JP5860681B2 - Health management support system and method using SNS - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a health management support system and method for managing personal health information and supporting health promotion.

  With the spread of the Internet in recent years, a system for managing and supporting personal health is developing from a stand-alone personal computer (PC) use type to a network use type. By using the network, various information and advice useful for personal health management can be easily obtained.

  Conventionally, as a network-based health management support system, when a user terminal and a health management server communicate via a network and a user sends a health question to the health management server through the user terminal, the health management server There is one that searches a database and transmits appropriate information to a user terminal (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In addition, the user terminal device, the biometric information inspection institution terminal device and the information management server are interconnected via a network, and the user health information transmitted from the user terminal device and the biometric information inspection institution terminal device are transmitted. There is a health management support system that centrally manages test result determination information using a database of a health management server (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2002-117149 A JP 2008-46965 A

  The development of the health management support system to the network usage type has brought users a lot of information useful for health maintenance management. However, even if a lot of information is obtained, daily efforts are necessary for health care. In this regard, it is difficult for one person to maintain the motivation to promote health.

  On the other hand, in recent years, a social networking service (SNS) that promotes and supports the connection between people and the formation of a community using a computer network has attracted attention. By using the SNS in the health management support system, it is expected that the user can work for health promotion with his / her friends instead of himself / herself. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a health management support system and method using SNS.

According to one aspect of the present invention, for example, a health management support system using an SNS includes a user information database that stores basic information with health information in which the user's basic information is associated with the basic information of the user, and the user's work. A user-written content database that stores content with health information associated with the user's health information and the user's basic information, the user's health information, and the content related to the user's work from the user side, And an SNS server that transmits a display screen including basic information with health information of other users and content with health information to the user side. The SNS server includes a basic information storage means for storing basic information of the user, the health information storage means for storing in association with date health information of the user, the content storage for storing in association with the date the content of the work of the user And means for storing the received basic information of the user in the basic information storage means, storing the received health information of the user in the health information storage means, and storing the content related to the received work of the user in the content storage Data input control means to be stored in the means, basic information of the user is read out from the basic information storage means, the health information of the user is read out from the health information storage means , based on the date from the content storage means Content related to the user's health information is read, and the basic information and health Health information associating means for creating the basic information with health information by associating information with each other, creating the content with health information by associating the read health information and content of the user with each other, and the created basic information with health information as Information stored in the user information database, storage control means for storing the created content with health information in the user copyrighted content database, user health information from the health information storage means, and the read health information Or based on the created content with health information or basic information with health information, the user information database and the user-written content database are searched to find other information that is relatively close to the current health status of the user. Basic information with user health information And has a query means for obtaining the health information with the content, and a screen display control means for embedding the health information with the basic information and the health information with the contents of other users the acquired on the display screen.

  The health management support system using the SNS may include a health related information database that stores information related to health. In this case, the query means also searches the health related information database to obtain health related information suitable for the current health status of the user. The screen display control means embeds the acquired health related information in the display screen.

  In the health management support system using SNS, the SNS server receives an evaluation of the content with health information of the other user included in the display screen, and stores the evaluation in the user copyrighted content database. You may have an evaluation registration means. In this case, the screen display control means embeds a button for the evaluation in the display screen. Further, the SNS server reads the user's health information from the health information storage means, searches the user information database to acquire basic information with the user's health information, searches the user copyright content database, and so on. It is also possible to have a reward control means for acquiring a user's evaluation and determining the user's reward level from the acquired and read information and evaluation. In this case, the screen display control means embeds reward content corresponding to the reward level in the display screen.

According to another aspect of the present invention, for example, a health management support method using SNS receives user basic information from a user terminal device and stores it in basic information storage means; and the terminal device Receiving the user's health information from the terminal device, storing the user's health information in association with the date in the health information storage means, receiving content related to the user's work from the terminal device , and Storing the content in association with the date in the content storage means, reading out the basic information of the user from the basic information storage means, reading out the health information of the user from the health information storage means, and reading out the basic information of the user And creating basic information with health information by associating the health information with each other, from the health information storage means It reads health information over The, from the content storage unit, based on the date, read the contents associated with health information of the read-out user, with health information in association with each other health information and content of the user who these read A step of creating content; a step of storing the created basic information with health information in a user information database; a step of storing the created content with health information in a user copyrighted content database; and the health information storage means The user's health information is read out, and the user information database and the user copyrighted content database are searched based on the read health information or based on the created content with health information or basic information with health information. This Obtaining basic information with health information and content with health information of other users relatively close to the current health status of the user, and displaying the acquired basic information with health information and content with health information of the other users And embedding in a screen and transmitting to the terminal device.

