IP Library Granted Patent US 11,129,550
Granted Patent B2
US 11,129,550 · App. 15/938,649 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Threshold range based on activity level

Inventors: John Weldon Nicholson (Cary, NC); Daryl Cromer (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
A61B5/1118A61B5/0205A61B5/14532A61B5/7246A61B5/7275A61B5/746A61B5/021A61B5/024A61B5/0816A61B5/747
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,129,550
App. No.
15/938,649
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: obtaining, at an information handling device, at least one physiological data point that corresponds to a physiological metric associated with a user; determining, using a processor, an activity type of the user; determining, using a processor, whether the at least one physiological data point is outside a threshold range for the physiological metric based on the activity type; and providing, responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range, a notification. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims (43)

1. A method, comprising:

obtaining, at an information handling device, at least one physiological data point that corresponds to a physiological metric associated with a user;

determining, using a processor, an activity type of the user, wherein the activity type corresponds to a scheduled task;

determining, using the processor, whether the at least one physiological data point is outside a threshold range for the physiological metric based on the activity type, wherein the determining comprises:

identifying a physiological data point trend over a predetermined period of time;

identifying that at least one physiological data point in the physiological data point trend is aberrant to other data points in the physiological data point trend; and

determining whether the aberrancy is expected based upon an expected activity level of the scheduled task; and

providing, responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range and using an output device integrally coupled to the information handling device, a notification that informs the user that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the physiological metric is associated with at least one of the user's heart rate, blood pressure, respiration level, and blood glucose level.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the activity type comprises receiving context data associated with the user.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the context data is selected from the group consisting of at least one of location data, movement data, communication data, social media data, and food consumption data.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the context data is obtained from at least one other device.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the physiological metric is associated with a user's blood glucose levels and wherein the context data is associated with the food consumption data and further comprising utilizing the food consumption data to identify an anticipated trajectory of the user's blood glucose levels.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising adjusting the threshold range based on the anticipated trajectory.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the determining the activity type comprises accessing a list of correlations between the received context data and activity types.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the notification is provided to at least one of another device and another individual.

10. An information handling device, comprising:

an output device;

a processor;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:

obtain at least one physiological data point that corresponds to a physiological metric associated with a user;

determine an activity type of the user, wherein the activity type corresponds to a scheduled task;

determine whether the at least one physiological data point is outside a threshold range for the physiological metric based on the activity type, wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine whether the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range comprise instructions executable by the processor to:

identify a physiological data point trend over a predetermined period of time;

identify that at least one physiological data point in the physiological data point trend is aberrant to other data points in the physiological data point trend; and

determine whether the aberrancy is expected based upon an expected activity level of the scheduled task; and

provide, responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range, a notification;

providing, responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range and using the output device, a notification that informs the user that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range.

11. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the physiological metric is associated with at least one of the user's heart rate, blood pressure, respiration level, and blood glucose level.

12. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine the activity type comprise instructions executable by the processor to receive context data associated with the user.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the context data is selected from the group consisting of at least one of location data, movement data, communication data, social media data, and food consumption data.

14. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the physiological metric is associated with a user's blood glucose levels and wherein the context data is associated with the food consumption data and wherein the instructions are further executable by a processor to utilize the food consumption data to identify an anticipated trajectory of the user's blood glucose levels.

15. The information handling device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to adjust the threshold range based on the anticipated trajectory.

16. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to determine the activity type comprise instructions executable by the processor to access a list of correlations between the received context data and activity types.

17. The information handling device of claim 10 , wherein the notification is provided to at least one of a remote device and another user.

18. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code being executable by a processor and comprising:

computer readable program code configured to obtain at least one physiological data point that corresponds to a physiological metric associated with a user;

computer readable program code configured to determiner an activity type of the user, wherein the activity type corresponds to a scheduled task;

computer readable program code configured to determine whether the at least one physiological data point is outside a threshold range for the physiological metric based on the activity type, wherein the computer readable program code configured to determine whether the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range comprises computer readable program code configured to:

identify a physiological data point trend over a predetermined period of time;

identify that at least one physiological data point in the physiological data point trend is aberrant to other data points in the physiological data point trend; and

determine whether the aberrancy is expected based upon an expected activity level of the scheduled task; and

computer readable program code configured to provide, using an output device and responsive to determining that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range, a notification that informs the user that the at least one physiological data point is outside the threshold range.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 10, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 069870/0670 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2022
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060638/0044 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2018
From: NICHOLSON, JOHN WELDON; CROMER, DARYL
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 045376/0721 →