KR102484283B1 - Method for providing dental care service and electronic device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Various embodiments of the present invention provide an operation method of an electronic device for providing a dental care service and the electronic device, which comprises the steps of: checking guarantee information including a dental care product that a user signed up for and at least one guarantee item from the dental care product; determining a medical practice that the user can get, based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information on the user; providing information on the at least one guarantee item and the medical practice that the user can get to the user's device; allowing at least one external device to check the medical practice that the user got; and updating the at least one guarantee item and the medical practice that the user can get. Accordingly, the electronic device can generate a therapeutic plan that can give realistic help to the user by considering the guarantee item belonging to the dental care product and the oral condition of the user.

Description

Method and device for providing dental care service {METHOD FOR PROVIDING DENTAL CARE SERVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a method for providing dental care services and an electronic device thereof, and more particularly, to a method and electronic device for providing information on subscribed dental care products and related services.

It is difficult for insurance subscribers who have purchased insurance to know specific guaranteed items or conditions of the insurance they have purchased. In particular, there are cases in which those who have subscribed to medical insurance or dental insurance, etc. do not know the details of coverage, so they do not receive insurance money even though they spend money on treatment for a disease that falls under the payment item. There are frequent cases in which insurance claims are denied after treatment for diseases that are not covered, but payment is refused.

Therefore, from the point of view of insurance subscribers, it is necessary to establish a disease treatment plan by checking the insurance coverage items and specific guarantee conditions of the insurance policy subscribed to, or to check whether the treatment can be claimed for insurance money for a disease that has already been treated.

Furthermore, various medical terms described in terms and conditions of insurance products are written differently for each insurance company and each insurance product or insurance subscription period, and the sentences of the terms and conditions are often difficult for the general public to understand. In addition, the terms used to call each disease or treatment method in actual hospitals are not uniform. Therefore, there are many cases in which subscribers cannot find out whether the disease they want to treat falls under the covered items even after looking up the terms and conditions when treating the actual disease.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a method and an electronic device for motivating a user to receive timely treatment according to the current oral condition and guiding whether medical activities received at the dentist are covered by the insurance coverage It aims to provide

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the amount corresponding to the medical practice is deducted within the coverage of insurance, so that the user does not have to make a separate insurance claim, and the hospital can make a claim easily for a different purpose.

In addition, according to various embodiments of the present invention, another object is to store medical practices related to insurance in a block chain so that the parties (ex hospitals, patients) who use them can have reliability.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, checking guarantee information including a dental care product subscribed by a user and at least one guarantee item of the subscribed dental care product; determining a medical treatment to be received by the user based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information of the user; providing information about the at least one guaranteed item and medical treatment that the user can receive to a user device; checking the medical action received by the user from at least one external device; and updating the at least one guarantee item and the medical treatment that the user can receive.

Here, the step of renewing the at least one guarantee item and the medical service that the user can receive may include the amount of the medical service received by the user and the guaranteed amount of the medical service received by the user for the at least one guaranteed item. It may include; deducting the determined amount based on the reserve money of the dental care products subscribed by the user.

Here, the operating method of the electronic device providing the dental care service may include checking expiration of a period of a dental care product subscribed by the user and remaining reserves; and carrying over the remaining reserve funds to the next period of the dental care product subscribed by the user, or exchanging them for a guaranteed item for at least one medical treatment.

Here, the operating method of the electronic device providing the dental care service includes determining whether the user has received medical treatment included in dental care conditions; determining at least one compensation service based on the satisfied dental care condition; and updating the guarantee information of the user and providing the compensation service.

Here, the dental care condition may include at least one medical action among medical actions for designated guaranteed items of the user's dental care product.

Here, among the plurality of medical actions included in the dental care condition, at least one medical action designated based on the ratio of the medical action received by the user may be included in the compensation service.

Here, the step of confirming the medical treatment received by the user from at least one external device includes at least one dental device having a record of the user's medical treatment, a device of an insurance company in which the user is insured, and a health care device. Receives information on the medical treatment received by the user from the at least one external device including at least one device of the Insurance Corporation and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the device may include a server or a database. .

Here, the step of determining the medical treatment that the user can receive based on the at least one guarantee item and the oral information of the user,

determining a medical action required for the user as a recommended medical action, which is included in medical actions for designated guaranteed items of the user's dental care product, and based on the oral cavity information; and determining a medical service that the user can receive, including the recommended medical service.

Here, a dental chart for a state of at least one of the user's teeth, gums, and pubic bone may be generated based on the oral cavity information received from the user device and the at least one external device.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one user device; a storage unit for storing information transmitted and received through the communication unit; and checks guarantee information including a dental care product subscribed by the user and at least one guarantee item of the subscribed dental care product, and the user can receive based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information of the user. Determines the medical service available to the user, provides information on the at least one guaranteed item and the medical service that the user can receive to the user device, confirms the medical service received by the user from at least one external device, and It provides an electronic device for providing a dental care service, including a processing unit for processing to update at least one guarantee item and medical treatment that the user can receive.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device 100 creates a treatment plan that takes into account guaranteed items according to the user's dental care products and the user's oral condition, thereby generating a treatment plan that is practically helpful from the user's point of view. there is

The electronic device 100 motivates the user to actively receive treatment by providing a specified reward according to the degree of achievement of the provided treatment plan, and reduces cost and pain by enabling the user to receive treatment in a timely manner without becoming seriously ill. It works.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, when there is an amount not used in a savings-type insurance product, the corresponding amount is carried over or provided to another service, so that the user can receive additional compensation.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of an operation of providing a dental care service in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of an operation of providing a dental care service in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 illustrates a dental chart processed by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, since various changes can be made to the embodiments, the scope of rights of the patent application is not limited or limited by these embodiments. It should be understood that all changes, equivalents or substitutes to the embodiments are included within the scope of rights.