  In the health management support method using SNS, the user's health information is read from the health information storage means, and the content with health information or the basic information with health information created based on the read health information or the health information To retrieve a health-related information database storing health-related information based on the information and obtaining health-related information suitable for the current health status of the user; and the acquired health-related information on the display screen And an embedding step.

  The health management support method using SNS described above includes receiving an evaluation of the content with health information of the other user included in the display screen, and storing the evaluation in the user copyrighted content database; and Embedded in the display screen. Further, the user's health information is read from the health information storage means, the user information database is searched to acquire basic information with the user's health information, and the user copyright content database is searched for evaluation by other users. Obtaining and determining the reward level of the user from the acquired and read information and evaluation, and embedding reward content according to the reward level in the display screen may be provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to promote the connection of people who are relatively close to each other and the formation of a community. As a result, the user can strive for health promotion with his / her friends instead of himself / herself.

1 is a configuration diagram of a health management support system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram of a screen example displayed on the user's terminal device Schematic diagram showing the flow of data in the health management support system of FIG. Configuration diagram of a health management support system according to a second embodiment of the present invention Conceptual diagram of user categorization and health promotion process

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, this invention is not limited to the following embodiment.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a health management support system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The system according to the present embodiment includes an SNS server 1, a user information database 2, a user work content database 3, and a health related information database 4.

  The user information database 2 stores basic information with health information in which the health information of the user is associated with the basic information of the user. As will be described later, the basic information with health information is supplied from the SNS server 1. The basic information of the user includes information not necessarily related to health, such as e-mail address, age, sex, and residential area. The user's health information includes various types of information directly related to the user's body and health, such as height, weight, waist circumference, body fat percentage, bone density, muscle density, body water content, blood sugar level, blood pressure, blood cholesterol level, etc. Includes measurements. In addition, the user's health information includes various kinds of information that is useful for estimating the user's health, such as calorie intake, meal menu, number of walks, exercise intensity, past history, and diet history.

  The user copyright content database 3 stores content with health information in which the health information of the user is associated with content related to the user's copyright (hereinafter also referred to as user copyright content). As will be described later, the content with health information is supplied from the SNS server 1. The user-written content includes, for example, information written by the user, such as a diary, a tweet, and a product review. In addition, the user copyrighted content includes information such as product purchase history and site browsing history that records user behavior.

  The health related information database 4 stores information related to health. The information on health includes, for example, information on products related to health such as health equipment and health food, bean knowledge about health, useful information for health promotion such as exercise menus and diet food menus. Information related to health is supplied from a server (not shown).

  The SNS server 1 communicates with the user's terminal device 100 via the network 200 such as the Internet, receives the user's basic information, the user's health information, and the user copyrighted content, and receives basic information with other users' health information. And display screens containing content with health information. The terminal device 100 is, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. The terminal device 100 and the SNS server 1 communicate with each other using the HTTP or HTTPS protocol, and the user exchanges information with the SNS server 1 through the web browser of the terminal device 100.

  Specifically, the SNS server 1 includes data input control means 10, screen display control means 11, basic information storage means 12, health information storage means 13, content storage means 14, health information association means 15, storage control means 16, And a query means 17. Each of these means can be configured by either hardware or software.

  The data input control unit 10 stores the basic user information, the user health information, and the user copyrighted content received by the SNS server 1 in the basic information storage unit 12, the health information storage unit 13, and the content storage unit 14, respectively. .

  The health information association unit 15 reads the basic information of the user from the basic information storage unit 12, reads the health information of the user from the health information storage unit 13, and associates the read basic information and health information of the user with each other. Create basic information. The health information associating unit 15 reads the user's health information from the health information storage unit 13, reads the user copyrighted content related to the read user's health information from the content storage unit 14, and reads the read user's health information. And create content with health information by associating content with each other.

