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Evidence of Use (EoU) Report
US7705723B2
For Claim Nos.: 1, 8 and 20
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1. HealthMap
Claim 1 HealthMap
A method comprising:
receiving user location data and
storing the user location data;
HealthMap is a service with a corresponding application -
“Outbreaks Near Me”, which tracks user location to alert the user
of a possible epidemic in the user’s location. It may be construed
that such location data may be stored in some form (even if
temporarily)
The iPhone app makes HealthMap information even more
accessible to the average person, by marrying the map's network
of global data with the smartphone's GPS function, which tracks an
individual user's location. So the program enables you to find out
instantly whether there are any new outbreaks close to home
Source: Link
With HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of
HealthMap's latest real-time disease outbreak information at your
fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your
neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza ("swine flu").
Search and browse outbreak reports on the interactive map, and
set up the app to alert you with a notice automatically whenever
an outbreak is occurring in your area. If you know of an outbreak
not yet on the map, be the first to report it using the app's unique
outbreak reporting feature. You will be credited and your report
will be featured on the website.
Source: Link
identifying an outbreak;
The HealthMap service is configured to identify an outbreak using
multiple sources, like internet data, volunteers’ submitted
information, etc.
The app is based on the same network of media and on-the-ground
reporting that global health officials use to detect and track
emerging diseases like H1N1 and 2003's SARS.
HealthMap, a website that mines more than 30,000 data sources
— including news media and government alerts — and puts them
on a Google Map to show where outbreaks are occurring, in real
time. Whether it's measles in Sussex, foot-and-mouth disease in
3. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Taiwan or avian flu in Indonesia, as reports of diseases bubble up,
HealthMap researchers scan them and post them online.
The Outbreaks app also allows users to do their own surveillance
and reporting — you can send messages and images to HealthMap
about disease flare-ups in your area.
Source: Link
The second key idea was to allow users to submit free-form,
firsthand accounts of any disease activity in their local community.
With the release of the iPhone app, in addition to being able to
submit thirdparty content such as news reports, users could report
on events such as school closures and absenteeism, as well as
illness in those around them or their own symptoms.
Source: Link
backtracking contacts to the
outbreak correlating historical
locations of the outbreak with
the stored user location data
indicating past locations of the
user; and
Although the service does not particularly specify that it can
backtrack to find if the user has visited the location of outbreak,
but one article suggest that this service may have been used in the
past to trace the location of the source of the disease
HealthMap - Health Ministry backtracks on the number of malaria
confirmations.
Source: Link
alerting the user of a potential
It is to be noted that the HealthMap service only allows for
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information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
point of contact with the
outbreak when the stored user
location data of the past
locations of the user indicates
that the user's past location had
overlapped with the historical
locations of the outbreak.
alerting the users, using their location data, which are located in
the area of the outbreak, and not specifically using location history
data to identify if the user may have been in the area of outbreak
in the past which could pose threat to his/her health.
So the program enables you to find out instantly whether there are
any new outbreaks close to home. "The system can deliver reports
that are relevant to your location," says Clark Freifield, a Ph.D.
student at MIT's Media Lab and a co-founder of HealthMap.
Source: Link
The first principle was to take advantage of the phone’s built-in
Global Positioning System (GPS) capability to provide the user with
real-time HealthMap alerts relevant to his current location,
including the ability to receive targeted “push” alerts immediately
to the phone without needing to actively query the system.
Source: Link
Source: Link
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information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 8 HealthMap
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a location receiving logic to
receive location data from a
user;
HealthMap is a service with a corresponding application -
“Outbreaks Near Me”, which tracks user location to alert the user
of a possible epidemic in the user’s location.
The iPhone app makes HealthMap information even more
accessible to the average person, by marrying the map's network
of global data with the smartphone's GPS function, which tracks an
individual user's location. So the program enables you to find out
instantly whether there are any new outbreaks close to home
Source: Link
With HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of
HealthMap's latest real-time disease outbreak information at your
fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your
neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza ("swine flu").
Search and browse outbreak reports on the interactive map, and
set up the app to alert you with a notice automatically whenever
an outbreak is occurring in your area. If you know of an outbreak
not yet on the map, be the first to report it using the app's unique
outbreak reporting feature. You will be credited and your report
will be featured on the website.
