing apparatus further includes a storage unit configured to store the biological information obtained by the biological information obtaining unit and measurement date information of the biological information; and

the first message transmission unit refers to the measurement date information and is configured to transmit biological information of a predetermined period.

8. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the first message transmission unit is configured to transmit the biological information and the first message as one file to the second information processing apparatus.

9. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the biological information is non-cognitive physical information the system acquires about the operator'"'"'s body and the user input is cognitive information the operator voluntarily provides in response to a question.

10. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the first message transmission unit is configured to send the first message and the biological information to the second information processing apparatus in a single file.

11. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the system includes a handheld device operable to provide information to the first message creation unit for use in creation of the first message, and a second device that is operable to, at least temporarily, be in contact with the operator'"'"'s feet in order to obtain the biological information.

12. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the biological information is obtainable by the biological information obtaining unit of the first information processing apparatus from another information processing apparatus.

13. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein the biological information is obtainable by the first message transmission unit of the first information processing apparatus from a memory thereof.

14. The biological information management system according to claim 1, wherein:

the second information processing apparatus further includes;

second message creation unit configured to create a second message based on an input operation of an operation of the second information processing apparatus; and

second message transmission unit configured to transmit the second message created by the second message creation unit to the first information processing apparatus;

the first information processing apparatus further includes;

second message reception unit configured to receive the second message from the second information processing apparatus; and

the first message creation unit configured to create the first message based on the second message received by the second message reception unit.

15. The biological information management system according to claim 14, wherein:

the second message is a question message;

the first information processing apparatus further includes a question execution unit configured to execute a question based on the question message received by the second message reception unit; and

the first message creation unit is configured to create, as the first message, an answer message to the question executed by the question execution unit.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program for a biological information management system comprising a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the first information processing apparatus, the computer program causing a computer of the first information processing apparatus to execute:

obtaining biological information;

creating a first message based on an input operation of an operator of the first information processing apparatus;

generating a request to transmit the first message to the second information processing apparatus; and

transmitting, in response to the generated request, the obtained biological information and the created first message to the second information processing apparatus.

17. An information processing apparatus used as a first information processing apparatus in a biological information management system comprising the first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the first information processing apparatus, the information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions that, when executed by said processor, control said processor to;

obtain biological information;

create a first message based on an input operation of an operator of the first information processing apparatus;

generate a request to transmit the first message to the second information processing apparatus; and

transmit, in response to the generated request, the obtained biological information and the created first message to the second information processing apparatus.

18. A health guidance support system for a healthcare professional to perform health guidance for a healthcare recipient, the health guidance support system comprising:

a healthcare professional terminal configured for operation by the healthcare professional; and

a healthcare recipient terminal configured for operation by the healthcare recipient and configured to communicate with the healthcare professional terminal,

the healthcare professional terminal including;

question message creation unit configured to create a question message in accordance with an input operation of the healthcare professional; and

question message transmission unit configured to transmit the question message from the healthcare professional terminal to the healthcare recipient terminal,

the healthcare recipient terminal including;

question message reception unit configured to receive the question message from the healthcare professional terminal;

question message displaying unit configured to display the received question message to the healthcare recipient;

answer message creation unit configured to create an answer message to the question message in accordance with an input operation of the healthcare recipient; and

answer message transmission unit configured to, upon receiving a transmission instruction from the healthcare recipient, automatically obtain biological information regarding health of the healthcare recipient from a storage unit that is provided in or connected to the healthcare recipient terminal, and transmit the biological information together with the created answer message to the healthcare professional terminal,

the healthcare professional terminal further including;

answer message reception unit configured to receive the answer message together with the biological information from the healthcare recipient terminal; and

answer message displaying unit configured to display the received answer message and the biological information to the healthcare professional.

19. The health guidance support system according to claim 18, wherein:

the healthcare recipient terminal is a game apparatus; and

the answer message transmission unit is configured to obtain the biological information regarding the health of the healthcare recipient from saved data of a game executed previously in the healthcare recipient terminal.

20. A method of operating a biological information management system comprising a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the first information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

obtaining biological information;

creating a first message based on an input operation of an operator of the first information processing apparatus;

generating a request to transmit the first message to the second information processing apparatus; and

transmitting, in response to the generated request, the obtained biological information and the created first message to the second information processing apparatus.