Terms used in the examples are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as limiting. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "include" or "have" are intended to designate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, but one or more other features It should be understood that the presence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof is not precluded.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the embodiment belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present application, they should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning. don't

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components regardless of reference numerals, and overlapping descriptions thereof will be omitted. In describing the embodiment, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the embodiment, the detailed description will be omitted.

Also, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used in describing the components of the embodiment. These terms are only used to distinguish the component from other components, and the nature, order, or order of the corresponding component is not limited by the term. When an element is described as being “connected,” “coupled to,” or “connected” to another element, that element may be directly connected or connected to the other element, but there may be another element between the elements. It should be understood that may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

Components included in one embodiment and components having common functions will be described using the same names in other embodiments. Unless stated to the contrary, descriptions described in one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments, and detailed descriptions will be omitted to the extent of overlap.

'Data' processed in an electronic device can be expressed in terms of 'information'. Here, information may be used as a concept including data.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device provides a dental care service through which a user can receive appropriate medical treatment and check information based on a guarantee item corresponding to a dental care product subscribed by a user and oral information of the user. .

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4 .

The drawings attached to this specification illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and together with the detailed description of the invention serve to further understand the technical idea of the present invention, the present invention is limited only to those described in the drawings should not be interpreted.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an electronic device 100 may include a processing unit 110 , a storage unit 120 , and a communication unit 130 .

The processing unit 110 may provide dental care services. According to an embodiment, the processing unit 110 may be connected to a user device or a server through the communication unit 130 and transmit/receive data. At this time, the electronic device may provide a program for dental management service (app, application, tool, plug-in, etc., hereinafter referred to as a dental management program) to the user device, and provide dental care service from the electronic device through a dental management program installed in the user device. can be provided.

Hereinafter, in various embodiments, provision of dental care service through an electronic device or user device may be understood as providing dental care service events through at least one dental insurance-related program in the electronic device or user device. .

Here, the dental care service is described as being provided through a dental care program installed in the user device, but is not limited thereto, and may be provided through other pre-installed programs or temporarily installed programs. According to an embodiment, the dental care service may be provided by including (or connecting to) at least a part of a database provided free of charge or for a fee in an external device of the electronic device.

The processing unit 110 provides dental care content requested from the user device to the user device according to the user's selection. The electronic device 100 may be connected to a plurality of user devices and may process to provide dental care content requested from each user device to each requested user device.

The processing unit 110 provides various dental care services to the user device based on the dental care services. According to one embodiment, the processing unit 110 may provide a dental care service provided in association with at least one dental office. Here, the dental care service may be provided according to the setting of the operator who manages the electronic device 100 . Here, at least one dental office associated with the dental care service of the electronic device 100 may be a dentist registered as a medical institution, or a dentist contracted to provide dental care services with a business operator managing the electronic device 100. there is.

The processing unit 110 may determine dental medical activities (hereinafter referred to as medical activities) such as examination, prevention, treatment, etc. that can be provided to the user in association with dentistry. According to an embodiment, the processing unit 110 checks a dental care product that the user subscribes to based on the dental care information and user information stored in the storage unit 120, and the medical practice and related services included in the corresponding dental care product. may be determined, and the determined medical practice information and related services may be transmitted to the user device.

The processing unit 110 may classify products into product groups and subgroups according to the dental care products subscribed by the user, and provide information on guaranteed items and guaranteed ranges for designated medical practices to the user device.

The processing unit 110 is a user device or at least one government agency (eg, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Health Insurance Corporation), an insurance company in which the user has subscribed to at least one service, or a user received from a dental office in which the user has been treated. of oral information can be processed. Here, the oral cavity information may include information about the state of at least a portion of the user's teeth, gums, and pubis.

The processing unit 110 may create a chart of the user based on oral information, and may determine a medical treatment included in a product subscribed by the user and a recommended medical treatment based on the user's oral information. When the processing unit 110 determines the recommended medical practice, the determined recommended medical practice may be inspected by at least one qualified dentist. Alternatively, recommended medical practice may be determined by at least one qualified dentist.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, at least some of the medical treatment, examination results, and diagnosis results determined by the processing unit 110 may be inspected by a dentist or may be results determined by a dentist.

The processing unit 110 may provide information about dental care guarantee items and guarantee ranges determined based on dental care products subscribed by the user to the user device for each user.

The processing unit 110 may further determine guaranteed items and/or guaranteed ranges provided to the user based on the user's oral information, or may change or delete at least a part of the determined guaranteed items and guaranteed ranges according to dental care products.

The processing unit 110 may check the medical treatment received through the dental office designated by the user among the medical treatment of the product subscribed to by the user and the recommended medical treatment. According to an embodiment, the processing unit 110 may check whether or not the user has received medical treatment for at least some of recommended medical services and medical services designated as guaranteed items of a subscription product.

The processing unit 110 may check information about the medical treatment received by the user from a dental clinic where the user received medical treatment, or an insurance company or government agency in which the user subscribed to the service.

The processing unit 110 may process and manage at least some of the information processed through the dental care service through a blockchain algorithm.

The storage unit 120 may store various data used by at least one component (eg, the processing unit 110 or the communication unit 130) of the electronic device 110. The data is, for example, a dental care service. It may include a program (or software) for, accumulated data, various tables generated based on the accumulated data, and input data or output data for commands related thereto.