Source: Link
a user data store to store the
location data; and
Since the HealthMap service using the user location data for alerts,
it may be construed that such location data may be stored in some
form (even if temporarily).
The iPhone app makes HealthMap information even more
accessible to the average person, by marrying the map's network
of global data with the smartphone's GPS function, which tracks an
individual user's location. So the program enables you to find out
instantly whether there are any new outbreaks close to home
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
The HealthMap service is configured to identify an outbreak using
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information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including historical locations of
the outbreak;
multiple sources, like internet data, volunteers’ submitted
information, etc.
The app is based on the same network of media and on-the-ground
reporting that global health officials use to detect and track
emerging diseases like H1N1 and 2003's SARS.
HealthMap, a website that mines more than 30,000 data sources
— including news media and government alerts — and puts them
on a Google Map to show where outbreaks are occurring, in real
time. Whether it's measles in Sussex, foot-and-mouth disease in
Taiwan or avian flu in Indonesia, as reports of diseases bubble up,
HealthMap researchers scan them and post them online.
The Outbreaks app also allows users to do their own surveillance
and reporting — you can send messages and images to HealthMap
about disease flare-ups in your area.
Source: Link
The second key idea was to allow users to submit free-form,
firsthand accounts of any disease activity in their local community.
With the release of the iPhone app, in addition to being able to
submit thirdparty content such as news reports, users could report
on events such as school closures and absenteeism, as well as
illness in those around them or their own symptoms.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack the stored location
Although the service does not particularly specify that it can
backtrack to the point (location) of outbreak but one article
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information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
data indicating past locations of
the user to determine if the user
has had past contact with the
outbreak based on an overlap of
one of the past locations of the
user and one of the historical
locations of the outbreak.
suggest that such service may have been used in the past to trace
the location of the source of the disease
HealthMap - Health Ministry backtracks on the number of malaria
confirmations.
Source: Link
8. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 20 HealthMap
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a user data store to store
location data for a plurality of
users over time;
HealthMap is a service with a corresponding application -
“Outbreaks Near Me”, which tracks user location to alert the user
of a possible epidemic in the user’s location. Since the HealthMap
service using the user location data for alerts, it may be construed
that such location data may be stored in some form (even if
temporarily).
The iPhone app makes HealthMap information even more
accessible to the average person, by marrying the map's network
of global data with the smartphone's GPS function, which tracks an
individual user's location. So the program enables you to find out
instantly whether there are any new outbreaks close to home
Source: Link
With HealthMap's Outbreaks Near Me application, you have all of
HealthMap's latest real-time disease outbreak information at your
fingertips. Open the app and see all current outbreaks in your
neighborhood, including news about H1N1 influenza ("swine flu").
Search and browse outbreak reports on the interactive map, and
set up the app to alert you with a notice automatically whenever
an outbreak is occurring in your area. If you know of an outbreak
not yet on the map, be the first to report it using the app's unique
outbreak reporting feature. You will be credited and your report
will be featured on the website.
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including a location and time;
and
The HealthMap service is configured to identify an outbreak using
multiple sources, like internet data, volunteers’ submitted
information, etc.
The app is based on the same network of media and on-the-ground
reporting that global health officials use to detect and track
emerging diseases like H1N1 and 2003's SARS.
HealthMap, a website that mines more than 30,000 data sources
— including news media and government alerts — and puts them
on a Google Map to show where outbreaks are occurring, in real
time. Whether it's measles in Sussex, foot-and-mouth disease in
Taiwan or avian flu in Indonesia, as reports of diseases bubble up,
9. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
HealthMap researchers scan them and post them online.
The Outbreaks app also allows users to do their own surveillance
and reporting — you can send messages and images to HealthMap
about disease flare-ups in your area.
Source: Link
The second key idea was to allow users to submit free-form,
firsthand accounts of any disease activity in their local community.
With the release of the iPhone app, in addition to being able to
submit thirdparty content such as news reports, users could report
on events such as school closures and absenteeism, as well as
illness in those around them or their own symptoms.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack data indicating past
locations over time of a user
from the user data store to
determine past exposure of the
user to the outbreak based on
an overlap of the location and
the time of the user and the
outbreak.