  For example, the health information associating means 15 associates the user's health information “88 kg, diet day 2” with the basic information of the user “male, age 40” and “male, age 40, 88 kg, diet day 2”. Create basic information with health information. In addition, the health information association means 15 associates the user's health information “88 kg, diet day 2” with the user's authored content “I worked hard on *** today. Create content with health information that says, “Today I worked hard on ***. XX was effective. (88kg, diet day 2)”.

  Note that the user can set the disclosure level for his / her own health information, and the health information associating unit 15 associates the health information according to the disclosure level set by the user. For example, when the user does not want to disclose his / her weight, the information regarding the weight is not associated with the basic information with health information and the content with health information.

  The storage control unit 16 stores the basic information with health information and the content with health information created by the health information associating unit 15 in the user information database 2 and the user copyrighted content database 3, respectively.

  The query means 17 searches the user information database 2 and the user copyrighted content database 3 to acquire basic information with health information and content with health information of other users that are relatively close to the current health status of the user. The other user may be a known user who has registered as a friend in SNS, or may be an unknown user who has not registered as a friend. In addition, the query unit 17 searches the health related information database 4 and acquires health related information suitable for the current health state of the user.

  The database search can be performed based on the read health information by reading the user's health information from the health information storage means 13. The database search can be performed based on the basic information with health information or the content with health information created by the health information association means 15. For example, a search based on parameters such as weight, body fat percentage, blood pressure, and past history, a search based on a keyword included in content with health information, and the like are possible. Furthermore, a heuristic search using a data mining technique or a heuristic technique may be performed.

  A search based on parameters may be performed based on a single measurement value, or a search based on information derived from a plurality of measurement values, for example, a parameter trend such that the body weight has stopped falling at a certain value is possible. It is. Furthermore, the search result can be adjusted by weighting each parameter variously.

  In addition, basic information of the user such as the user's age and residential area may be included in the search condition. By searching the database in consideration of the basic information of the user, for example, it is possible to promote the formation of a user community consisting of persons who live in the same area and are close in age and health.

  The screen display control unit 11 receives basic information with health information and content with health information of other users acquired by the query unit 17, embeds them in the display screen, and transmits them to the terminal device 100. Further, the screen display control means 11 reads necessary information from the basic information storage means 12, the health information storage means 13, and the content storage means 14 and embeds them in the display screen in response to a request from the user. That is, the user can review his / her health information and content. The embedding in the display screen can be performed by describing it in a script language such as HTML or PHP.

  FIG. 2 schematically shows an example of a screen displayed on the terminal device 100. The content with other users' health information acquired by the query means 17 is displayed as a friend's diary, and the health related information is displayed as recommended products and health information. The basic information with health information of other users acquired by the query means 17 is displayed as a friend list.

(Example of use)
An example of health management support based on weight will be described as an example of use of the system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 schematically shows a data flow in the system according to the present embodiment. Elements that are not necessary for the description are omitted.

  For example, it is assumed that the user A measured the weight with the scale 101 on December 3, 2011 and found that the weight was 89 kg. The weight scale 101 and the terminal device 100 can wirelessly communicate, and the measured value is automatically transmitted to the terminal device 100 wirelessly. Further, it is assumed that the user A has written a diary “... diet on the second day ...” as the content related to the measurement value.

  The data input control means 10 receives the weight and diary of the user A via the network 200, stores the weight in the health information storage means 13, and stores the diary in the content storage means 14. The health information association unit 15 reads the weight and diary from the health information storage unit 13 and the content storage unit 14 and creates content with health information “... diet on the second day .... (89 kg)”. The created content with health information is stored in the user copyrighted content database 3 by the storage control means 16. The created content with health information is input to the query means 17.

  The query means 17 searches the user copyrighted content database 3 and the health related information database 4 under the condition of “weight about 89 kg around the second day of the diet” based on the input content with health information. As a result of the search, the past of the user B (March 2010) from the user-written content database 3 is “I worked hard on *** today. XX was effective. (88 kg, diet day 2)” 10th) is obtained, and from the health related information database 4, information on diet products and information on mail order sites are obtained. The screen display control unit 11 embeds the information acquired by the query unit 17 in the display screen and transmits the information to the terminal device 100.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information that has been sent in the past by other people who have the same circumstances as the present person is presented retrospectively. This information can be useful information for health promotion. In addition, by obtaining information such as what happened to others after that, it can be used as a reference for future health management.

