JP2007213370A - Health checkup network system and control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To safely execute software update by performing software download during activation of a screen saver. <P>SOLUTION: In this system, a center server 102 and a health terminal device 101 comprise transmitting and receiving means A202 and B203, respectively. When software download is instructed by a software change means 210 of the center server 103, a determination means 204 of the health terminal device (patient terminal) 101 confirms whether a screen saver control means 205 activates the screen saver or not through a communication network 104, and a software update means 206 performs software change according to the result. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a health terminal device that receives and displays information from the outside.

As a conventional software download system using a server connection, a system has been devised that automatically downloads to a client to be downloaded and upgrades the software to the latest software (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-216430 A

  However, the conventional software download system has the following problems.

  In a conventional software download system by connecting to a server, if the download is performed automatically while operating the client to be downloaded, for example, in the case of a health terminal device, the software version can be upgraded without storing the measurement data information. There is a problem that measurement data is lost.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and by downloading software in a screen saver state, the software is automatically downloaded during operation and measurement data being measured is eliminated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a health check network system that prevents this and allows software downloads to be executed at a safe time.

  The health check network system of the present invention includes a server having software change information transmitting means for transmitting software change information and first transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving information to / from other network terminals, and display means A patient terminal having operation determining means for determining whether or not the screen saver function is in operation and software updating means for executing software update, and a communication network for connecting the server and the patient terminal, The patient terminal monitors a working state of the screen saver control means, a second screen transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving information from the other network, a screen saver control means for controlling the screen saver function, and an operation opportunity of the software update means And the second transmitting / receiving means determines the A determining means for determining receivability software change information from the network, the.

  With this configuration, when the software is not in the screen saver state (during operation or in the screen saver wait state (see below)), the software is upgraded without any measurement data information being saved and measurement is performed. The risk of losing data can be avoided.

  In addition, the health check network system of the present invention, the software change information transmitted from the server, a download start confirmation signal for inquiring to the patient terminal whether or not the software change may be started, It is at least one of update software for updating software.

  With this configuration, software to be downloaded at a time can be selected.

  In addition, the health check network system of the present invention, when the download start confirmation signal to the effect that the update software is to be downloaded from the server has arrived at the patient terminal, when the screen saver function state is not reached, When the screen saver function is in operation, the update software may be downloaded when the download start confirmation signal is received from the server to the patient terminal. A permission signal to the effect is transmitted to the server, and the update software is downloaded to the patient terminal.

  With this configuration, when the screen saver is in operation, the patient terminal is not operated, so that the software can be downloaded as usual.

  Further, in the health check network system of the present invention, when the patient terminal equipped with the screen saver function receives the download start confirmation signal from the server, the software download is stopped because the screen saver is not operating. In this case, the update software is stored in the storage means of the patient terminal, and when the determination means determines that the screen saver function is activated, the software update means drives the update software to update the software. I do.

  With this configuration, the update software once downloaded to the patient terminal is stored in advance in the patient terminal without being downloaded again from the center server, and the software can be updated. As a result, useless communication connections can be reduced, and communication costs can be reduced.

  In addition, the health check network system of the present invention, when the software download is interrupted due to the screen saver not operating, the server periodically notifies the patient terminal to perform the software download, This is repeated until the software download is possible and complete when the screen saver function is activated.

  With this configuration, even if the download is stopped once, it is repeatedly performed until the software update operation is performed, so that it is possible to avoid omission of the download update operation.

  In addition, the health check network system of the present invention includes a server having a software change information transmission step for transmitting software change information and a first transmission / reception step for transmitting / receiving information to / from other network terminals, A patient terminal having an operation determination step for determining whether or not the screen saver function of the display means is in operation; and a software update unit for executing software change; and a communication network for connecting the server and the patient terminal. The patient terminal monitors the operating state of the second transmission / reception process for transmitting / receiving information from the other network, the screen saver control process for controlling the screen saver function, the screen saver control process, and the software update process. The second transmission / reception step by determining an operation opportunity Having a determination step of determining the receivability software change information from the other network.

  With this configuration, software download is started when the software is not in the screen saver state (during operation or recently operated), and the version of the software is upgraded without saving the measurement data information. The risk of disappearing can be avoided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings in “Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention”. The present invention is not limited to the following embodiments.

  As described above, according to the present invention, by downloading software in a screen saver state, the risk of losing the measurement data being automatically downloaded during operation and losing measurement data during measurement can be prevented, and software download can be performed safely. It can be executed at any time.

  Hereinafter, a health examination network system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a health examination network system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the health examination network system includes a patient terminal 101, a doctor terminal 102, a center server 103, and a communication network 104. A patient terminal a, a patient terminal b, a patient terminal c, and the like are examples of the patient terminal 101, and a plurality of terminals corresponding to the number of patients are connected to each other by a communication network 104. The patient terminal 101 is connected to the center server 103 via the communication network 104 and transmits and stores the measured biological information, and also browses the biological information from the doctor terminal 102 also connected to the center server 103. Or a function of a health check network system that can transmit advice, schedule, and the like to the patient terminal 101.