The storage unit 120 may include at least some of an artificial neural network (or artificial intelligence) algorithm, a blockchain algorithm, and mechanisms, operators, and language models related thereto to provide dental care services.

The storage unit 120 may store various information related to dental care services. For example, the storage unit 120 may store at least some of user information for each user (eg, customer), subscribed dental care product information, oral information, and information on dental insurance products subscribed to an insurance company. there is.

The storage unit 120 may store information about dental care products provided through dental care services. According to various embodiments, dental care products may store various information including various products and related groups, such as savings type, subscription type, reward type, and autonomous type, which are processed as follows.

Here, each group stored in the storage unit 120 may be classified information including at least one detailed group determined based on at least one information of the user's age, gender, occupation, insurance subscription amount, and monthly payment amount. there is.

According to an embodiment, in the accumulation-type product, a specific amount determined according to a subgroup specified in order to determine the guarantee limit for the product is divided into monthly or yearly units and paid in installments or paid in a lump sum, and details of the product are paid in installments. Depending on the group or specific amount (eg, the total amount paid for the product), the guaranteed limit amount is determined as a reserve amount, and the guaranteed item and scope may be determined according to the subgroup selected by the user. According to an embodiment, In subscription-type products, a specified amount is paid on a monthly or yearly basis without a specific amount specified for the product, and guaranteed items and coverage may be determined on a weekly, monthly or yearly basis. Also, the scope of guarantee may be determined/changed according to the detailed group selected by the user.

According to an embodiment, for a reward-type product, a specific amount specified in order to determine the guarantee limit for the product is divided into monthly or yearly units, or paid in a lump sum, and a subgroup or specific amount for the product is paid in installments. Depending on the amount of guarantee limit can be determined. A reward type product may be one in which a reward service or a reward amount (or credit or point) is provided when a specified condition set for a guaranteed item provided in the selected product is satisfied.

For example, when a dental care condition set on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis is satisfied, a service may be provided, such as additionally providing a specified guaranteed item or extending a guaranteed range.

More specifically, in setting dental care conditions, the guaranteed items may be universally provided or guaranteed items determined based on oral information of the user. In addition, the tooth to be treated may be specified based on oral information of the user. Here, the dental care conditions provided to the user through the dental care service may be provided by combining dental care conditions for two or more dental care products.

According to an embodiment, the amount to be paid for a reward-type product may be determined as a specific amount of an accumulation-type or subscription-type product or a specified partial amount of a monthly payment amount.

The storage unit 120 is used for cleaning, examination, x-ray, filling treatment (eg, inlay using amalgam, resin, gold, etc., or conservative treatment including onlay) ), scaling, periodontal treatment, endodontic treatment, crown, tooth extraction, correction, implant, bridge, and denture may be included in medical practice and stored.

Guarantees provided in each dental care product may be provided to the user in terms of credits, points, or money. For each dental care product designated according to the terms and conditions, the guaranteed items and scope of coverage may be determined according to the terms and conditions, but the guaranteed items and scope of coverage may be determined according to a change in the terms and conditions or a separate contract.

According to an embodiment, the guaranteed items may include items related to medical practices that guarantee payment of at least a part of the cost, and the guaranteed range may include a rate or amount of the cost that is guaranteed to be paid. That is, the user may pay the remainder after subtracting the rate or amount included in the guarantee range among the medical services included in the guaranteed item. Alternatively, a refund may be obtained by making a claim to the electronic device 100 through the user device after paying all expenses for the received medical treatment.

According to various embodiments, the determination of the processing unit 110 based on user information even if a guaranteed item is not included in a group or subgroup in which dental care products are included. Depending on the operator or user's choice, guaranteed items can be added/removed, the guaranteed range can be changed, and data can be stored in the storage unit 120 .

Operations described through the storage unit 120 are processed by the processing unit 110 , and data for processing related operations, data being processed, and processed data may be stored in the storage unit 120 .

Data stored in the storage unit 120 may be changed, corrected, deleted, or created through the processing unit 110 based on a manager input of the electronic device 100 or a user input of the user device.

The storage unit 120 may include volatile memory or non-volatile memory.

The communication unit 130 may support establishment of a wired communication channel between the electronic device 100 and at least one other electronic device (eg, a user device or a server), establishment of a wireless communication channel, and communication through the established communication channel. there is.

The communication unit 130 may include one or more communication processors that are operated independently or subordinately to the processing unit 110 and support wireless communication. According to an embodiment, the communication unit 130 may be a wireless communication module (eg, a cellular communication module, a short-distance wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module (eg, a local area network (LAN)) communication module or power line communication module).

The communication unit 130 communicates with an external electronic device through a short-range communication network such as Bluetooth, WiFi direct, or infrared data association (IrDA) and/or a long-distance communication network such as a cellular network, the Internet, or a computer network (eg, LAN or WAN). can communicate

Various types of communication modules constituting the communication unit 130 may be integrated as one component (eg, a single chip) or implemented as a plurality of separate components (eg, multiple chips).

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 is not limited to the above-described components and may further include at least one of an input unit (not shown) for inputting data and an output unit (not shown) for outputting data. can

According to various embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 100 or user device may be applied to all information and communication devices including mobile communication terminals, multimedia terminals, wired terminals, fixed terminals, and internet protocol (IP) terminals.

In particular, the electronic device 100 is a device for processing data for providing dental care services, and may include at least a portion of a workstation or a large-capacity database, or may be configured to be connected through communication. .

