WO2017015767A1 - Dispositif et procédé de surveillance de l'hygiène féminine - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé de surveillance de l'hygiène féminine Download PDF

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WO2017015767A1
WO2017015767A1 PCT/CA2016/050905 CA2016050905W WO2017015767A1 WO 2017015767 A1 WO2017015767 A1 WO 2017015767A1 CA 2016050905 W CA2016050905 W CA 2016050905W WO 2017015767 A1 WO2017015767 A1 WO 2017015767A1
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  • Menstruation refers to the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina. Menstrual products are used to absorb or catch menstrual blood and a number of different products are available, some disposable, some reusable. Though not yet considered a mainstream menstrual product, the menstrual cup is a low-cost and environmentally friendly alternative to other products. A barrier to the widespread adoption of the menstrual cup involves the mess caused by the over-filling of the menstrual cup, which highlights a major concern for existing and/or potential users.
  • the invention in general, in one aspect, relates to a feminine hygiene device (FHD).
  • the FHD includes a handle comprising an antenna configured to transmit a measurement, and a cup body coupled to the handle.
  • the cup body includes a sensing array configured to generate sensor information related to menstrual fluid collected by a reservoir inside the cup body, an integrated circuit configured to execute instructions stored in memory to obtain the sensor information from the sensing array, generate the measurement based on the sensor information, and transmit, to a remote entity, the measurement using the antenna, and a power source configured to provide power to the sensing array and the integrated circuit.
  • the invention in general, in one aspect, relates to a method for monitoring feminine hygiene.
  • the method includes obtaining, from a sensing array disposed in a cup body of a feminine hygiene device (FHD), sensor information related to menstrual fluid, generating a measurement based on the sensor information, determining that the measurement meets a pre-determined criterion, and providing, in response to determining that the measurement meets the pre-determined criterion, a notification to a user.
  • FHD feminine hygiene device
  • FIG. 1A and FIG. IB each show a feminine hygiene device (FHD) in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows a flowchart that describes a method for monitoring feminine hygiene in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of an example in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B each show a diagram of a computing system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • ordinal numbers are not to imply or create any particular ordering of the elements nor to limit any element to being only a single element unless expressly disclosed, such as by the use of the terms “before”, “after”, “single”, and other such terminology. Rather, the use of ordinal numbers is to distinguish between the elements.
  • a first element is distinct from a second element, and the first element may encompass more than one element and succeed (or precede) the second element in an ordering of elements.
  • any component description with regard to a figure in various embodiments of the invention, may be equivalent to one or more like-named components described with regard to any other figure. For brevity, descriptions of these components will not be repeated with regard to each figure. Thus each and every embodiment of the components of each figure is incorporated by reference and assumed to be optionally present within every other figure having one or more like-named components. Additionally, in accordance with various embodiments of the invention, any description of the components of a figure is to be interpreted as an optional embodiment, which may be implemented in addition to, in conjunction with, or in place of the embodiments described with regard to a corresponding like- named component in any other figure.
  • embodiments of the invention relate to the monitoring of feminine hygiene. More specifically, one or more embodiments of the invention obtain sensor information from a wearable device worn inside the vagina of a user. The wearable device subsequently produces measurements, based on the sensor information, which at least relates to menstrual fluid that is collected by the wearable device. These measurements are transmitted, wirelessly, to a nearby client device or another (externally worn) wearable device. The client or other wearable device then provides the user with notifications respective to one or more parameters associated with the measurements, granted the measurements meet pre-determined criteria.
  • FIG. 1A shows a feminine hygiene device (FHD) in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • the FHD (100) is a wearable device or a computing system (see e.g., FIG. 5 A or FIG. 5B), which may be worn by a user. Particularly, the FHD (100) may be worn inside the vagina of a user in order to catch menstrual fluid (e.g., blood and mucosal tissue) during menstruation.
  • the FHD (100) includes a cup body (102), a handle (104), and a stem (106). Each of these components is described below.
  • the cup body (102) is representative of the open container portion of the FHD (100).
  • the cup body (102) includes a reservoir (108) designed for collecting menstrual fluid.
  • the cup body (102), and accordingly, the reservoir (108), may be offered in multiple sizes (i.e., diameter, length/depth, volume capacity, etc.) in order to accommodate different user preferences, menstrual conditions and parameters (e.g., fluid flow), etc.
  • the thickness of the cup body (102) tapers (or reduces) axially from the base-end to the rim-end of the cup body (102).
  • the separation between the reservoir wall (1 10) and the outer surface (112) (of the cup body (102)) is largest at the base-end, and smallest at the rim-end, of the cup body (102).
  • the base-end of the cup body (102) may accommodate the inclusion (e.g., embedding, affixing, integration, fitting, etc.) of a number of additional components.
  • additional components include, but are not limited to, an integrated circuit (1 14), a power source (116), and a portion of the sensing array (118). Each of these additional components is described below.
