# US 11,109,815 B2 · System and method for performing a diagnostic analysis of physiological information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,109,815 B2 - Document ID: US11109815B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/364,674 - Filed: 2019-03-26 - Published: 2019-07-18 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2008-11-14 - Assignees: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Applicants: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Inventors: Horst Juergen Schroeter; E-Lee Chang; Linda Roberts; Madhur Khandelwal; Darnell Clayton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11109815B2 ## CPC - A61B 5/744: {Displaying an avatar, e.g. an animated cartoon character} - A61B 5/0022: {Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet} - A61B 5/01: Measuring temperature of body parts {; Diagnostic temperature sensing, e.g. for malignant or inflamed tissue} (clinical contact thermometers G01K13/20) - A61B 5/021: Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels - A61B 5/024: Measuring pulse rate or heart rate - A61B 5/02416: {using photoplethysmograph signals, e.g. generated by infrared radiation (A61B5/14552 takes precedence)} - A61B 5/14532: {for measuring glucose, e.g. by tissue impedance measurement} - A61B 5/14551: {for measuring blood gases} - A61B 5/4842: {Monitoring progression or stage of a disease} - A61B 5/4872: {Body fat} - A61B 5/7246: {using correlation, e.g. template matching or determination of similarity} - A61B 5/7465: {Arrangements for interactive communication between patient and care services, e.g. by using a telephone network (telemetry of measured physiological signal A61B5/0002)} - G06N 3/006: based on simulated virtual individual or collective life forms, e.g. social simulations or particle swarm optimisation [PSO] - G16H 10/20: for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires - G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records - G16H 40/63: for local operation - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G06N: COMPUTING ARRANGEMENTS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA ## Abstract A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an avatar engine having a controller to retrieve a user profile of a user, present the user an avatar having characteristics that correlate to the user profile, detect one or more responses of the user during a communication exchange between the user and the avatar, identify from the one or more responses a need to determine a medical status of the user, establish communications with a medical diagnostic system, receive physiological information associated with the user, submit the physiological information to the medical diagnostic system, receive from the medical diagnostic system a diagnostic analysis of the physiological information, and present the diagnostic analysis to at least one of the user and a medical agent of the user, wherein the user is presented the diagnostic analysis by way of the avatar. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An avatar engine, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: requesting a physiological test through equipment of a user via an avatar associated with the avatar engine, wherein the physiological test is determined according to a need for a user medical status identified according to interaction with the avatar; receiving current physiological information associated with the user according to a result generated by the physiological test that is requested; comparing the current physiological information associated with the user with prior physiological information associated with the user to generate a diagnostic result; determining whether the diagnostic result requires a prescription-based treatment, a non-prescription-based treatment, or no treatment; responsive to the determining the diagnostic result requires the prescription-based treatment: presenting the diagnostic result at equipment of a medical agent of the user via the avatar; receiving a prognosis and a prescription from the equipment of the medical agent of the user; and presenting the diagnostic result, the prognosis, and the prescription at the equipment of the user via the avatar; responsive to the determining the diagnostic result requires the non-prescription-based treatment, presenting a recommendation for the non-prescription-based treatment at the equipment of the user via the avatar; and responsive to the determining the diagnostic result requires no treatment, presenting a no recommendation at the equipment of the user via the avatar. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the equipment of the user provides an interactive media service via a plurality of communication exchanges between the avatar and equipment of the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The avatar engine of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprise analyzing the plurality of communication exchanges between the avatar and the equipment of the user to determine the need for the user medical status. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The avatar engine of claim 3, wherein the need for the user medical status is determined according to comments received from the user during the plurality of communication exchanges. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the diagnostic result comprises an improvement in health, a deterioration in health, or no change in health of the user. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the current physiological information is body temperature measurement of the user, a blood pressure measurement of the user, a heart rate measurement of the user, a height measurement of the user, a weight measurement of the user, a body fat measurement of the user, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the current physiological information is collected at the equipment of the user via wireless communication with a physiological measuring device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the avatar engine is a media processor providing an interactive media service. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The avatar engine of claim 1, wherein the non-prescription-based treatment comprises a non-prescription medicine. ### Claim 10 A mobile device, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: receiving, from a user, interaction information associated with presenting, at a display, an avatar associated with an avatar engine; transmitting the interaction information to the avatar engine; receiving a request for a physiological test from the avatar engine responsive to the transmitting the interaction, wherein the physiological test is determined according to a need for a user medical status identified according to the interaction information; collecting current physiological information associated with the user according to a result generated by the physiological test that is requested; transmitting the current physiological information associated with the user to the avatar engine, wherein the avatar engine generates a diagnostic result based on comparing the current physiological information associated with the user with prior physiological information associated with the user; receiving the diagnostic result from the avatar engine responsive to the transmitting, to the avatar engine, the current physiological information associated with the user, wherein the diagnostic result includes a prognosis, a prescription, a non-prescription-based treatment, a no recommendation, or any combination thereof, according to whether the avatar engine determines the diagnostic result requires a prescription-based treatment, a non-prescription-based treatment, or a no treatment; and presenting the diagnostic result at the display. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the avatar engine further performs operations comprising: presenting the diagnostic result at equipment of a medical agent of the user via the avatar; and receiving the prognosis and the prescription from the equipment of the medical agent the user. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the non-prescription-based treatment is received from the avatar engine responsive to the avatar engine determining the diagnostic result requires the non-prescription-based treatment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the no recommendation is received from the avatar engine responsive to the avatar engine determining the diagnostic result requires no treatment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise providing an interactive media service via a plurality of communication exchanges between the avatar and equipment of the user. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the need for the user medical status is determined according to comments received from the user during the plurality of communication exchanges. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The mobile device of claim 10, wherein the collecting the current physiological information is via wireless communication with a physiological measuring device. ### Claim 17 A method, comprising: requesting, by a processing system including a processor, a physiological test through a mobile device of a user via an avatar associated with an avatar engine, wherein the physiological test is determined according to a need for a user health status identified according to interaction with the avatar; receiving, by the processing system, current physiological information associated with the user according to a result generated by the physiological test that is requested; comparing, by the processing system, the current physiological information associated with the user with prior physiological information associated with the user to generate a diagnostic result; responsive to determining the diagnostic result requires a prescription-based treatment: presenting, by the processing system, the diagnostic result at equipment of an agent of the user via the avatar; receiving, by the processing system, a prognosis and a prescription from the equipment of the agent; and presenting, by the processing system, the diagnostic result, the prognosis, and the prescription at the mobile device of the user via the avatar; and responsive to determining that the diagnostic result requires a non-prescription-based treatment: receiving, by the processing system, a proposed modification of user behavior from the equipment of the agent; and presenting, by the processing system, the diagnostic result and the proposed modification of user behavior at the mobile device of the user via the avatar. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising analyzing, by the processing system, a plurality of communication exchanges between the avatar and the mobile device of the user to determine the need for the user health status. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising presenting, by the processing system, a no recommendation at the mobile device of the user via the avatar responsive to the determining the diagnostic result does not require a recommendation. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the current physiological information is a body temperature measurement of the user, a blood pressure measurement of the user, a heart rate measurement of the user, a height measurement of the user, a weight measurement of the user, a body fat measurement of the user, or a combination thereof.