# US 2014/0195263 A1 · Personal health data hub

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- Number: US 2014/0195263 A1
- Document ID: US20140195263A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/148,548
- Filed: 2014-01-06
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07
- Assignees: Signove Tecnologia S/A
- Applicants: Signove Tecnologia S/A
- Inventors: Danilo Freire de Souza Santos; Aldenor Falcao Martins; Andre Felipe de Albuquerque Rodrigues; Jose Luis do Nascimento; Angelo Perkusich; Hyggo Oliveira de Almeida
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195263A1

## CPC

- G16H 10/65: stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
- G16Z 99/00: Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- G16Z: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

In various embodiments, a personal health data hub (“PHDH”) may include a device that receives health data from personal health devices (“PHDs”), stores the health data, and sends them to personal health records. Health data may be received by PHDH using multiple communication technologies, such as Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT+, USB, etc. The PHDH may be used by different users such as multiple user sessions. Users may access and control the PHDH through different UI mechanisms. The PHDH may interact with users, such as by indicating states and/or events using light and/or sound indicators. The PHDH may use a wireless collector accessory enabled peripheral device to receive health data from a PHD. The WCA-enabled device may communicate personal health data to the PHDH on behalf of the PHD. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for facilitating collection of personal health data, the apparatus comprising:
one or more computing processors;
collection logic configured to operate on the one or more computing processors to collect personal health data collected from one or more personal health devices of one or more users; and
association logic configured to operate on the one or more computing processors to associate the collected personal health data with the one or more users.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection logic is further configured to open user sessions for receipt of personal health data.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the collection logic is further configured to collect personal health data only when a user session has been opened.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the collection logic is further configured to authenticate users using a peripheral device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the collection logic is configured to authenticate users using near NFC or RFID.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collector logic is further configured to receive personal health data from a collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device that is configured to:
read personal health data from personal health devices; and
send this data to the apparatus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device is further configured to read personal health data from collector cards.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device is further configured to read personal health data from a personal health device via NFC.

### Claim 9 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device is further configured to read personal health data from a personal health device that cannot be easily brought into communication with the apparatus.

### Claim 10 (depends on 6)

The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the collector logic is configured to communicate with the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device using protocols used to communicate with the one or more personal health devices.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the collection logic is further configured to communicate using one or more of: Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, ANT+, USB, NFC, RFID and Infrared communication protocols.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising communication logic configured to be operated on the one or more computing processors to send health data associated with a user to a remote personal health record.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising control logic configured to be operated on the one or more computing devices to facilitate control of the apparatus.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the control logic is configured to facilitate control of the apparatus using a peripheral device comprising one or more of: a cellphone, smartphone, tablet, PDA or a personal computer;

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the control logic is configured to provide a user interface to facilitate control of the apparatus.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the control logic is configured to provide the user interface on a television or monitor screen or on a network browser software application.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the control logic is configured to communicate with a user interface application for a peripheral device.

### Claim 18

A computer-implemented method for collecting personal health data, the method comprising:
collecting, by a computing device, personal health data from one or more personal health devices of one or more users; and
associating, by the computing device, the collected personal health data with the one or more users.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein collecting personal health data comprises:
opening user sessions for receipt of personal health data; and
collecting personal health data only when a user session has been opened.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19, wherein collecting personal health data comprises authenticating users using a peripheral device.

### Claim 21 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein collecting personal health data comprises receiving personal health data from a collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device that is configured to:
read personal health data from personal health devices; and
send this data to the computing device.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, wherein the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device is further configured to read personal health data from a personal health device that cannot be easily brought into communication with the apparatus.

### Claim 23 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, wherein collecting personal health data comprises communicating with the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device using protocols used to communicate with the one or more personal health devices.

### Claim 24 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising sending health data associated with a user to a remote personal health record.

### Claim 25 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18, further comprising facilitating control, by the computing device, of the computing device.

### Claim 26 (depends on 25)

The method of claim 25 wherein facilitating control comprises facilitating control via one or more of: a cellphone, smartphone, tablet, PDA or a personal computer;

### Claim 27 (depends on 25)

The method of claim 25, wherein facilitating control comprises providing a user interface to facilitate control of the apparatus.

### Claim 28

One or more computer-readable media containing instructions written thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to facilitate collection of personal health data by causing the computing device to:
collect personal health data from one or more personal health devices of one or more users; and
associate the collected personal health data with the one or more users.

### Claim 29 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein collect personal health data comprises:
open user sessions for receipt of personal health data; and
collect personal health data only when a user session has been opened.

### Claim 30 (depends on 29)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 29, wherein collect personal health data comprises authenticate users using a peripheral device.

### Claim 31 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein collect personal health data comprises receive personal health data from a collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device that is configured to:
read personal health data from personal health devices; and
send this data to the computing device.

### Claim 32 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein collect personal health data comprises communicate with the collector-accessory-enabled peripheral device using protocols used to communicate with the one or more personal health devices.

### Claim 33 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to send health data associated with a user to a remote personal health record.

### Claim 34 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to facilitate control, by the computing device, of the computing device.

### Claim 35 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein facilitate control comprises facilitate control via one or more of: a cellphone, smartphone, tablet, PDA or a personal computer;

### Claim 36 (depends on 28)

The one or more computer-readable media of claim 28, wherein facilitate control comprises provide a user interface to facilitate control of the apparatus.