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US 11,107,578 B2Granted
Systems and methods for facilitating health research
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorDivya Nag
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Abstract
Methods and systems for facilitating health research through enhanced communication between research participants and researchers. Methods include communication of information related to a research study to a portable computing device of a research participant by use of an application framework and one or more modules. The one or more modules may be provided with the application framework or may include one or more modules from third-party researchers so as to allow standardization of communication from multiple research studies and differing research facilities.
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A method for facilitating health research, the method comprising:
- storing predefined first-party health research modules in a computer system, wherein each of the predefined first-party health research modules are performable by a health data tracking application that is executable by a portable computing device;
- receiving, by the computer system, one or more third-party health research modules and a selection that designates one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules, wherein each of the one or more third-party health research modules are performable by the health data tracking application, wherein the one or more third-party research modules are associated with a health researcher, and wherein the one or more third-party research modules and the one or more of the predefined first party health research modules designated by the selection are associated with a health research study;
- transmitting, by the computer system, the one or more third-party health research modules to the portable computing device;
- transmitting, by the computer system, the selection and/or one or more of the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection to the portable computing device;
- receiving, by the computer system, subject response data from the portable computing device, wherein the subject response data is generated by the portable computing device in response to input to the portable computing device in response to performance by the portable computing device of the one or more third-party health research modules and the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection;
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- transmitting, by the computer system, the subject response data to the health researcher.
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A computer system for facilitating health research, the computer system comprising:
- one or more processors;
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- a computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions and predefined first-party health research modules, wherein each of the predefined first-party health research modules are performable by a health data tracking application that is executable by a portable computing device, and wherein the computer executable instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the computer system to:
- receive one or more third-party health research modules and a selection that designates one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules, wherein each of the one or more third-party health research modules are performable by the health data tracking application, wherein the one or more third-party research modules are associated with a health researcher, and wherein the one or more third-party research modules_and the one or more of the predefined first party health research modules designated by the selection are associated with a health research study;
- transmit the one or more third-party health research modules to the portable computing device;
- transmit the selection and/or one or more of the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection to the portable computing device;
- receive subject response data from the portable computing device, wherein the subject response data is generated by the portable computing device in response to input to the portable computing device in response to performance by the portable computing device of the one or more third-party health research modules and the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection;
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- transmit the subject response data to the health researcher.
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A computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions executable by one or more processors of a computer system to cause the computer system to:
- store predefined first-party health research modules, wherein each of the predefined first-party health research modules are performable by a health data tracking application that is executable by a portable computing device:
- receive one or more third-party health research modules and a selection that designates one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules, wherein each of the one or more third-party health research modules are performable by the health data tracking application, wherein the one or more third-party research modules are associated with a health researcher, and wherein the one or more third-party research modules and the one or more of the predefined first party health research modules designated by the selection are associated with a health research study;
- transmit the one or more third-party health research modules to the portable computing device;
- transmit the selection and/or one or more of the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection to the portable computing device;
- receive subject response data from the portable computing device, wherein the subject response data is generated by the portable computing device in response to input to the portable computing device in response to performance by the portable computing device of the one or more third-party health research modules and the one or more of the predefined first-party health research modules designated by the selection;
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- transmit the subject response data to the health researcher.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.