# US 12,770,737 B2 · Physiological data monitoring system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,770,737 B2 - Document ID: US12770737B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/006,593 - Filed: 2021-08-18 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Granted: 2026-10-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-19 - Assignees: Eli Lilly and Company - Applicants: Eli Lilly and Company - Inventors: Iraklis Kourtis; Lampros Kourtis; Brian Ellis Winger; Jian Yang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12770737B2 ## CPC - G16H 50/20: for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems - A61B 5/02: Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the cardiovascular system, e.g. pulse, heart rate, blood pressure or blood flow - G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) ## Abstract In some embodiments, a method may include providing a system, where the system includes one or more physiological sensors and a micro-server that includes a communication interface, memory storing instructions, and a processor. The method may include instructing a subject to deploy the one or more sensors at a residence. The method may include receiving physiological data detected by the one or more sensors, storing data in the memory of the micro-server representative of the physiological data detected by the one or more sensors for later sharing. The method may include receiving an instruction to withhold an indicated set of the stored data from sharing and withholding the indicated set of the stored data from sharing. The withholding may include deleting the indicated set of the stored data from the memory of the micro-server and/or refraining from sending the indicated set of the stored data to an external device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for facilitating a subject to record physiological data regarding him- or herself and to allow the subject to withhold a subset of the recorded physiological data from sharing, the method comprising: providing a system for the subject comprising: a plurality of types of physiological sensors, the physiological sensors comprising a video camera, and a micro-server comprising at least one communication interface, memory storing instructions, and at least one processor; instructing the subject to deploy the sensors at a residence of the subject to detect physiological data regarding the subject, the physiological data comprising video recorded by the video camera capturing movement of the subject; receiving, by the micro-server from a mobile device of the subject, an instruction to initiate data gathering; transmitting, by the micro-server in response to the received instruction, instructions to the physiological sensors to begin gathering data; receiving, by the micro-server via the at least one communication interface, the physiological data detected by the sensors; storing, by the micro-server, data in the memory of the micro-server representative of the physiological data detected by the sensors for later sharing; after receiving the physiological data and storing the data representative of the physiological data, prompting the subject regarding whether the stored data should be withheld from sharing; receiving in response to the prompt, by the micro-server via the at least one communication interface, an instruction from the subject to withhold an indicated set of the stored data from sharing, the instruction comprising an instruction to withhold data received from an indicated type of physiological sensor; and based on the received instruction, withholding the indicated set of the stored data from sharing, wherein said withholding comprises at least one of: (i) deleting the indicated set of the stored data from the memory of the micro-server, or (ii) refraining from sending the indicated set of the stored data to an external device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the physiological sensors further comprise at least one of a wrist-mounted actigraphy sensor, a body-mounted actigraphy sensor, a mobile smartphone, a bed vibration sensor, an ambient audio recording device, or a wearable audio recording device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: retrieving the micro-server from the subject; and downloading the stored data from the memory of the micro-server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, by the micro-server via the at least one communication interface, at least some of the data representative of the physiological data detected by the sensors stored in the memory of the micro-server to the external device, wherein the data transmitted by the micro-server does not include the indicated set of the stored data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one communication interface comprises at least one wireless communication interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one wireless communication interface comprises a short-range wireless communication interface and a long-range wireless communication interface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the external device is at a remote location from the micro-server, and wherein the micro-server receives the physiological data detected by the sensors via the short-range wireless communication interface, the method further comprising sending, by the micro-server via the long-range wireless communication interface, data indicative of a state of the micro-server to the external device at the remote location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the short-range wireless communication interface comprises a Wi-Fi wireless router, and the long-range wireless communication interface comprises a cellular network communication interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction from the subject to withhold the indicated set of the stored data is received via actuation of one or more physical actuators on a housing of the micro-server. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction from the subject to withhold the indicated set of the stored data is received via a wireless signal transmitted by a mobile device or a wearable device of the subject. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction from the subject to withhold the indicated set of the stored data is received via a wireless signal transmitted over a cellular network by a server at a remote location. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction from the subject to withhold the indicated set of the stored data identifies at least one of a time period associated with data to be deleted or a physiological sensor associated with data to be deleted. ### Claim 13 A method for facilitating a subject to record physiological data regarding the subject and to allow the subject to withhold a set of the recorded physiological data from sharing, the method comprising: receiving, at a micro-server from a mobile device of the subject, an instruction to initiate data gathering; transmitting, by the micro-server in response to the received instruction, instructions to a plurality of types of physiological sensors to begin gathering data, wherein the physiological sensors comprise a video camera; receiving, at the micro-server via a local wireless network, physiological data regarding the subject from the plurality of types of physiological sensors, wherein the physiological data comprises video recorded by the video camera capturing movement of the subject; storing, in memory at the micro-server, data representative of the physiological data; after receiving the physiological data and storing the data representative of the physiological data, prompting the subject regarding whether the stored data should be withheld from sharing; receiving in response to the prompt, at the micro-server via the local wireless network, an indication from a mobile device; and when the indication from the mobile device indicates that an indicated set of the stored data received from an indicated type of physiological sensor should be withheld from sharing: identifying the indicated set of the stored data to be withheld from sharing based at least in part on the indicated type of physiological sensor, and withholding the indicated set of the stored data from sharing, said withholding comprising at least one of (i) deleting the indicated set of the stored data from memory at the micro-server, or (ii) refraining from sending the indicated set of the stored data to an external device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: sending, from the micro-server via the local wireless network, a request to the mobile device of the subject to confirm whether the indicated set of the stored data should be kept for sharing or withheld from sharing; and receiving the indication from the mobile device regarding whether the indicated set of the stored data should be kept for sharing or withheld from sharing based on sending the request. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the external device is a remote server, the method further comprising sending the stored data from the micro-server to the remote server via a cellular network separate from the local wireless network only when the indication from the mobile device indicates the indicated set of the stored data should be kept for sharing. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the external device is a remote server, the method further comprising sending at least one status update from the micro-server to the remote server via a cellular network separate from the local wireless network, the at least one status update including data representative at least one of (i) a battery charge of at least one of sensors or (ii) a connection status between at least one of the sensors and the micro-server. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the physiological sensors further comprise at least one of a wrist-mounted actigraphy sensor, a body-mounted actigraphy sensor, a mobile smartphone, a bed vibration sensor, or an audio recording device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the indicated set of the stored data is identified based on information, included in the indication, that indicates at least one of a time period associated with data to be deleted or a physiological sensor associated with data to be deleted. ### Claim 19 A method for facilitating a subject to record physiological data regarding the subject and to allow the subject to withhold a set of the recorded physiological data, the method comprising: receiving, at a micro-server from a mobile device of the subject, an instruction to initiate data gathering; transmitting, by the micro-server in response to the received instruction, instructions to a plurality of types of physiological sensors to begin gathering data, wherein the physiological sensors comprises a video camera; receiving, at the micro-server via a local wireless network, physiological data regarding the subject from the plurality of types of physiological sensors, wherein the physiological data comprises video recorded by the video camera capturing movement of the subject; storing, in memory at the micro-server, data representative of the physiological data; sending, from the micro-server to a remote server via a cellular network separate from the local wireless network, a notification that data representative of the physiological data has been stored in memory at the micro-server, wherein the notification causes the remote server to send, to a mobile device of the subject, via the cellular network, a request; receiving, from the remote server via the cellular network, an instruction to withhold an indicated set of the stored data received from an indicated type of physiological sensor when a response from the mobile device indicates that the indicated set of the stored data should be withheld; and in response to the instruction, withholding the indicated set of the stored data based at least in part on the indicated type of physiological sensor, said withholding comprising at least one of (i) deleting the indicated set of the stored data from the memory at the micro-server, or (ii) refraining from sending the indicated set of the stored data to the remote server. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising sending the indicated set of the stored data from the micro-server to the remote server via the cellular network only when the response from the mobile device indicates that the indicated set of the stored data should be kept. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, further comprising sending at least one status update from the micro-server to the remote server via the cellular network, the at least one status update including data representative at least one of (i) a battery charge of at least one of the sensors, or (ii) a connection status between at least one of the sensors and the micro-server. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the physiological sensors further comprise a wrist-mounted actigraphy sensor, a mobile smartphone, and a bed vibration sensor. ### Claim 23 A micro-server, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors, communicatively coupled to one or more the memories, configured to: receive, from a mobile device of a subject, an instruction to initiate data gathering; transmit, by the micro-server in response to the received instruction, instructions to a plurality of types of physiological sensors to begin gathering data, wherein the physiological sensors comprise a video camera; receive, at the micro-server via a local wireless network, physiological data regarding the subject from the plurality of types of physiological sensors, wherein the physiological data comprises video recorded by the video camera capturing movement of the subject; store, in memory at the micro-server, data representative of the physiological data; send, from the micro-server to a remote server via a cellular network separate from the local wireless network, a notification that data representative of the physiological data has been stored in memory at the micro-server, wherein the notification causes the remote server to send, to a mobile device of the subject, via the cellular network, a request; receive, from the remote server via the cellular network, an instruction to withhold an indicated set of the stored data received from an indicated type of physiological sensor when a response from the mobile device indicates that the indicated set of the stored data should be withheld; and in response to the instruction, withhold the indicated set of the stored data based at least in part on the indicated type of physiological sensor, said withholding comprising at least one of (i) deleting the indicated set of the stored data from the memory at the micro-server, or (ii) refraining from sending the indicated set of the stored data to the remote server.