A user device includes a mobile phone, a personal computer (PC), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a mobile internet device (MID), a smartphone, a tablet PC, a phablet PC, a notebook, etc. can be exemplified. According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the user device may be described as a device of a customer (eg, a customer device) using a dental care service through the electronic device 100 .

Here, the server is one entity existing on the network and serves as a web server, database server, and application server. According to a preferred embodiment, the server may provide various dental care contents to the user device based on the processing of the electronic device 100 . At this time, the dental care content provided to the user device may be transmitted to the electronic device 100 and then transmitted to the user device by the electronic device 100, or may be transmitted from the server to the user device by processing of the electronic device 100. can

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device 100 may provide a dental care service through at least one dentist associated with a dental care product. In addition, the electronic device 100 may check a dental insurance product of an insurance company to which the user subscribes, and provide a dental insurance product service through a dental care service.

The electronic device 100 includes at least one of a dental care product subscribed by the user through the electronic device 100, a dental insurance product subscribed by the user to an insurance company, and medical services provided to the user (eg, the public) through a government agency. Based on some of these factors, recommended medical practice can be determined.

2 is a flowchart of an operation of providing a dental care service in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic device 100 may provide guaranteed items and coverage through the user device based on dental care products subscribed by the user and feedback from the user.

In step 201, the electronic device 100 checks dental care products and guarantee items subscribed by the user.

The electronic device 100 may check the dental care product subscribed by the user and guaranteed items and coverage included in the product based on user information stored in the storage unit 120 . The electronic device 100 may check the dental care service provided to the user at a designated time point or based on a request of the user device.

For example, if a dental care product is a subscription-type product that is renewed every month, the electronic device 100 may check a dental care service to be provided to the user at a designated time every month. Here, the dental care service may include a guaranteed item and coverage related to at least one medical practice.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may change/determine at least a part of guaranteed items and guaranteed ranges of medical care provided to a user who subscribes to a corresponding product at a designated time every month.

Here, dental care products may be provided including detailed products provided based on at least one information of the user's age, gender, and occupation. For example, among dental care products, monthly subscription products can be classified into children, students, adults, etc. according to age, and can be classified into office workers, sales workers, sports players, etc. according to occupations. Therefore, it can be divided into men's and women's products, and according to characteristics, it can be divided into detailed products such as menopausal products and puberty products.

In this case, the monthly subscription type product may provide a guaranteed item and a guaranteed range by combining at least two or more detailed products. In addition, detailed products may be provided by changing at least some of the guaranteed items and ranges of products included in the detailed products, and the guaranteed items and guaranteed ranges may be determined in a separate contract with the user.

In step 203, the electronic device 100 determines medical treatment that the user can receive based on the guaranteed item and oral information of the user.

The electronic device 100 may check the user's oral information based on the user information stored in the storage unit 120 . According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may receive information about the state of the user's teeth through the user device. For example, the electronic device 100 provides a dental chart to the user device, and information on at least one of tooth damage, caries, treatment condition, tooth extraction, denture, implant, and gum condition selected based on the user input can be checked.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may receive oral information of the user from at least one of at least one dental clinic for which the user has received medical treatment, an insurance company with an insurance product subscribed to by the user, and a government agency.

The electronic device 100 may generate a dental chart based on the received oral information. According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may generate a dental chart identical to or similar to that of FIG. 4 and store states of at least one tooth and/or gum and pubic bone. Here, the state of teeth and/or gums and pubis may be stored as images and/or texts.

The electronic device 100 may determine a medical treatment to be received by the user based on the user's oral information and dental care products. For example, the electronic device 100 may determine a necessary medical action based on oral information of the user among guaranteed items specified in the user's dental care product.

Here, when there are two or more medical procedures required by the user, one may be determined or prioritized. For example, when the electronic device 100 confirms tooth decay on the 17th tooth, it can confirm that filling treatment with gold or resin is available from guaranteed items included in the user's dental care product.

The electronic device 100 may determine a high-priority charging treatment through gold as a recommended medical action according to the customer's needs. Here, the customer's needs may be determined based on user input through the user device. For example, the electronic device 100 may check information related to priority at the time of setting or subscribing to a dental care product. For example, information related to priority may be determined by including at least one of money amount, stability, and guaranteed number of times.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 may determine dental care conditions that the user should receive within a specified period. The electronic device 100 may determine dental care conditions including at least one medical action by using a method identical to or similar to the method for determining the recommended medical action. The electronic device 100 may also determine a reward service when it is confirmed that the user has received all medical services included in dental care conditions within a specified period.

Here, the reward service may be determined among medical actions necessary for the user based on the user's dental care products and oral information. In addition, at least one of medical actions desired by the user may be included based on the user input.

For example, medical services desired by the user may be provided to be selected based on user input among medical services included in guaranteed items of the user's dental care products.

Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may determine a compensation service including at least one of medical actions determined to be necessary for the user.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 may include guaranteed items that are not included in the user's dental care product when determining the medical treatment included in the compensation service. For example, the electronic device 100 may include, in the compensation service, a guaranteed item included in detailed products for which at least one higher cost is paid than detailed dental care products of the user.

In step 205, the electronic device 100 provides information on the determined medical action to the user device.

The electronic device 100 provides guarantee information including at least one of the guaranteed items and scope of coverage that can be received from the user's dental care products, recommended medical practices, dental care conditions, and compensation services that can be received when the dental care conditions are met. It can be provided to the user's device.

The electronic device 100 may provide the dental care service including the above information to the user device at a designated time point. According to an embodiment, when a product subscribed to by a user is a monthly subscription product, the electronic device 100 may output guarantee information through the user device at a designated time each month.

