Information provision system, information provision method, program, and server device

• US 8,769,002 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2010
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Original Assignee: ARKRAY, Inc
• Inventors: Katsuki, Koji, Shionoya, Go, Kusaka, Yasuhide, Murase, Yosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): Donabed, Ninos
• Application Number:
  US13/259,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20120110054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,544 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0004 characterised by the type of physiological signal transmitted
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/14532 for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6887 mounted on external non-worn devices, e.g. non-medical devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• 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

When continuous user biometric information is transmitted to a server device continuously from a handheld device used by a user, the server device can be caused to receive a required measurement value efficiently at a required time, select information desired by the user on the basis of the measurement value and user peripheral information, and provide the user with the information reliably, without imposing excessive communication charges and the like. A server device 140 is used together with a handheld device 110 that transmits the user peripheral information to the server device and receives the information transmitted from the server device. After determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information transmitted from the handheld device 110, the server device 140 performs either processing for calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information or processing for receiving the predicted value of the future user biometric information, selects information on the basis of the predicted value and the user peripheral information, and transmits the selected information to the handheld device 110.

Claims

1. An information provision system comprising

a handheld device and

a server device comprising a biometric information storage unit,

wherein the handheld device transmits user peripheral information to the server device and receives information transmitted from the server device, and

wherein

the server device processes continuously generated user biometric information by measuring the user biometric information continuously from the handheld device, storing the measured biometric information in the biometric information storage unit and calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information from the stored and continuously received user biometric information after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, or performs processing for receiving a predicted value of the future user biometric information from the handheld device after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, and

on the basis of the predicted value of each of the future user biometric information and the user peripheral information, the server device selects information and transmits the selected information to the handheld device,

wherein

a fluctuation pattern specifying unit stores a program that enables processing for specifying a fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information that matches a fluctuation pattern in recent user biometric information of the user from the user-specific biometric information profile stored in a profile generation storage unit;

a biometric information prediction unit stores a program for calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information by adding a fluctuation value of the future user biometric information, which is associated with the fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information specified by the fluctuation pattern specifying unit, to current user biometric information,

wherein

the user biometric information determination unit stores a program for determining whether or not a divergence of at least a predetermined width exists between the user biometric information of the handheld device and the user biometric information stored in the user biometric information storage unit of the server device and, when the divergence of at least the predetermined width exists, executing programs stored respectively in the fluctuation pattern specifying unit and the biometric information prediction unit to calculate the predicted value of the future user biometric information, and transmitting required information to the handheld device on the basis of the predicted value.

2. The information provision system according to claim 1, wherein

the user peripheral information partially includes the continuously received user biometric information, and

a fluctuation is determined to have occurred in the user peripheral information when at least a predetermined divergence width exists between the user biometric information stored in the user biometric information storage unit of the server device and the user peripheral information transmitted from the handheld device.

3. The information provision system according to claim 2, wherein selecting the information includes determining whether the predicted value of the future user biometric information is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined threshold or equal to or larger than a second predetermined threshold.

4. The information provision system according to claim 1, wherein

the user peripheral information is user-specific information stored in a user-specific information storage unit of the handheld device,

the biometric information storage unit of the server device stores the user-specific information, and

a fluctuation is determined to have occurred in the user peripheral information when the user-specific information stored in the user-specific biometric information storage unit of the server device differs from the user peripheral information transmitted from the handheld device.

5. The information provision system according to claim 1, wherein

the user peripheral information comprises access point information indicating an access point to which the handheld device currently belongs,

the biometric information storage unit of the server device stores the access point information, and

a fluctuation is determined to have occurred in the user peripheral information when the access point information stored in the access point information storage unit of the server device differs from the user peripheral information.

6. The information provision system according to claim 1, wherein when the predicted value of the future user biometric information is calculated from the continuously received user biometric information,

the handheld device or the server device comprises the biometric information profile generation unit, the fluctuation pattern specifying unit, and the biometric information prediction unit.

7. An information provision method comprising

a handheld device and

a server device,

wherein the handheld device transmits user peripheral information to the server device and receives information transmitted from the server device, and

wherein the server device executes:

a step of determining whether a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information;

a step of receiving continuously generated user biometric information by continuously measuring the user biometric information from the handheld device and calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information from the user biometric information after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, or receiving the predicted value of the future user biometric information from the handheld device after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information;

a step of selecting information on the basis of the predicted value of the future user biometric information and the user peripheral information; and

a step of transmitting the selected information to the handheld device,

wherein

a fluctuation pattern specifying unit stores a program that enables processing for specifying a fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information that matches a fluctuation pattern in recent user biometric information of the user from the user-specific biometric information profile stored in a profile generation storage unit;

a biometric information prediction unit stores a program for calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information by adding a fluctuation value of the future user biometric information, which is associated with the fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information specified by the fluctuation pattern specifying unit, to current user biometric information,

wherein

the user biometric information determination unit stores a program for determining whether or not a divergence of at least a predetermined width exists between the user biometric information of the handheld device and the user biometric information stored in the user biometric information storage unit of the server device and, when the divergence of at least the predetermined width exists, executing programs stored respectively in the fluctuation pattern specifying unit and the biometric information prediction unit to calculate the predicted value of the future user biometric information, and transmitting required information to the handheld device on the basis of the predicted value.

8. A server device, wherein the server device receives user peripheral information transmitted from a handheld device and transmits the information to the handheld device,

the server device comprising a determination unit for determining whether a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, and wherein

the determination unit processes continuously received user biometric information by measuring the user biometric information continuously from the handheld device and calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information from the received user biometric information after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, or processes the received predicted value of the future user biometric information from the handheld device after determining that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information, and

on the basis of the predicted value of the future user biometric information and the user peripheral information, the determination unit selects information and transmits the selected information to the handheld device,

wherein

a fluctuation pattern specifying unit stores a program that enables processing for specifying a fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information that matches a fluctuation pattern in recent user biometric information of the user from the user-specific biometric information profile stored in a profile generation storage unit;

a biometric information prediction unit stores a program for calculating a predicted value of future user biometric information by adding a fluctuation value of the future user biometric information, which is associated with the fluctuation pattern in the past user biometric information specified by the fluctuation pattern specifying unit, to current user biometric information,

wherein

the user biometric information determination unit stores a program for determining whether or not a divergence of at least a predetermined width exists between the user biometric information of the handheld device and the user biometric information stored in the user biometric information storage unit of the server device and, when the divergence of at least the predetermined width exists, executing programs stored respectively in the fluctuation pattern specifying unit and the biometric information prediction unit to calculate the predicted value of the future user biometric information, and transmitting required information to the handheld device on the basis of the predicted value.

9. The server device according to claim 8, wherein

the user peripheral information partially includes the continuously received user biometric information.

10. The server device according to claim 9, wherein the information selection performed in the determination unit further includes determining whether the predicted value of the future user biometric information is equal to or smaller than a first predetermined threshold or equal to or larger than a second predetermined threshold.

11. The server device according to claim 8, wherein

the user peripheral information comprises user-specific information stored in a user-specific information storage unit of the handheld device,

the biometric information storage unit of the server device stores the user-specific information, and

the determination unit determines that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information when the user-specific information stored in the user-specific information storage unit differs from the user peripheral information transmitted from the handheld device.

12. The server device according to claim 8, wherein

the user peripheral information comprises access point information indicating an access point to which the handheld device currently belongs,

the biometric information storage unit of the server device stores the access point information, and

the determination unit determines that a fluctuation has occurred in the user peripheral information when the access point information stored in the access point information storage unit differs from the user peripheral information.