Method, apparatus, and system for identifying the health status of a person
Provided herein is a method, apparatus, and system for identifying a health status of an individual, by using a health challenge of the individual to gather vital sign information to generate a health status of the individual. Method for identifying health status include: generating a non-persistent identifier for a user; receiving an indication of an initiation of a health challenge for the user associated with the non-persistent identifier; receiving, responsive to the health challenge, an indication of at least one vital sign of the user; determining, from the at least one vital sign, a health status of the user; and providing an indication of the health status of the user and the associated non-persistent identifier, where the health status includes a binary indication of health of the user, and where the health status is used to permit or deny a service to the user.
1 . A method for identifying health status comprising:
receiving, by a device, a request from a service provider to confirm a health status of a user based on the device entering a geo-fenced location at an airport;
generating, by the device, a non-persistent identifier for the user when requested through an application associated with the device to confirm the health status of the user,
wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user until a conclusion of an airplane traveling event;
receiving, by the device, an indication of an initiation of a health challenge for the user;
receiving, by the device and responsive to the health challenge, an indication of at least one vital sign of the user;
determining, by the device and from the at least one vital sign, the health status of the user; and
providing, by the device, an indication of the health status of the user and the non-persistent identifier to the service provider,
wherein the health status of the user comprises a binary indication of health of the user, and wherein the health status of the user is broadcast by the device to permit or deny a service to the user,
wherein the service includes entry past a security service.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is a broadcast request.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one vital sign comprises at least one of a blood oxygen level, a heart rate, or a temperature of the user.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one of the blood oxygen level, the heart rate, or the temperature of the user is received from a wearable device worn by the user.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, from the at least one vital sign, the health status, is performed based on a baseline value for the at least one vital sign.
6 . An apparatus for identifying health status comprising:
a sensor for sensing at least one vital sign of a user; and
processing circuitry configured to:
receive a request from a service provider to confirm a health status of the user based on a device entering a geo-fenced location;
generate a non-persistent identifier for the user when requested through an application associated with the apparatus to confirm the health status of the user,
wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user only until a conclusion of an event;
receive an indication of an initiation of a health challenge for the user;
receive, responsive to the health challenge, an indication of at least one vital sign of the user from the sensor;
determine, from the at least one vital sign, the health status of the user; and
provide an indication of the health status of the user and the non-persistent identifier to the service provider,
wherein the health status of the user comprises a binary indication of health of the user, and wherein the health status of the user is broadcast by the apparatus to permit or deny a service to the user,
wherein the service includes entry past a security checkpoint.
7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user for a predetermined time limit.
8 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the request is a broadcast request.
9 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the at least one vital sign comprises at least one of a blood oxygen level, a heart rate, or a temperature of the user.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one of the blood oxygen level, the heart rate, or the temperature of the user is received from a wearable device worn by the user.
11 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the health status of the user is performed based on a baseline value for the at least one vital sign.
12 . A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable program code portions stored therein, the computer-executable program code portions comprising program code instructions configured to:
receive a request from a service provider to confirm a health status of a user based on a device entering a geo-fenced location at an airport;
generate a non-persistent identifier for the user when requested through an application on a mobile device to confirm the health status of the user,
wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user only until a conclusion of an airplane traveling event;
receive an indication of an initiation of a health challenge for the user;
receive, responsive to the health challenge, an indication of at least one vital sign of the user from a sensor;
determine, from the at least one vital sign, the health status of the user; and
provide the indication of the health status and the non-persistent identifier to a service provider, wherein the health status comprises a binary indication of health of the user, and wherein the health status is broadcast by the mobile device to permit or deny a service to the user,
wherein the service includes entry past a security checkpoint.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
permitting the user to enter based on receiving sensor data relating to at least one other vital sign of the user.
14 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the request is a broadcast request.
15 . The computer program product of claim 12 ,
wherein the at least one vital sign comprises a blood oxygen level of the user.
16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user for a predetermined time limit.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indication of at least one vital sign of the user comprises:
receiving, from a sensor, the indication of the at least one vital sign of the user.
18 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the sensor is one or more of:
a fitness tracker, or
a smart watch.
19 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the health status is performed based on a baseline value for the at least one vital sign.
20 . The computer program product of claim 12 , wherein the non-persistent identifier for the user comprises an identifier to be used to identify the user for a predetermined time limit.