Here, the electronic device 100 is described as providing the determined guarantee information to the user device, but it may be to change user information stored in the storage unit 120 of the electronic device 100, and the user needs the information at the time The dental care service may be checked by requesting the electronic device 100 through the user device.

In step 207, the electronic device 100 checks the medical treatment received by the user from at least one external device.

The electronic device 100 may receive information about the medical treatment received by the user from the user device based on the user input. Alternatively, the electronic device 100 may check the medical treatment received by the user based on the payment information of the user device.

In addition, according to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 checks the medical treatment received by the user through a designated database of government agencies, for example, the Health Insurance Corporation and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, or the insurance that the user has purchased insurance for. You can check the medical treatment received by the user from the company's database.

In step 209, the electronic device 100 updates medical care that the user can receive.

The electronic device 100 may store information on the medical treatment received by the user in the storage unit 120 . When the electronic device 100 stores information on the medical treatment received by the user, the electronic device 100 may count the medical treatment received by the user in guarantee information stored in the storage unit 120 . Here, if the number of times of medical treatment that can be received by the user, that is, guaranteed items, is recorded, the medical treatment received by the user may be counted (reflected) and stored.

The electronic device 100 may end the operation of FIG. 2 by performing step 209 .

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIG. 2 , the dental care product subscribed by the user is described as a monthly subscription type, but is not limited thereto, and is not limited thereto, and is not only a weekly subscription type and an annual subscription type, but also a savings type and a reward type. , or if it can be applied to various product types such as autonomous types, it can be applied by combining two or more product types.

3 is a flowchart of an operation of providing a dental care service in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The electronic device 100 may determine a compensation service to be provided to the user based on the medical treatment received by the user. According to various embodiments, in describing the operation of providing a reward service to a user with reference to FIG. 3, it is described as being performed as part of step 209 of FIG. 2, but is not limited thereto, and step 209 of FIG. It may be performed after performing, and may be performed together with the operation of any step of steps 201 to 207, or may be performed before or after steps.

In step 301, the electronic device 100 checks whether the user has received medical treatment included in dental care conditions.

The electronic device 100 may check whether the medical service received by the user is included in the compensation information. In this case, when the electronic device 100 confirms that the medical treatment received by the user is a medical treatment specified in the dental management condition, the electronic device 100 may check the degree to which the specified condition is satisfied.

For example, if two examinations, one filling treatment, and one scaling are set as the dental management conditions for this month, the processing unit 110 can check the treatment received by the user until the end of the month, and the tooth set by the user It may be determined whether all management conditions are satisfied, some are satisfied, or none are fulfilled.

Here, the electronic device 100 may confirm that the medical treatment received by the user is scaling once, gold filling treatment once, X-ray once, and examination once.

In step 303, the electronic device 100 determines a compensation service corresponding to the dental care condition satisfied by the user.

Referring to step 301, the electronic device 100 may provide the user with a designated compensation service for achieving 2/4 of the dental care conditions. According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may provide a compensation guaranteeing 100% of the cost only once in a state in which the specified guarantee range is 75% of the cost to the user when gold charging treatment is received in the guaranteed item. The service for compensating for the cost is not limited to filling treatment and can be applied to various dental medical practice items.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 may provide various services other than dental treatment as compensation. For example, a reward selected by the user from among various rewards such as provision of transportation expenses and provision of gift certificates may be provided.

Referring to step 303, although the user has achieved 2/4 of the dental care conditions, it is not limited thereto and may be applied to various cases. Similarly, the electronic device 100 may apply a specified compensation differently according to the degree to which the user satisfies the dental care condition. At this time, the electronic device 100 may determine to provide a higher value reward, for example, a higher cost reward, as the user satisfies the dental care condition.

According to various embodiments, the electronic device 100 may provide rewards in terms of points or credits. In addition, the electronic device 100 may provide compensation for the paid money when money is paid for the medical treatment already received.

Through operation 303, the electronic device 100 may determine a reward corresponding to the tooth care condition satisfied by the user according to the user's selection or according to a designated method.

In step 305, the electronic device 100 updates guarantee information of the user and provides a reward service.

The electronic device 100 may store information on dental care conditions satisfied by the user and information on compensation services determined to be provided to the user in the storage 120 and provide the information to the user through the user device.

The electronic device 100 may provide a reward service to the user at a designated time point. For example, if the dental care product subscribed to by the user is a monthly subscription type, the electronic device 100 may include and provide the determined compensation service in guarantee information for the next month. However, it is not limited thereto, and the electronic device 100 may provide a designated compensation service whenever the user satisfies a specific level of dental management conditions.

The electronic device 100 may end the operation of FIG. 3 or return to step 209 of FIG. 2 when step 305 is performed.

4 illustrates a dental chart processed by an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The processing unit 110 of the electronic device 100 may obtain oral information of the user from a user input or from at least one dentist, insurance company, and/or government agency device. In this case, the oral information includes various information such as the degree of bleeding of each tooth and the degree of fineness of the gum, which may correspond to data input by a user or data measured and input by a doctor. The electronic device 100 may generate a dental chart of the user according to the confirmed oral information.

According to an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may generate a dental chart including at least one of tooth bleeding, gum dent level, plaque level, and root bifurcation using oral information. The dental chart represents the state of each of a plurality of teeth of the user, and this will be described with reference to FIG. 4 .

The electronic device 100 determines the movement of teeth, the presence and location of cavities, missing teeth, enamel rotation, tooth abnormalities and damage levels such as erosion or abrasions, gum conditions such as gum recession and bleeding, crowns, bridges, implants, etc. The presence or absence of the same filling can be included (or displayed) in the dental chart.