Although the service does not particularly specify that it can
backtrack to the point (location) of outbreak but one article
suggest that such service may have been used in the past to trace
the location of the source of the disease
HealthMap - Health Ministry backtracks on the number of malaria
confirmations.
Source: Link
10. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
2. Sickweather
Claim 1 Sickweather
A method comprising:
receiving user location data and
storing the user location data;
The Sickweather service extracts location data from social media
updates. Further, since such location data is analyzed, it may be
construed that such data may be stored (even if temporarily).
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
identifying an outbreak;
The Sickweather app analyze social media posts to identify the
location of an outbreak.
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Crowdsourcing
Sickweather allows its members and 3rd party partners to report
directly to our map and forecast anonymously via our mobile apps.
Select from a menu of illnesses that we track or post a message to
any location you follow in Sickweather Groups. If you report
symptoms or illnesses that we aren't tracking, that information will
be processed by our algorithm to automatically make suggestions
for expanding our tracking capabilities.
Source: Link
11. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Source: Link
backtracking contacts to the
outbreak correlating historical
locations of the outbreak with
the stored user location data
indicating past locations of the
user; and
This service rather than backtracking uses predictive algorithms to
predict location of an outbreak. It may be construed that similar
logic could possibly be used to correlate past location data with
source locations of the outbreak.
Forecasting & Output
Advanced machine learning models are used to measure the rate
of real-time input compared to our extensive archived data
(carefully curated since 2011) to predict the rate of illnesses up to
15 weeks in advance with 91% accuracy. We make these
predictions and data outputs available via our consumer-facing
applications for the general public, as well as our Application
Programming Interface (API) and Sickweather Pro SaaS dashboard
used by developers, data scientists and epidemiologists across
several industries.
Source: Link
12. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
alerting the user of a potential
point of contact with the
outbreak when the stored user
location data of the past
locations of the user indicates
that the user's past location had
overlapped with the historical
locations of the outbreak.
This service only allows for alerting the users, using their location
data, which are located in the area of the outbreak, and not
specifically using location history data to identify if the user may
have been in the area of outbreak in the past which could pose
threat to his/her health.
Get real-time notifications whenever you enter a Sick zone.
Source: Link
13. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 8 Sickweather
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a location receiving logic to
receive location data from a
user;
The Sickweather service extracts location data from social media
updates to identify an outbreak. Further, since such location data
is analyzed, it may be construed that such data may be stored
(even if temporarily).
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Source: Link
a user data store to store the
location data; and
The Sickweather service extracts location data from social media
updates to identify an outbreak. Further, since such location data
is analyzed, it may be construed that such data may be stored
(even if temporarily).
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including historical locations of
the outbreak;
The Sickweather app analyze social media posts to identify the
location of an outbreak.
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
14. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Crowdsourcing
Sickweather allows its members and 3rd party partners to report
directly to our map and forecast anonymously via our mobile apps.
Select from a menu of illnesses that we track or post a message to
any location you follow in Sickweather Groups. If you report
symptoms or illnesses that we aren't tracking, that information will
be processed by our algorithm to automatically make suggestions
for expanding our tracking capabilities.
Source: Link
Source: Link
This service only allows for alerting the users, using their location
data, which are located in the area of the outbreak, and not
specifically using location history data to identify if the user may
have been in the area of outbreak in the past which could pose
threat to his/her health.
Get real-time notifications whenever you enter a Sick zone.
15. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack the stored location
data indicating past locations of
the user to determine if the user
has had past contact with the
outbreak based on an overlap of
one of the past locations of the
user and one of the historical
locations of the outbreak.
This service rather than backtracking uses predictive algorithms to
predict location of an outbreak. It may be construed that similar
logic could possibly be used to correlate past location data with
source locations of the outbreak.
Forecasting & Output
Advanced machine learning models are used to measure the rate
of real-time input compared to our extensive archived data
(carefully curated since 2011) to predict the rate of illnesses up to
15 weeks in advance with 91% accuracy. We make these
predictions and data outputs available via our consumer-facing
applications for the general public, as well as our Application
Programming Interface (API) and Sickweather Pro SaaS dashboard
used by developers, data scientists and epidemiologists across
several industries.