  • the integrated circuit (114) is a small, semiconductor wafer on which a set of electronic circuits reside.
  • the set of electronic circuits process instructions, in the form of computer readable program code, to perform embodiments of the invention.
  • the instructions may be related to the monitoring of feminine hygiene.
  • the instructions may be stored, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently, on a non-transitory computer readable medium (not shown) such as a storage device, flash memory, physical memory, or any other computer readable storage medium.
  • a non-transitory computer readable medium such as a storage device, flash memory, physical memory, or any other computer readable storage medium.
  • Examples of an integrated circuit (114) include, but are not limited to, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a discrete processor, a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a digital signal processor (DSP), a microcontroller, or any other type of integrated circuit or combination thereof.
  • ASIC application specific integrated circuit
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • DSP digital signal processor
  • microcontroller or any other type of integrated circuit or combination thereof.
  • the integrated circuit (114) may include functionality to: (i) obtain sensor information from the sensing array (1 18); (ii) generate measurements, relating to the menstrual fluid, based on the sensor information; and (iii) transmit measurements using the antenna (120). These functionalities are described in further detail below with respect to FIG. 3.
  • the power source (1 16) is a storage medium for, and subsequently, a source of, direct current (DC) power.
  • the power source (1 16) may be a coin or button cell battery or any other similarly small power cell.
  • the power source (1 16) may be replaceable or non-replaceable, and/or rechargeable or non- rechargeable.
  • the power source (116) may receive (and store) DC from the antenna (120) (discussed below) or an external source (e.g., a fixed electrical outlet, etc.).
  • the power source (1 16) subsequently includes functionality to distribute an appropriate amount of DC to each component (e.g., the integrated circuit (114), the sensing array (118), etc.) to which it is operatively connected.
  • the sensing array (118) is a collection of one or more sensor(s) of one or more different type(s).
  • a sensor refers to hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof, which detects and quantifies one or more physical properties (e.g., heat, light, sound, pressure, motion, etc.).
  • the sensor(s) may further include functionality to encode these quantifications (e.g., sensor information) into analog and/or digital signals (or data) that may be interpreted and/or processed by the integrated circuit (1 14).
  • Examples of a sensor include, but are not limited to, a heated post/film/strip with thermistors, a capacitive sensor, a resistive sensor, an optical reflectometry sensor, a magnetic level gauge, an acoustic sensor, an accelerometer, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, a light detector, a blood flow sensor, a bioelectricity sensor, a gas/organic compound sensor, etc.
  • the one or more sensor(s) serve, separately or in combination, to provide sensor information pertaining to, for example, orientation, biometrics or physiology, ambient conditions, etc.
  • the one or more sensor(s) of the sensing array (1 18) may be arranged throughout the cup body (102) in a variety of configurations.
  • FIG. IB shows a preferred sensing array configuration.
  • a portion of the sensing array (1 18) may be affixed to and/or line the reservoir wall (110).
  • Those one or more sensor(s) that require coupling to the collected menstrual fluid to yield quantifications relating to the menstrual fluid e.g., volume, flow rate, color, pH, viscosity, temperature, hormone concentrations, etc.
  • each sensing strip (122) may be aligned parallel to the axial axis of the cup body (102), or thus, extending vertically from the base-end to the rim- end of the cup body (102).
  • another portion of the sensing array (118) may reside within the base-end of the cup body (102), under the reservoir (108).
  • Those one or more sensor(s), which are capable of yielding respective quantifications (e.g., orientation) without coupling to the collected menstrual fluid may reside within base-end of the body cup (102) (alongside the integrated circuit (114), the power source (1 16), and other components (e.g., an actuator (not shown), a charging port (not shown), etc.).
  • one or more capacitive sensing strips (122), which gauge force applied by the presence of menstrual fluid, may be affixed to or line the reservoir wall (110), whereas an accelerometer may be embedded within the base-end of the cup body (102).
  • volume measurements estimating the amount of menstrual fluid collected in the reservoir (108)
  • orientation sensor information provided by the accelerometer, may be used in conjunction with the capacitive sensing strips (122) to mitigate the effects of tilting in order to estimate volume of the collected menstrual fluid.
  • the handle in one embodiment of the invention, the handle
  • the handle encases an antenna (120).
  • the antenna (120) is operative ly connected to the integrated circuit (1 14) and the power source (1 16).
  • the antenna (120) may include functionality to: (i) generate DC utilizing the mechanism of wireless (or inductive) charging; (ii) provide the DC to briefly power one or more component(s) of the cup body (102); (iii) provide the DC to charge the power source (116), when the power source (116) is rechargeable; and (iv) transmit measurements, using a predefined wireless communication protocol, to one or more remote entities.