As can be seen in FIG. 4 , the order of each of a plurality of teeth may be listed in a row in the user's dental chart, and the order may be classified by position. In addition, at least one of bleeding, gum fineness, plaque, and root bifurcation may be listed in a vertical column of the dental chart. That is, diagnostic items (measurement elements) may be listed in the column.

Regarding the dental chart having horizontal columns (order) and vertical columns (diagnosis items), the electronic device 100 may describe dental conditions such as the degree, condition, level Y/N, etc. of each diagnosis item for each tooth. . At this time, in the vertical column of FIG. 4, BOP' means bleeding (red dots indicate bleeding points), 'PD' means the degree of gum recession (the degree can be displayed between 0 and 15), and 'GM' may mean a gingival margin, 'PLAQ' may mean a plaque, and 'FURC' may mean a root bifurcation point.

Accordingly, when obtaining the information of "the first tooth plaque 1 step", the electronic device 100 is located at the point where the column corresponding to the plaque (PLAQ) among the vertical column items and the column corresponding to the first tooth among the horizontal column items intersect. '1' may be reflected in the dental chart. Oral information of the user identified in the same or similar manner may be reflected in the chart.

According to various embodiments, as can be seen in FIG. 4 , the teeth are divided into thirds in the horizontal direction, and conditions such as gum fineness (PD) and bleeding (BOP) may be indicated. For example, if you look at the gum recession (PD) of tooth 3 (front), the leftmost part is marked as 2, the center as 2, and the rightmost part as 5, so the rightmost part of tooth 3 (front) is It can be seen that the degree of gum recession is large. In addition, looking at the bleeding (BOP) of tooth 4 (back side), the leftmost part, the center is marked with N, and the rightmost part is marked with Y, confirming that there is bleeding in the rightmost part of tooth 4 (back side). .

As described above, the user's dental chart may represent both the front and back surfaces of each tooth, and may indicate diagnosis items for each of the front and back surfaces. As can be seen in FIG. 4 , the teeth of the upper line may represent the front side of the same tooth, and the teeth of the lower line may represent the back side of the same tooth. Also, since one chart shows only the front/back sides of the upper teeth, another chart may be needed to show the front/back sides of the lower teeth. Of course, both upper and lower teeth could be displayed in one chart.

In addition, according to one embodiment, one reference line and gum condition line connecting each tooth shown in the user's dental chart may be indicated, and the height of the gum condition line may vary according to the condition of the gum (fineness) of each tooth. . At this time, each tooth is divided into 3 parts in the horizontal direction (eg, the leftmost part, the central part, the rightmost part), and the point where the gum condition line passes can be located in each part according to the reference line and the degree of fineness (PD) of the gum. there is.

Specifically, models of each tooth are listed in the user's dental chart, and a reference line may indicate a point where the gum should be located in a normal state based on the height of each tooth based on oral information. There are 3 points (a tooth is divided into 3 parts, and the position of a normal gum is held as 1 point for each part) for each tooth, and a reference line can pass through the 3 points.

A point of the current gum condition may be expressed at the same or upper position as the point of the reference line in the picture of the tooth (based on the front surface of the upper tooth) where the reference line is expressed. Gum condition points may be gathered to form a gum condition line.

That is, each tooth is divided into three parts, and may have a point corresponding to a reference line and a point corresponding to a gum condition line. Looking at the back of the 12th tooth in FIG. 4, it can be seen that the degree of fineness of the gum is 5, 1, and 2. Therefore, in the case of the 12th tooth (back side) in the corresponding figure, the gum condition line exists at a position 5 sizes higher than the reference line in the leftmost part, and the gum condition line exists at a position 1 size higher than the reference line in the central part. A state line exists, and the rightmost part may have a gum state line relatively higher than the reference line by 2 sizes. The above gum condition lines in each tooth may be expressed as one connection line in the user's chart.

As above, in the case of the teeth of the upper line, the gum condition line is located above the reference line, but in the case of the teeth of the lower line, the gum condition line may be located below the reference line.

In addition, a bleeding point may be displayed on each tooth according to the degree of bleeding (BOP) on the user's dental chart. For example, looking at the bleeding (BOP) of tooth 7 (front side), it can be confirmed that it is N, N, Y. Therefore, in the case of the 7th tooth (front surface) of the corresponding model, the bleeding point can be displayed on the rightmost part.

The electronic device 100 may display whether or not there is bleeding, a root bifurcation point, a degree of gum fineness, or a degree of plaque on a model of a specific tooth based on the acquired oral information of the user. Information (diagnostic items, etc.) indicated through the dental chart of FIG. 4 may be different depending on settings.

The electronic device 100 may determine a medical action necessary for the user based on the generated dental chart, modify the dental chart based on the medical action received by the user, and update the medical action necessary for the user.

5 is a configuration diagram of a system in which an electronic device provides a dental care service according to an embodiment of the present invention.

According to the above description, the electronic device 100 has been described as providing dental care services as an independent device, but may be included in the insurance company device 510 to provide dental care services. In this case, the dental care service may include an insurance company device 510, a dental device 530, and a user device 550.

Here, when the electronic device 100 constitutes a system as a separate device, the electronic device 100 may be connected to the insurance company device 510, the dental device 530, and the user device 550 through communication.

Hereinafter, in the embodiment of FIG. 5, a case in which the user subscribes to a dental care product including a savings type will be described in more detail.