Source: Link
16. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 20 Sickweather
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a user data store to store
location data for a plurality of
users over time;
The Sickweather service extracts location data from social media
updates to identify an outbreak. Further, since such location data
is analyzed, it may be construed that such data may be stored
(even if temporarily).
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including a location and time;
and
The Sickweather app analyze social media posts to identify the
location of an outbreak.
Social Listening
Everyday thousands of people around the globe update social
media sites like Facebook and Twitter when they (or someone close
to them) get sick. Posts like "I'm sick," "the doc says I have
bronchitis" and "My son has chickenpox." When this information is
made publicly available by the user and contains location
information, we are able to track and map this data using our
patent-pending algorithm.
Crowdsourcing
Sickweather allows its members and 3rd party partners to report
directly to our map and forecast anonymously via our mobile apps.
Select from a menu of illnesses that we track or post a message to
any location you follow in Sickweather Groups. If you report
symptoms or illnesses that we aren't tracking, that information will
be processed by our algorithm to automatically make suggestions
for expanding our tracking capabilities.
Source: Link
17. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Source: Link
This service only allows for alerting the users, using their location
data, which are located in the area of the outbreak, and not
specifically using location history data to identify if the user may
have been in the area of outbreak in the past which could pose
threat to his/her health.
Get real-time notifications whenever you enter a Sick zone.
Source: Link
18. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
a contact trace logic to
backtrack data indicating past
locations over time of a user
from the user data store to
determine past exposure of the
user to the outbreak based on
an overlap of the location and
the time of the user and the
outbreak.
This service rather than backtracking uses predictive algorithms to
predict location of an outbreak. It may be construed that similar
logic could possibly be used to correlate past location data with
source locations of the outbreak.
Forecasting & Output
Advanced machine learning models are used to measure the rate
of real-time input compared to our extensive archived data
(carefully curated since 2011) to predict the rate of illnesses up to
15 weeks in advance with 91% accuracy. We make these
predictions and data outputs available via our consumer-facing
applications for the general public, as well as our Application
Programming Interface (API) and Sickweather Pro SaaS dashboard
used by developers, data scientists and epidemiologists across
several industries.
Source: Link
19. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
3. Flu Near You
Claim 1 Flu Near You
A method comprising:
receiving user location data and
storing the user location data;
The Flu Near You service asks for location data from the user.
Since such location data is analyzed, it may be construed that such
data may be stored (even if temporarily).
To participate in Flu Near You all you have to do is register. On
your first visit to https://flunearyou.org, you will be asked to enter
your gender, month and year of birth, zip code and email address.
Once you confirm your registration, by clicking on a link in an email
that will be sent to you, you can complete your first health survey…
Source: Link
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identifying an outbreak;
The FNY service analyze the (symptoms) information received
from the user to identify an outbreak.
Take just a few seconds to report how you’ve been feeling. It’s free
and anonymous. Thousands of reporters across the country also
contribute weekly. Reports are collected and mapped so that you
know when the flu is around.
Source: Link
FNY collects limited demographic characteristic information upon
registration, and prompts users each Monday to report symptoms
of influenza-like illness (ILI) experienced during the previous week.
Source: Link
20. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
backtracking contacts to the
outbreak correlating historical
locations of the outbreak with
the stored user location data
indicating past locations of the
user; and
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
The coloring is intentional – if you look below the map there is a
legend that explains what each color represents. It is meant to give
you a picture of the level of flu activity in each state. There are now
two options that allow you to toggle either the “user contributed
data” (removing the pins from the map) or the “additional flu
data” (removing the flat coloring and enabling you to see the map
administrative labels).
Source: Link
alerting the user of a potential
point of contact with the
outbreak when the stored user
location data of the past
locations of the user indicates
that the user's past location had
overlapped with the historical
locations of the outbreak.
It is to be noted that the FNY service only allows for alerting the
users, using their location data, which are located in the area of
the outbreak, and not specifically using location history data to
identify if the user may have been in the area of outbreak in the
past which could pose threat to his/her health.
The untapped ability for a system such as FNY to serve as a 2-way
communication and alerting channel could allow health authorities
to remind users when it is time to be vaccinated, inform them of
changing health trends, or alert them to public health or other
hazards in their area.
