System for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status
View Patent ↗The invention is a system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting an individual's physiological or contextual status. The system works deriving a physiological or contextual status parameter of an individual using the system. The derivation utilizes two sensed parameters of the individual. The system is able to present the derived parameter in relation to any other sensed parameters, entered information, life activities data, or other derived data.
1. A system for detecting, monitoring, and reporting a status of an individual to a user, the system comprising:
a first sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a first physiological parameter of the individual if said first sensor is in proximity to the individual;
a second sensor adapted to generate data indicative of a second physiological parameter of the individual if said second sensor is in proximity to the individual;
a processing unit in electronic communication with said first sensor and said second sensor;
a central monitoring unit in electronic communication with at least one of said sensors and said processing unit; and
an output device in electronic communication with at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit, wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed
(a) to generate at least one of a derived physiological status parameter of the individual and a derived parameter related to an activity in which the individual has engaged said derived parameters based on both of said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual and said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual, and
(b) to cause said output device to present to a user indicators of at least one of said derived parameters of the individual in relation to indicators of at least one of (i) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (ii) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said first sensor, said second sensor, and said processing unit is in a unitary wearable device.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the system further comprises an input device to enable a user to enter data into the system.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed to cause said output device to present to a user said indicators of at least one of said derived parameters in relation to said indicators of at least one of data entered by a user and another derived parameter of the individual, said another derived parameter of the individual being at least one of a derived physiological parameter of the individual and a derived parameter related to an activity in which the individual has engaged.
5. The system of claim 1 further comprising an input device for providing life activities data of the individual to the system.
6. The system of claim 5 wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed to cause said output device to present to a user said indicators of at least one of said derived parameters in relation to said indicators of at least one of said life activities data of the individual and another derived parameter of the individual, said another derived parameter of the individual being at least one of a derived physiological parameter of the individual and a derived parameter related to an activity in which the individual has engaged.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said derived parameters is energy expenditure.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein said data generated by the system is aggregated into a database accessible to a user.
9. The system of claim 3 wherein said data generated by the system and said data entered by the user is aggregated into a database accessible to a user.
10. The system of claim 5 wherein said data generated by the system and said life activities data is aggregated into a database accessible to a user.
11. The system of any one of claim 1 , 8 , 9 , or 10 wherein the user is at least one of an authorized user and the individual.
12. The system of any one of claims 8 - 10 wherein said database is stored on a network storage device.
13. The system of any one of claims 8 - 10 wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed to receive a query from a user, to access said database, and to cause said output device to generate a report based on said query with said data from said database.
14. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed to generate feedback data relating to a degree to which the individual has achieved one or more preset goals, said feedback data being generated from at least a portion of at least one of said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual, and at least one of said derived parameters, wherein at least one of said processing unit and said central monitoring unit is programmed to cause said output device to provide said feedback data to a user.
15. The system of claim 14 wherein said one or more preset goals comprise a target caloric burn for the individual or a target caloric intake of the individual.
16. The system of claim 1 wherein said output device is at least one of a personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a pager, and a mobile phone.
17. The system of claim 1 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are visual for at least one of (a) at least one of said derived parameters of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
18. The system of claim 1 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are in audio form for at least one of (a) at least one of said derived parameters of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
19. The system of claim 1 wherein said indicators presented to a user by the output device are tactile for at least one of (a) at least one of said derived parameters of the individual, (b) said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual, and (c) said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.
20. The system of claim 1 wherein said central monitoring unit is adapted to generate one or more web pages comprising said data generated by the system, and wherein said output device makes one or more of said web pages accessible to a user over the Internet.
21. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is fee based.
22. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said indicators represents at least one of life activities, activities of daily living, data entered by the user, an activity level of the individual, stress of the individual, mind centering of the individual, sleep of the individual, energy expenditure of the individual, or how the individual feels.
23. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said indicators are compared to a baseline parameter of the individual.
24. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said central monitoring unit and said processing unit is programmed to provide suggestions, said suggestions being based on said relation of said indicators of at least one of said derived parameters of the individual to said indicators of at least one of said data indicative of said first physiological parameter of the individual and said data indicative of said second physiological parameter of the individual.