In the case of savings-type products, the amount of reserves for receiving medical treatment can be determined as the guaranteed amount according to the amount paid for the designated guarantee period. At this time, when the user subscribes to a dental care product for which a payment amount of 1 million won is set for the accumulation-type product, 1 million won or 1 million won plus an additional guarantee amount may be set as the user's guaranteed amount.

That is, even if the user pays 1 million won, 1.1 million won plus the additional guaranteed amount (ex 10% of 1 million won) can be used as the user's guaranteed amount as a total reserve.

For example, the additional guarantee amount may be determined as a specified percentage of the payment amount or may be determined as a specific amount. Here, the payment amount, which is the basis for determining the additional guaranteed amount, may be determined as two or more fixed amounts or may be determined as two or more amount ranges.

For example, a 10% additional guarantee amount for a payment amount of more than 1 million won and less than 5 million won, and a payment amount of more than 5 million won and less than 10 million won may be determined as a 15% additional guarantee amount.

The user device 550 may output a tooth requiring treatment and a tooth condition through the dental management service of the insurance company device 510 . A user may receive medical treatment according to a treatment plan output through the user device 550 .

At this time, the user can determine the dentist to be treated through the dental care service of the user device 550, and the insurance company device 510 receives information received from the user device 550 (ex user's oral information, the date the user can visit etc.), dental treatment can be reserved by transmitting information for the user's treatment reservation to the dental apparatus 530 .

The user can receive treatment for the reserved medical practice at the reserved dentist and can return home without paying a separate treatment fee. The insurer device 510 may confirm that the user device 550 has visited a scheduled dentist based on the location of the user device 550, or confirms that the user device 550 is tagged with the dental device 530 to confirm that the dental appointment is scheduled. You can check your visit.

The dental device 530 transmits information on treatment received by the user to the dental care service of the insurance company device 510, and the insurance company device 510 that receives the information may update the user's dental chart.

In addition, the dental device 530 transmits the cost of treatment received by the user to the insurance company device 510, and the insurance company device 510 that receives it may deduct the treatment cost from the user's reserves.

That is, from the user's point of view, since the treatment cost can be automatically deducted from the reserve, there is no need to separately charge the insurance company device 510 for the treatment cost. In addition, from the point of view of the dentist (dental apparatus), since the treatment cost is directly deducted from the reserve money rather than being charged to the user, it is possible to have convenience in claiming the treatment cost.

Here, when the insurer device 510 confirms that at least a portion of the amount of medical treatment received by the user is guaranteed based on the insurance items of the dental care product to which the user subscribes, the corresponding amount of insurance is paid from the cost of treatment received by the user. The remaining amount can be deducted from the reserve.

In addition, the insurance company device 510 may deduct the number of uses when the number of uses is set in the insurance item guaranteed for the treatment received by the user.

Based on the information received from the dental device 530, the insurance company device 510 transmits settlement information such as treatment and treatment amount received by the user, guaranteed amount according to the guaranteed item, deduction amount to which the guaranteed amount is applied, and remaining reserve amount to the user device 550 based on the information received from the dental device 530. ), and/or user information of the dental care service may be updated.

As described above, a user who subscribes to a savings-type product can deduct the amount of medical treatment received from the reserve fund, and the reserve fund not used within the designated period is carried over to the reserve fund of the next subscription period, or the designated medical service guarantee item can be exchanged for

Here, the designated medical practice is at least one of adding the number of times of use of the following dental care product to the number of times of use of at least one of the designated guaranteed items, selecting and guaranteeing a non-guaranteed guaranteed item, or refunding with points (or credits). may contain one.

For example, the reserve money not used within a designated period may be provided to the user as items such as an oral cancer diagnosis service in the future. Depending on the case, it may be possible to provide a differentiated service according to the amount of reserves not used within a specified period.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, checking guarantee information including a dental care product subscribed by a user and at least one guarantee item of the subscribed dental care product; determining a medical treatment to be received by the user based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information of the user; providing information about the at least one guaranteed item and medical treatment that the user can receive to a user device; checking the medical action received by the user from at least one external device; and updating the at least one guarantee item and the medical treatment that the user can receive.

Here, the step of renewing the at least one guarantee item and the medical service that the user can receive may include the amount of the medical service received by the user and the guaranteed amount of the medical service received by the user for the at least one guaranteed item. It may include; deducting the determined amount based on the reserve money of the dental care products subscribed by the user.

Here, the operating method of the electronic device providing the dental care service may include checking expiration of a period of a dental care product subscribed by the user and remaining reserves; and carrying over the remaining reserve funds to the next period of the dental care product subscribed by the user, or exchanging them for a guaranteed item for at least one medical treatment.

Here, the operating method of the electronic device providing the dental care service includes determining whether the user has received medical treatment included in dental care conditions; determining at least one compensation service based on the satisfied dental care condition; and updating the guarantee information of the user and providing the compensation service.

Here, the dental care condition may include at least one medical action among medical actions for designated guaranteed items of the user's dental care product.

Here, among the plurality of medical actions included in the dental care condition, at least one medical action designated based on the ratio of the medical action received by the user may be included in the compensation service.

Here, the step of confirming the medical treatment received by the user from at least one external device includes at least one dental device having a record of the user's medical treatment, a device of an insurance company in which the user is insured, and a health care device. Receives information on the medical treatment received by the user from the at least one external device including at least one device of the Insurance Corporation and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the device may include a server or a database. .

Here, the step of determining the medical treatment that the user can receive based on the at least one guarantee item and the oral information of the user,

determining a medical action required for the user as a recommended medical action, which is included in medical actions for designated guaranteed items of the user's dental care product, and based on the oral cavity information; and determining a medical service that the user can receive, including the recommended medical service.