Source: Link
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21. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 8 Flu Near You
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a location receiving logic to
receive location data from a
user;
The Flu Near You service asks for location data from the user. This
location data is analyzed to identify an outbreak and subsequently
issue notification to users.
Flu Near You is a website and mobile application that allows the
public to report their health information using a quick weekly
survey. Using participant-reported symptoms, Flu Near You graphs
and maps this information to provide local and national views of
influenza-like illness.
Source: Link
To participate in Flu Near You all you have to do is register. On
your first visit to https://flunearyou.org, you will be asked to enter
your gender, month and year of birth, zip code and email address.
Once you confirm your registration, by clicking on a link in an email
that will be sent to you, you can complete your first health survey.
Every Monday after, you will receive an email with a link to your
health survey where you report any symptoms you had in the past
week. It is really fast and easy!
Source: Link
a user data store to store the
location data; and
The Flu Near You service asks for location data from the user.
Further, since such location data is analyzed, it may be construed
that such data may be stored (even if temporarily).
To participate in Flu Near You all you have to do is register. On
your first visit to https://flunearyou.org, you will be asked to enter
your gender, month and year of birth, zip code and email address.
Once you confirm your registration, by clicking on a link in an email
that will be sent to you, you can complete your first health survey.
Every Monday after, you will receive an email with a link to your
health survey where you report any symptoms you had in the past
week. It is really fast and easy!
Source: Link
22. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including historical locations of
the outbreak;
The FNY service analyze the (symptoms) information received
from the user to identify an outbreak.
Take just a few seconds to report how you’ve been feeling. It’s free
and anonymous.
Thousands of reporters across the country also contribute weekly.
Reports are collected and mapped so that you know when the flu is
around.
Source: Link
FNY collects limited demographic characteristic information upon
registration, and prompts users each Monday to report symptoms
of influenza-like illness (ILI) experienced during the previous week.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack the stored location
data indicating past locations of
the user to determine if the user
has had past contact with the
outbreak based on an overlap of
one of the past locations of the
user and one of the historical
locations of the outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
The coloring is intentional – if you look below the map there is a
legend that explains what each color represents. It is meant to give
you a picture of the level of flu activity in each state. There are now
two options that allow you to toggle either the “user contributed
data” (removing the pins from the map) or the “additional flu
data” (removing the flat coloring and enabling you to see the map
administrative labels).
Source: Link
23. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 20 Flu Near You
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a user data store to store
location data for a plurality of
users over time;
The Flu Near You service asks for location data from the user. This
location data is analyzed to identify an outbreak and subsequently
issue notification to users.
Flu Near You is a website and mobile application that allows the
public to report their health information using a quick weekly
survey. Using participant-reported symptoms, Flu Near You graphs
and maps this information to provide local and national views of
influenza-like illness.
Source: Link
Since such location data is analyzed, it may be construed that such
data may be stored (even if temporarily).
To participate in Flu Near You all you have to do is register. On
your first visit to https://flunearyou.org, you will be asked to enter
your gender, month and year of birth, zip code and email address.
Once you confirm your registration, by clicking on a link in an email
that will be sent to you, you can complete your first health survey.
Every Monday after, you will receive an email with a link to your
health survey where you report any symptoms you had in the past
week. It is really fast and easy!
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including a location and time;
and
The FNY service analyze the (symptoms) information received
from the user to identify an outbreak.
Take just a few seconds to report how you’ve been feeling. It’s free
and anonymous.
Thousands of reporters across the country also contribute weekly.
Reports are collected and mapped so that you know when the flu is
around.
Source: Link
FNY collects limited demographic characteristic information upon
registration, and prompts users each Monday to report symptoms
of influenza-like illness (ILI) experienced during the previous week.
Source: Link
24. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
a contact trace logic to
backtrack data indicating past
locations over time of a user
from the user data store to
determine past exposure of the
user to the outbreak based on
an overlap of the location and
the time of the user and the
outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
The coloring is intentional – if you look below the map there is a
legend that explains what each color represents. It is meant to give
you a picture of the level of flu activity in each state. There are now
two options that allow you to toggle either the “user contributed
data” (removing the pins from the map) or the “additional flu
data” (removing the flat coloring and enabling you to see the map
administrative labels).