  If it is not necessary to provide health related information, the health related information database 4 may be omitted.

  Further, the SNS server 1 can communicate with not only the terminal device 100 but also various devices on the user side. For example, in the example of FIG. 2, data may be transmitted directly from the scale 101 to the SNS server 1. On the other hand, the information transmitted from the SNS server 1 can be displayed on various display devices (for example, a mobile phone, a PDA, etc.) other than the terminal device 100 on the user side.

  In addition, a user who is not good at using a PC or a portable terminal such as an elderly person may not be able to operate the terminal device 100 freely. In such a case, the agent may operate the terminal device 100. For example, when health care of a care recipient is performed using a system according to the present embodiment in a care facility or the like, the health information of each care recipient as a user is automatically transmitted from the measurement device to the terminal device 100. Keep it. After that, a care worker or the like interviews each cared person, operates the terminal device 100 to transmit the hearing contents, and conveys the obtained information to each cared person verbally or in printed matter. .

(Second Embodiment)
FIG. 4 shows a configuration of a health management support system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The system according to the present embodiment is obtained by adding an evaluation registration unit 18 and a reward control unit 19 to the SNS server 1 in the system according to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, differences from the first embodiment will be described.

  Community tools such as SNS have a mechanism that can evaluate content of other users. For example, by pressing a “Like” button, a positive evaluation can be performed on the content of another user. Although negative evaluation is possible, the positive evaluation is actively used in the system according to the present embodiment from the viewpoint that the users are encouraged to aim for health promotion.

  The screen display control means 11 embeds an evaluation button such as “Like!” Or “Good Job!” In the display screen together with the content with health information of other users. A user who has browsed the content of the other user presses the evaluation button as necessary to give a positive evaluation to the content. Evaluation is transmitted to the SNS server 1 by pressing the evaluation button. The evaluation registration unit 18 receives the evaluation transmitted from the terminal device 100 and stores the evaluation in the user copyrighted content database 3. By receiving evaluations from many users, the evaluation points for the content and the evaluation points of the user increase.

  The reward control means 19 reads the user's health information from the health information storage means 13, searches the user information database 2 to acquire basic information with the user's health information, searches the user copyright content database 3 and searches for other information. Get user ratings. Then, the reward level of the user is determined from the acquired and read information and evaluation. For example, if the evaluation is received from many users, the reward level is increased. Further, the health information from the past to the present of the user is analyzed, and if the health parameter is improved, the reward level is increased.

  The screen display control means 11 embeds reward content according to the reward level determined by the reward control means 19 in the display screen. Reward content is, for example, a character (avatar) that reflects the user's current health condition. The avatar grows with the user's exercise load, health index, motivation index, etc., and gives up or encourages the user. By introducing such a reward function, it is expected to promote the maintenance and improvement of the user's motivation for health promotion and, in turn, to prolong the health management.

  FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram of a user categorization and health promotion process. For example, the user can be categorized into four categories on two axes, whether healthy or not, and high or low motivation for health promotion. Users belonging to category D are not very healthy and less motivated. Users belonging to category C are currently healthy but less motivated. Users belonging to category B are not very healthy, but are highly motivated and strive to improve their health. Users belonging to category A are healthy and highly motivated. The category and reward level are linked, and the avatar changes according to the category.

  The ultimate goal of health promotion is to raise all users to Category A. In order to achieve this goal, the reward function of the system according to the present embodiment is effective. That is, for users belonging to category C, motivation is increased and category A is raised (1st Step). For users belonging to category D, the motivation is increased to the category B for the time being (1st Step). After that, it can be raised to Category A by maintaining high motivation (2nd Step).

