Monitoring of health
A health monitoring system receives a health condition reading from a mobile device. The health condition reading is compared to ranges of data defining acceptable health conditions. If the health condition reading lies outside one of the ranges of data, then an alert may be generated and sent to the mobile device. The alert informs a user that the health condition reading is unacceptable, perhaps requiring medical attention.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a mobile switching center, a health condition reading sent via a cellular network from a mobile device;
querying, by the mobile switching center, the cellular network for an address assigned to the mobile device, the cellular network monitoring a personal health of a subscriber associated with the mobile device;
identifying, by the mobile switching center, a medical range of data provided by the cellular network, the medical range of data identified based on the address assigned to the mobile device;
determining, by the mobile switching center, that the health condition reading sent via the cellular network from the mobile device lies outside the medical range of data provided by the cellular network;
generating, by the mobile switching center, a medical alert in response to the health condition reading lying outside the medical range of data provided by the cellular network; and
sending, by the mobile switching center, the medical alert as a text message via the cellular network to the mobile device, the medical alert describing the health condition reading lying outside the medical range of data.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing a call to the mobile device.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising processing a call to an emergency number.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a medical instruction provided by the cellular network.
5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising sending the medical instruction to the mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a contact address associated with the mobile device.
7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising sending the medical alert to the contact address.
8. A system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory device, the memory device storing programming code, the programming code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
wirelessly receiving a health condition reading at a mobile switching center providing a health monitoring service to subscribers, the health condition reading sent via a cellular network from a mobile device requesting the health monitoring service;
querying the cellular network for a network address assigned to the mobile device requesting the health monitoring service, the cellular network electronically associating the network address to a medical range of data;
identifying the medical range of data that is electronically associated by the cellular network with the network address assigned to the mobile device requesting the health monitoring service;
determining, by the mobile switching center, that the health condition reading sent via the cellular network from the mobile device lies outside the medical range of data identified by the cellular network;
generating a medical alert by the mobile switching center in response to the health condition reading lying outside the medical range of data; and
wirelessly transmitting the medical alert as a text message via the cellular network to the mobile device, the medical alert describing the health condition reading lying outside the medical range of data.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise processing a call to the mobile device.
10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise processing a call to an emergency number.
11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a medical instruction.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the medical instruction to the mobile device.
13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a contact address associated with the mobile device.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the medical alert to the contact address.
15. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a cellular mobile switching system, a health condition reading sent via a cellular network from a mobile device communicating with a health monitoring device via a residential network;
querying, by the cellular mobile switching system, the cellular network to identify a medical range of data, the cellular network providing medical ranges of data that are associated with addresses assigned to mobile devices;
determining, by the cellular mobile switching system, that the health condition reading sent via the cellular network from the mobile device lies outside the medical range of data;
generating, by the cellular mobile switching system, a medical alert describing the health condition reading lying outside the acceptable medical range of data; and
sending, by the cellular mobile switching system, the medical alert as a text message via the cellular network to the mobile device, the medical alert describing the health condition reading lying outside the acceptable medical range of data.
16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving a medical instruction.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising wirelessly transmitting the medical instruction to the mobile device.
18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising retrieving a contact address associated with the mobile device.
19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising sending a notification to the contact address.
20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising sending the medical alert to an emergency address.