Source: Link
25. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
4. BioCaster
Claim 1 BioCaster
A method comprising:
receiving user location data and
storing the user location data;
The BioCaster service extract location data from geocoded feeds
on the internet. Since such location data is analyzed, it may be
construed that such data may be stored (even if temporarily).
An ontology-based text mining system for detecting and tracking
the distribution of infectious disease outbreaks from linguistic
signals on the Web. The system continuously analyzes documents
reported from over 1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical
relevance and plots them onto a Google map using geocoded
information.
Source: Link
identifying an outbreak;
The BioCaster service analyze feeds information to identify an
outbreak.
The system continuously analyzes documents reported from over
1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical relevance and plots
them onto a Google map using geocoded information.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
backtracking contacts to the
outbreak correlating historical
locations of the outbreak with
the stored user location data
indicating past locations of the
user; an
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
26. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
alerting the user of a potential
point of contact with the
outbreak when the stored user
location data of the past
locations of the user indicates
that the user's past location had
overlapped with the historical
locations of the outbreak.
BioCaster service only allows for alerting the users who have
subscribed to receiving alerts for a particular location, and not
specifically using location history data to identify if the user may
have been in the area of outbreak in the past which could pose
threat to his/her health.
The system consists of four main stages: topic classification,
named entity recognition (NER), disease/location detection and
event recognition. Higher order event analysis is used to detect
more precisely specified warning signals that can then be notified
to registered users via email alerts.
Analysis then focuses on detecting domain-specific signals, such as
cases of drug resistance, malformed blood products, international
travel, zoonosis or newly emerging strains. Access to this
information is limited to registered users who can create rules for
receiving email alerts on topics of interest.
Source: Link
27. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 8 BioCaster
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a location receiving logic to
receive location data from a
user;
The BioCaster service extract location data from geocoded feeds
on the internet.
An ontology-based text mining system for detecting and tracking
the distribution of infectious disease outbreaks from linguistic
signals on the Web. The system continuously analyzes documents
reported from over 1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical
relevance and plots them onto a Google map using geocoded
information.
Source: Link
a user data store to store the
location data; and
Since such location data is analyzed, it may be construed that such
data may be stored (even if temporarily).
An ontology-based text mining system for detecting and tracking
the distribution of infectious disease outbreaks from linguistic
signals on the Web. The system continuously analyzes documents
reported from over 1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical
relevance and plots them onto a Google map using geocoded
information.
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including historical locations of
the outbreak;
The BioCaster service analyze feeds information to identify an
outbreak.
The system continuously analyzes documents reported from over
1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical relevance and plots
them onto a Google map using geocoded information.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
28. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
a contact trace logic to
backtrack the stored location
data indicating past locations of
the user to determine if the user
has had past contact with the
outbreak based on an overlap of
one of the past locations of the
user and one of the historical
locations of the outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
29. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 20 BioCaster
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a user data store to store
location data for a plurality of
users over time;
The BioCaster service extract location data from geocoded feeds
on the internet. Since such location data is analyzed, it may be
construed that such data may be stored (even if temporarily).
An ontology-based text mining system for detecting and tracking
the distribution of infectious disease outbreaks from linguistic
signals on the Web. The system continuously analyzes documents
reported from over 1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical
relevance and plots them onto a Google map using geocoded
information.
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including a location and time;
and
The BioCaster service analyze feeds information to identify an
outbreak.
The system continuously analyzes documents reported from over
1700 RSS feeds, classifies them for topical relevance and plots
them onto a Google map using geocoded information.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack data indicating past
locations over time of a user
from the user data store to
determine past exposure of the
user to the outbreak based on
an overlap of the location and
the time of the user and the
outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
At this stage disease-location pairs are plotted onto a public portal
called the Global Health Monitor. Visualization, using Google
Maps, allows users to gain a geographically contextualized view of
an outbreak anywhere in the world which can be filtered by
pathogen, syndrome or text type.
Source: Link
30. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
5. Veta
Claim 1 Veta
A method comprising:
receiving user location data and
storing the user location data;
The app requests the user to submit information about the
possible outbreak along with the location information.