  The health management support system and method according to the present invention is useful as a system that manages personal health using a network such as the Internet and supports health promotion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 SNS server 10 Data input control means 11 Screen display control means 12 Basic information storage means 13 Health information storage means 14 Content storage means 15 Health information association means 16 Storage control means 17 Query means 18 Evaluation registration means 19 Reward control means 2 User information Database 3 User work content database 4 Health related information database

Claims (8)

A health management support system using SNS (Social Networking Service),
A user information database that stores basic information with health information in which the health information of the user is associated with the basic information of the user;
A user-written content database that stores content with health information in which the user's health information is associated with content related to the user's work;
An SNS server that receives basic information of a user, user health information, and content related to a user's work from the user side, and transmits a display screen including the basic information with health information and the content with health information of the other user to the user side And
The SNS server is
Basic information storage means for storing user basic information;
Health information storage means for storing the user's health information in association with the date ;
Content storage means for storing content related to the user's work in association with the date ;
The received basic information of the user is stored in the basic information storage means, the received health information of the user is stored in the health information storage means, and the content related to the received work of the user is stored in the content storage means Data input control means,
Reads basic information of the user from the basic information storage means, reads the health information of the user from the health information storage means , and reads content related to the health information of the user from the content storage means based on the date The health information associating means for creating the basic information with health information by associating the read basic information and health information of the user with each other, and creating the content with health information by associating the read health information and content of the user with each other When,
Storage control means for storing the created basic information with health information in the user information database, and storing the created content with health information in the user copyrighted content database;
Read the user's health information from the health information storage means, and based on the read health information, or based on the created content with health information or basic information with health information, the user information database and the user copyrighted content Query means for searching the database to obtain basic information with health information and content with health information of other users relatively close to the current health status of the user;
A health management support system using SNS, comprising: screen display control means for embedding the acquired basic information with health information and content with health information of the other user on the display screen. In the health management support system using SNS of Claim 1,
It has a health-related information database that stores information related to health,
The query means further searches the health related information database to obtain health related information suitable for the current health status of the user,
The health management support system using SNS, wherein the screen display control means embeds the acquired health related information in the display screen. In the health management support system using SNS as described in any one of Claim 1 and 2,
The SNS server is
It has an evaluation registration means for receiving an evaluation for the content with health information of the other user included in the display screen and storing the evaluation in the user copyrighted content database.
The health management support system using SNS, wherein the screen display control means embeds a button for the evaluation in the display screen. The health management support system using SNS according to claim 3,
The SNS server is
Read the user's health information from the health information storage means, search the user information database to obtain basic information with the user's health information, search the user work content database to obtain evaluations by other users , Having a reward control means for determining the reward level of the user from the acquired and read information and evaluation,
The health management support system using SNS, wherein the screen display control means embeds a reward content corresponding to the reward level in the display screen. A health management support method using SNS (Social Networking Service),
Receiving basic information of the user from the user side and storing it in the basic information storage means;
Receiving the user's health information from the user side, storing the user's health information in association with the date in the health information storage means;
Receiving the content related to the user's work from the user side , associating the content related to the user's work with the date, and storing the content in the content storage means;
Reading basic information of the user from the basic information storage means, reading the health information of the user from the health information storage means, and creating basic information with health information by associating the read basic information and health information of the user with each other When,
The user's health information is read from the health information storage means, the content related to the read user's health information is read from the content storage means based on the date, and the read user's health information and content are mutually read. Associating and creating content with health information;
Storing the created basic information with health information in a user information database;
Storing the created content with health information in a user-written content database;
Read the user's health information from the health information storage means, and based on the read health information, or based on the created content with health information or basic information with health information, the user information database and the user copyrighted content Searching the database to obtain basic information with health information and content with health information of other users relatively close to the current health status of the user;
A health management support method using SNS, comprising the step of embedding the acquired basic information with health information and content with health information of the other user in a display screen and transmitting to the user side. The health management support method using SNS according to claim 5,
Health that reads user's health information from the health information storage means and stores information related to health based on the read health information or based on the created content with health information or basic information with health information Searching the related information database to obtain health related information suitable for the current health status of the user;
And a step of embedding the acquired health-related information in the display screen. A health management support method using SNS. In the health care support method using SNS as described in any one of Claim 5 and 6,
Receiving an evaluation of the content with health information of the other user included in the display screen and storing the evaluation in the user copyrighted content database;
And a step of embedding a button for the evaluation on the display screen. A health management support method using SNS. In the health management support method using SNS of Claim 7,
Read the user's health information from the health information storage means, search the user information database to obtain basic information with the user's health information, search the user work content database to obtain evaluations by other users Determining a reward level of the user from the acquired and read information and evaluation;
And a step of embedding a reward content corresponding to the reward level in the display screen.

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