Here, a dental chart for a state of at least one of the user's teeth, gums, and pubic bone may be generated based on the oral cavity information received from the user device and the at least one external device.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a communication unit configured to communicate with at least one user device; a storage unit for storing information transmitted and received through the communication unit; and checks guarantee information including a dental care product subscribed by the user and at least one guarantee item of the subscribed dental care product, and the user can receive based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information of the user. Determines the medical service available to the user, provides information on the at least one guaranteed item and the medical service that the user can receive to the user device, confirms the medical service received by the user from at least one external device, and It provides an electronic device for providing a dental care service, including a processing unit for processing to update at least one guarantee item and medical treatment that the user can receive.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device 100 creates a treatment plan that takes into account guaranteed items according to the user's dental care products and the user's oral condition, thereby generating a treatment plan that is practically helpful from the user's point of view. there is

The electronic device 100 motivates the user to actively receive treatment by providing a specified reward according to the degree of achievement of the provided treatment plan, and reduces cost and pain by enabling the user to receive treatment in a timely manner without becoming seriously ill. It works.

According to the detailed description of the present invention, although the electronic device 100 is described as performing the operations of various embodiments, it may be performed through the processing unit 110 of the electronic device 100.

As described above, although the embodiments have been described with limited drawings, those skilled in the art can apply various technical modifications and variations based on the above. For example, the described techniques may be performed in an order different from the method described, and/or components of the described system, structure, device, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the method described, or other components may be used. Or even if it is replaced or substituted by equivalents, appropriate results can be achieved. Therefore, it should be said that other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents of the claims are within the scope of the following claims.

100: electronic device 110: processing unit
120: storage unit 130: communication unit

Claims (3)

In the operating method of an electronic device providing a dental care service,
(a) checking guarantee information including a dental care product subscribed by a user and at least one guarantee item of the subscribed dental care product;
(b) determining a medical service that the user can receive based on the at least one guarantee item and oral information of the user;
(c) providing information about the at least one guaranteed item and medical treatment that the user can receive to a user device;
(d) receiving information on the medical treatment received by the user from the user device; and
(e) updating the at least one guaranteed item and medical treatment that the user can receive;
including,
The electronic device receives the oral information from at least one of at least one dental clinic in which the user has received medical treatment, an insurance company and a government agency having an insurance product subscribed to by the user,
The electronic device determines a medical action necessary for the user based on the oral information among guaranteed items specified in the dental care product;
If there are two or more medical actions required by the user, the electronic device determines recommended medical actions according to a priority corresponding to the user's needs, and the user's needs are determined based on a user input through the user device. And, the priority is determined through at least one information of amount and stability,
In a state in which a plurality of medical actions are set as dental care conditions for a specified period of time, the electronic device checks the medical actions received by the user during the specified period of time, and determines whether the user satisfies the set dental care conditions based on this. decide whether
The electronic device provides the user with a compensation service corresponding to the degree to which the user has achieved the dental care condition, and among the medical actions necessary for the user based on the user's dental care product and the oral information, determine compensation services;
The electronic device generates a dental chart of the user according to the oral information, and the order of each of a plurality of teeth is listed in a row of the dental chart, and whether or not bleeding, the degree of gum fineness are displayed in a vertical column of the dental chart, At least one of plaque presence and root bifurcation is listed,
Each of the plurality of teeth is divided into three parts in a horizontal direction, and the degree of gum fineness and whether or not the bleeding is displayed for each of the three parts are displayed. According to claim 1,
In step (b),
Deducting, by the electronic device, an amount determined based on the amount of medical care received by the user and the guaranteed amount of medical care received by the user for the at least one guaranteed item from the reserve fund of the dental care product; A method of operating an electronic device that provides a dental care service. In the electronic device providing dental care service,
a communication unit that communicates with at least one user device;
a storage unit for storing information transmitted and received through the communication unit; and
Confirm the dental care product subscribed by the user and guarantee information including at least one guarantee item of the subscribed tooth care product, and based on the at least one guarantee item and the user's oral information, the user can receive determine medical action, provide information on the at least one guarantee item and medical action that the user can receive to a user device, receive information on the medical action received by the user from the user device, and A processing unit for processing to update one guarantee item and medical treatment that the user can receive;
The processing unit receives the oral information from at least one of at least one dental clinic in which the user has received medical treatment, an insurance company and a government agency having an insurance product subscribed to by the user,
The processing unit determines a medical action necessary for the user based on the oral information among guaranteed items specified in the dental care product;
When there are two or more medical actions required by the user, the processing unit determines a recommended medical action according to a priority corresponding to the user's needs, and the user's needs are determined based on a user input through the user device. , The priority is determined through at least one information of amount and stability,
In a state in which a plurality of medical acts are set as dental care conditions for a specified period of time, the processing unit checks the medical acts received by the user during the specified period of time, and based on this, whether the user satisfies the set dental care conditions. to determine,
The processing unit provides the user with a compensation service corresponding to the degree to which the user has achieved the dental care condition, and the compensation among medical actions necessary for the user based on the user's dental care product and the oral information. determine the service;
The processing unit generates a dental chart of the user according to the oral information, and the order of each of a plurality of teeth is listed in a row of the dental chart, and bleeding, gum fineness, and plaque are arranged in a vertical column of the dental chart. At least one of presence or absence, root bifurcation is listed,
Each of the plurality of teeth is divided into three parts in a horizontal direction, and the degree of fineness of the gums and whether or not the bleeding is displayed for each of the three parts are displayed.

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