The App allows individuals to set locations that are frequently used
by them and their families, for instance their home, office or
school. Along with these frequented locations, users can also set
an alert radius, across which the set locations need to be
monitored for cases. The App also allows users to report cases of
dengue along with the incident location, and this in-turn will serve
as an alert to other users in close proximity to that location.
Frequented Locations: Users can set locations that are used by
them and their family. Veta will constantly monitor them for its
users.
Source: Link
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
Source: Link
31. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
identifying an outbreak;
The Veta app uses the information about the reported cases to
identify an outbreak.
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Submit Reports: Users can do their part to keep their community
alert. Report an incident, and they could help save a life.
Source: Link
backtracking contacts to the
outbreak correlating historical
locations of the outbreak with
the stored user location data
indicating past locations of the
user; and
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
NA
alerting the user of a potential
point of contact with the
outbreak when the stored user
location data of the past
locations of the user indicates
that the user's past location had
overlapped with the historical
locations of the outbreak.
This app only alerts the users who have subscribed to receiving
alerts for a particular location, and not specifically using location
history data to identify if the user may have been in the area of
outbreak in the past which could pose threat to his/her health.
The App allows individuals to set locations that are frequently used
by them and their families, for instance their home, office or
school. Along with these frequented locations, users can also set
an alert radius, across which the set locations need to be
monitored for cases. The App also allows users to report cases of
dengue along with the incident location, and this in-turn will serve
as an alert to other users in close proximity to that location.
Set Protection Zone: Users can receive alerts when Veta’s
community of users submit any case reports within their zone.
Source: Link
32. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Source: Link
33. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 8 Veta
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a location receiving logic to
receive location data from a
user;
The app requests the user to submit information about the
possible outbreak along with the location information.
The App allows individuals to set locations that are frequently used
by them and their families, for instance their home, office or
school. Along with these frequented locations, users can also set
an alert radius, across which the set locations need to be
monitored for cases. The App also allows users to report cases of
dengue along with the incident location, and this in-turn will serve
as an alert to other users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
Source: Link
a user data store to store the
location data; and
Since such location data is analyzed, it may be construed that such
data may be stored (even if temporarily).
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
34. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
outbreak notification receiving
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including historical locations of
the outbreak;
The Veta app uses the information about the reported cases to
identify an outbreak.
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Submit Reports: Users can do their part to keep their community
alert. Report an incident, and they could help save a life.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack the stored location
data indicating past locations of
the user to determine if the user
has had past contact with the
outbreak based on an overlap of
one of the past locations of the
user and one of the historical
locations of the outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
NA
35. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
Claim 20 Veta
An outbreak notification system
comprising:
a user data store to store
location data for a plurality of
users over time;
The app requests the user to submit information about the
possible outbreak along with the location information. Since such
location data is analyzed, it may be construed that such data may
be stored (even if temporarily).
The App allows individuals to set locations that are frequently used
by them and their families, for instance their home, office or
school. Along with these frequented locations, users can also set
an alert radius, across which the set locations need to be
monitored for cases. The App also allows users to report cases of
dengue along with the incident location, and this in-turn will serve
as an alert to other users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Source: Link
Source: Link
outbreak notification receiving
The Veta app uses the information about the reported cases to
36. This document is for marketing purposes only to facilitate discussions and sale of all or part of the portfolio. The
information contained herein is provided with no representations or warranties of any kind. No information
contained herein constitutes any threat or assertion against any third party and any opinions, including any
underlying reasoning, provided herein are solely those of person who can be reached at justmac131@gmail.com.
logic to receive notification of
an outbreak, the notification
including a location and time;
and
identify an outbreak.
The App also allows users to report cases of dengue along with the
incident location, and this in-turn will serve as an alert to other
users in close proximity to that location.
Submit Reports: Users can do their part to keep their community
alert. Report an incident, and they could help save a life.
Source: Link
a contact trace logic to
backtrack data indicating past
locations over time of a user
from the user data store to
determine past exposure of the
user to the outbreak based on
an overlap of the location and
the time of the user and the
outbreak.
The service does not particularly specify that it can backtrack to
find if the user has visited the location of outbreak.
NA