  Next, FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 show a block diagram and a flowchart of the operation procedure of the health examination network system.

  Since the administrator of the center server 103 performs an update for updating the software of the patient terminal 101 to the patient terminal 101, update software as update software can be downloaded from the center server 103 to the patient terminal 101. Then, preparation is made so that the download start confirmation signal and the update software can be transmitted by the software change means 201 which is software change information transmission means for transmitting the software change information (S01 in FIG. 3). The software changing means 201 here refers to the patient terminal 101 by placing a download start confirmation signal and update software in a specific folder of a server designated in advance and operating a GUI (graphical user interface) such as a browser of the server software. Represents a series of means by which download settings can be made.

  When the patient terminal 101 is activated, the patient terminal 101 confirms whether or not there is a download start confirmation signal and update software when the center server 103 is connected. If there is a download start confirmation signal and update software, the software changing means 201 is set (prepared) so that it can be transmitted. Therefore, the transmission / reception means A 202 in the center server 103 uses the communication network 104. To the patient terminal 101 to download the information (S02 in FIG. 3). The transmission / reception means A here is a communication means using a LAN or the like, and the communication network is a communication infrastructure such as the Internet or a telephone line network.

  First, the information of the download start confirmation signal downloaded from the center server 103 to the transmission / reception means B 203 in the patient terminal 101 is input once to the determination means 204 in order to update the software to the patient terminal 101. Here, the transmission / reception means B203 is a modem or a communication means such as a LAN.

  The determination unit 204 to which the download start confirmation signal is input performs an operation (S03 in FIG. 3) for the patient terminal 101 to confirm whether or not the screen saver is currently activated, to the screen saver control unit 205.

  When it is determined that the screen saver is activated (S04 in FIG. 3), the determination unit 204 to which the download start confirmation signal is input instructs the software update unit 206 to permit and start the update software download, A transmission permission and start signal is transmitted from the transmission / reception means B 203 to the transmission / reception means A 202 in the center server 103 via the communication network 104. After receiving this permission / start signal, the center server 103 downloads the update software, which is the update software itself, to the patient terminal 101, and the software update means 206 determines whether the update software has been downloaded. The software update means 206 performs an update operation.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the screen saver of the patient terminal 101 has not been activated (S05 in FIG. 3), the patient is currently operating, or the screen saver function itself is normally activated after an arbitrary set time has elapsed. Therefore, the determination unit 204 to which the download start confirmation signal is input indicates that the state is within the set time until the activation (hereinafter referred to as a screen saver waiting state). An instruction to reject or cancel the download of the update software is issued, and a download rejection or cancellation signal is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit B 203 to the transmission / reception unit A 202 in the center server 103 via the communication network 104.

  Thereafter, the determination unit 204 confirms whether or not the download start confirmation signal and the update software are present again at an arbitrarily set time interval as well as when the patient terminal 101 is activated, and confirms whether or not the screen saver is activated. (S03 in FIG. 3) is performed, and this series of operations is repeated until the software update unit 206 completes the update operation.

  According to the health check network system for managing health according to the first embodiment of the present invention, the information indicating that the patient terminal equipped with the screen saver function automatically downloads the update software from the server. When it is not in the screen saver state when it arrives at the patient terminal, the software is refused or canceled by sending information to the server to send the information to the server, so that the software is not in the screen saver state (in operation or waiting for the screen saver). By starting the download, it is possible to avoid the risk that the measurement data is lost due to the software version upgrade without storing the measurement data information.

  FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show a block diagram and a flowchart of the operation procedure of the health check network system in the second embodiment of the present invention.

  As in the first embodiment of the present invention, the basic operation is to download the software to the patient terminal 101 by the center server 103 because the administrator of the center server 103 updates the software to the patient terminal 101. The software change means 201 sets the download start confirmation signal and the update software so that the start confirmation signal and the update software can be downloaded (S06 in FIG. 5).

  When the patient terminal 101 is activated, the patient terminal 101 checks the download start confirmation signal and the presence / absence of update software when the server is connected. If update software is present, it is set by the software changing means 201. Therefore, the transmission / reception means A202 in the center server 103 transmits it to the patient terminal 101 via the communication network 104 and confirms the download start. The signal and the update software itself are downloaded (S07 in FIG. 5).

  If the screen saver is activated from the beginning (S08 in FIG. 5), the software download is executed as it is in the first embodiment (S11 in FIG. 5).

  The difference from the first embodiment is that the update software downloaded from the center server 103 to the transmission / reception means B203 in the patient terminal 101 is once connected to the determination means 204 in order to update the software to the patient terminal 101. Stored in the storage means 207. When the screen saver is not operating, that is, under the condition that the software is not updated, it is temporarily stored in the storage means 207 (S09 in FIG. 5). Thereafter, the screen saver is activated (S10 in FIG. 5). After the screen saver control means 205 notifies the determination means 204 of the information, the determination means 204 accesses the storage means 207 and executes the software update by the software update means 206. To instruct.

