# US 9,517,011 B2 · Information processing apparatus, portable communication terminal, and control methods and control programs thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,517,011 B2 - Document ID: US9517011B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/403,718 - Filed: 2013-05-22 - Published: 2015-07-30 - Granted: 2016-12-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-05-30 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Yoshikazu Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517011B2 ## CPC - G16H 40/63: for local operation - 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 5/742: {using visual displays (displays for heart-related electrical signals, e.g. ECG, A61B5/339)} - 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)} - G16H 40/67: for remote operation - H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user - 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) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that, when a medical measurement device is connected to a portable communication terminal, acquires specifying information for specifying the medical measurement device via the portable communication terminal, a first receiver that receives, via the portable communication terminal, measurement result information of a measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device by executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information, a second receiver that receives, from the portable communication terminal, measurement target person information for specifying the measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device, an accumulator that accumulates the measurement target person information and the measurement result information in association with each other, and a transmitter that transmits accumulated information to one of the portable communication terminal and a medical care worker communication terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit that, when a medical measurement device is connected to a portable communication terminal, acquires specifying information for specifying the medical measurement device via the portable communication terminal; a driver executer that executes a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; a first receiver that receives, via the portable communication terminal, measurement result information of a measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; a second receiver that receives, from the portable communication terminal, measurement target person information for specifying the measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; and an accumulator that accumulates the measurement target person information and the measurement result information in association with each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitter that transmits accumulated information to one of the portable communication terminal and a medical care worker communication terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said transmitter applies statistical processing to the accumulated information, and transmits the accumulated information to one of the portable communication terminal and the medical care worker communication terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said second receiver further receives, from the portable communication terminal, time information about time when the measurement result information was acquired from the medical measurement device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the measurement target person is an individual registered in advance in association with an owner of the portable communication terminal, and said first receiver receives, via the portable communication terminal, measurement result information about the individual measured by the medical measurement device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmitter converts the information accumulated in said accumulator into display screen data that can be displayed on the portable communication terminal, and transmits the display screen data to the portable communication terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a face of the measurement target person is photographed by using an image sensing unit incorporated in the portable communication terminal, and the photographed image is linked with the measurement result information and accumulated in said accumulator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a video containing a face and voice of the measurement target person is captured by using an image sensing unit incorporated in the portable communication terminal, and the captured video is linked with the measurement result information and accumulated in said accumulator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when transmitting the accumulated information to the medical care worker communication terminal, said transmitter performs time correction in consideration of a time difference based on location information of the medical care worker communication terminal. ### Claim 10 An information processing method comprising: when a medical measurement device is connected to a portable communication terminal, acquiring specifying information for specifying the medical measurement device via the portable communication terminal; executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; receiving, via the portable communication terminal, measurement result information of a measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; receiving, from the portable communication terminal, measurement target person information for specifying the measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; accumulating the measurement target person information and the measurement result information in association with each other; and transmitting accumulated information to one of the portable communication terminal and a medical care worker communication terminal. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an information processing program for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising: when a medical measurement device is connected to a portable communication terminal, acquiring specifying information for specifying the medical measurement device via the portable communication terminal; executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; receiving, via the portable communication terminal, measurement result information of a measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; receiving, from the portable communication terminal, measurement target person information for specifying the measurement target person measured by the medical measurement device; accumulating the measurement target person information and the measurement result information in association with each other; and transmitting accumulated information to one of the portable communication terminal and a medical care worker communication terminal. ### Claim 12 A portable communication terminal comprising: a determinator that determines, when a medical measurement device is connected via a communication interface, whether a local terminal can control the medical measurement device; a request unit that, when said determinator determines that the local terminal cannot control the medical measurement device, accesses a server via a wireless communication network, and requests acquisition of measurement result information from the medical measurement device on the basis of specifying information that specifies the medical measurement device; a signal transfer control unit that controls signal transfer between the medical measurement device and the server via the communication interface and the wireless communication network so as to be able to establish communication between the medical measurement device and the server and acquire, by the server, measurement result information measured by the medical measurement device as a result of the server executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; and a transmitter that transmits, to the server in association with each other, the measurement result information and measurement target person information for specifying a measurement target person. ### Claim 13 A control method of a portable communication terminal, comprising: determining, when a medical measurement device is connected via a communication interface, whether a local terminal can control the medical measurement device; when the local terminal is determined in the determining not to be able to control the medical measurement device, accessing a server via a wireless communication network, and requesting acquisition of measurement result information from the medical measurement device on the basis of specifying information that specifies the medical measurement device; controlling signal transfer between the medical measurement device and the server via the communication interface and the wireless communication network so as to be able to establish communication between the medical measurement device and the server and acquire, by the server, measurement result information measured by the medical measurement device as a result of the server executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; and transmitting, to the server in association with each other, the measurement result information and measurement target person information for specifying a measurement target person. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a control program of a portable communication terminal for causing a computer to execute a method, comprising: determining, when a medical measurement device is connected via a communication interface, whether a local terminal can control the medical measurement device; when the local terminal is determined in the determining not to be able to control the medical measurement device, accessing a server via a wireless communication network, and requesting acquisition of measurement result information from the medical measurement device on the basis of specifying information that specifies the medical measurement device; controlling signal transfer between the medical measurement device and the server via the communication interface and the wireless communication network so as to be able to establish communication between the medical measurement device and the server and acquire, by the server, measurement result information measured by the medical measurement device as a result of the server executing a driver program corresponding to the specifying information without downloading a measuring program into the portable communication terminal; and transmitting, to the server in association with each other, the measurement result information and measurement target person information for specifying a measurement target person.