  According to the health diagnosis network system for managing health according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the patient terminal equipped with the screen saver function automatically downloads the update software itself from the server, and the patient terminal If the screen saver is not in the state, the software update software is saved by the storage means, and when the screen saver is started, the measurement data information is obtained by immediately proceeding to the software download update operation. The risk of losing measurement data due to software upgrade without being saved can be avoided.

  The first embodiment of the present invention and the second embodiment of the present invention have the same effect. However, as a process difference, the first embodiment is different from the software download notification information (download start confirmation signal). ) Only once to the patient terminal, and when it is determined that the screen saver is operating, the software update module itself is downloaded from the server again, so that the storage means is not necessary. In this embodiment, the software update module is downloaded from the beginning and stored in the storage means, so that communication costs can be reduced without performing communication twice.

  The screen saver is activated at the beginning, and while the update software is being downloaded or software update is being executed by the software update means 206, a warning is displayed on the display screen so that the operator can download it by mistake. Alternatively, the software update operation may not be interrupted. Further, the warning display may be handled as a screen saver image and may be moved, enlarged / reduced, blinked, or the like.

  In addition, when the update software can be modularized into several pieces of software, the update work may be performed for each module.

  Although the present embodiment is configured as a health check network system, the patient terminal including the determination unit 204, the screen saver control unit 205, the storage unit 207, and the software update unit 206, which is the subject of the present invention, is configured as software. If the update is performed by storing update software in the storage unit 207 via the storage medium, the update can be performed even when the terminal is off-line from the communication line.

  It should be noted that at least a part of these means is configured as a program that is executed by a computer, and is a hardware resource such as an electrical information device, a computer, a server, etc. that includes a CPU (microcomputer), RAM, ROM, storage device, I / O Can be realized easily by cooperating. In the present embodiment, the update software is downloaded. However, the distribution of the program is not limited to a wired communication line, but is recorded on a recording medium or distributed using a wireless communication line. And installation can be done easily.

  As described above, the health check network system according to the present invention prevents the risk of losing measurement data being measured by downloading software automatically during operation by downloading software in the screen saver state. The present invention has an effect that software download can be executed at a safe time, and the present invention is useful for a health terminal device that receives and displays information from the outside.

Configuration diagram of a health check network system in the first and second embodiments of the present invention Block diagram of a health examination network system in the first embodiment of the present invention Flowchart for explaining the operation of the health check network system in the first embodiment of the present invention Block diagram of a health examination network system in the second embodiment of the present invention Flowchart for explaining the operation of the health check network system in the second embodiment of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Health terminal device 102 Doctor's terminal 103 Center server 104 Communication network 201 Software change means 202 Transmission / reception means A
203 Transmission / reception means B
204 Judging means 205 Screen saver control means 206 Software updating means 207 Storage means

Claims (6)

A server having software change information transmitting means for transmitting software change information and first transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving information to / from other network terminals;
A patient terminal having operation determining means for determining whether or not the screen saver function of the display means is in operation and software updating means for executing software update;
A communication network that connects the server and the patient terminal;
The patient terminal monitors a working state of the screen saver control means, a second screen transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving information from the other network, a screen saver control means for controlling the screen saver function, and an operation opportunity of the software update means And determining means for determining whether the second transmission / reception means can receive software change information from the other network. The software change information transmitted from the server includes at least one of a download start confirmation signal for inquiring of the patient terminal whether or not software change may be started and update software for updating software. The health check network system according to claim 1, wherein When the download start confirmation signal indicating that the update software is to be downloaded from the server has arrived at the patient terminal, if the screen saver function state is not established, the server sends information to the server to stop downloading the update software. ,
When the screen saver function is in operation, a permission signal indicating that the update software may be downloaded when the download start confirmation signal arrives from the server to the patient terminal is sent to the server. The health check network system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the update software is downloaded to a terminal. When the patient terminal equipped with the screen saver function receives the download start confirmation signal from the server and stops the software download because the screen saver is not operating, the patient terminal storage means The health check according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said update software is stored, and said software update means drives said update software and updates said software when said determination means determines that said screen saver function has been activated. Network system. If the software download is canceled due to the screen saver not working,
5. The health check network system according to claim 1, wherein the server periodically notifies the patient terminal of software download, and repeats this until the software download becomes possible and completes when the screen saver function is activated. A server having a software change information transmission step for transmitting software change information and a first transmission / reception step for transmitting / receiving information to / from other network terminals;
A patient terminal having an operation determination step for determining whether or not the screen saver function of the display means is in operation, and a software update means for executing a software change;
A communication network that connects the server and the patient terminal;
The patient terminal monitors a working state of the second screen transmission / reception step for transmitting / receiving information from the other network, a screen saver control step for controlling the screen saver function, the screen saver control step, and an operation opportunity for the software update step. And the second transmission / reception step includes a determination step of determining whether or not to receive software change information from the other network.

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