  • inductive charging refers to the transmission of electrical power without the use of a physical medium through which said electrical power traditionally traverses. Inductive charging may be implemented using contactless coils (or antennae) capable of converting electrical current into electromagnetic (EM) energy, and vice versa.
  • the stem (106) serves as an extension for enabling the handle (104) (including the antenna (120) to reside, at least partially, outside the vagina of the user. To that end, in one embodiment of the invention, transmission attenuation may be reduced. Additionally, or alternatively, the stem (106) may serve to facilitate the extraction of the FHD (100) from within the vagina.
  • the FHD (100) e.g., the cup body
  • the handle (104), and the stem (106) may be constructed from any medical grade flexible or deformable material such as, for example, silicone, latex, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), polyethylene, or any combination thereof. Similar to traditional menstrual cups, the flexibility or deformability of the FHD (100) enables it to fold into a smaller cross-section in order to facilitate the insertion of the FHD (100), by the user, into the vagina. In one embodiment of the invention, the FHD (100) may be disposable or reusable.
  • cup body (102) may further accommodate, within the base-end, a charging port and/or an actuator.
  • a charging port (not shown) is a receptacle through which DC is received via a wired medium.
  • the wired medium may, at one end, couple to the charging port, while an external source (of DC power) may be coupled to the other end.
  • the charging port may be operatively connected to one or more components of the cup body (102) (e.g., the integrated circuit (114), the power source (116), the sensing array (118), etc.).
  • an actuator may be an electrical, piezoelectric, electro-mechanical, mechanical, or hydraulic device, or any combination thereof, which produces stimuli.
  • the nature of the stimuli may be kinetic, tactile, thermal, chemical, auditory, and/or any other type of stimulus.
  • Examples of an actuator include, but are not limited to, a haptic device, an electric prodder, a piezoelectric element, a speaker, and a motor.
  • an actuator may serve as a mechanism, in addition or alternative to notification via a client device or an external wearable device, to discreetly inform a user of feminine hygiene related information.
  • the actuator may provide stimulus in response to a measurement, generated by the integrated circuit (1 14) (discussed below), meeting one or more pre-determined criteria. These pre-determined criteria are described in further detail below with respect to FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 2 shows a flow diagram of a system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • the system (200) includes an adult device platform (ADP) (202), one or more adult device(s) (204), one or more client device(s) (206), one or more wearable device(s) (208) (including the FHD), and optional third-party system(s) (210). Further, in one or more embodiments of the invention, one or more of these aforementioned components are operatively connected to one another or each other via a network (212). Each of these components is described below.
  • ADP adult device platform
  • the ADP (202) refers to hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof, which provides support resources for any software application, widget, device(s), application programming interface (API), software development kit(s) (SDK), tool(s), etc., respective to at least the monitoring of feminine hygiene in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • These support resources may include, but are not limited to, cloud computing logic, data storage, content generation, access, and/or dissemination, and software and/or firmware updates.
  • the ADP (202) may provide support resources respective to other uses without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the ADP (202) includes functionality to: (i) receive resource requests from one or more requesting entities; (ii) provide resources, in response and appropriate to the requests, to one or more requesting entities; (iii) broker the exchange of information, products, services, and/or content between third-party system(s) (210) and platform users; (iv) store/consolidate and retrieve user profile information, menstrual profile information, device profile information, or any other information pertinent to embodiments of the invention; (v) perform analytics on current and/or historical data pertaining to one or more of the aforementioned profiles; and (vi) generate aggregate menstrual information per multiple demographic parameters (e.g., age, ethnicity, health conditions, location, etc.).
  • a requesting entity may refer to a client device (206) or a wearable device (208).
  • adult device(s) (204) refer to a sexual pleasure, wellness, and/or exercise device, which may provide various functions when employed by one or more user(s).
  • Adult device(s) (204) may include functionality to: (i) provide stimulus to one or more user(s); (ii) provide sensor information (from one or more sensor(s) included in the adult device) to client device(s) (206); (iii) receive instructions and software/firmware updates from client device(s) (206); and (iv) obtain manual enablement and setting adjustments (for features associated with the adult device(s) (204)), which may be performed by one or more user(s) operating the adult device(s) (204).
  • the stimulus provided by an adult device (204) may include, but is not limited to, mechanical, piezoelectric, electro-mechanical, and electrical actuation, which may be penetrative or non-penetrative, and/or vibratory or non- vibratory.
  • adult device(s) (204) include, but are not limited to, a dildo, a vibrator, a rabbit (i.e., two vibrators fused together, where one may be phallus-like shaped intended for insertion into an orifice of a user, while the other may be a smaller clitoral stimulator), a cock ring, a nipple stimulator, and a Kegel ball.
  • client device(s) (206) are any computing system (see e.g., FIG. 5 A or FIG. 5B) that is programmed to interact with the ADP (202), adult device(s) (204), and/or wearable device(s) (208) (including the FHD).
  • Client device(s) (206) may include functionality to: (i) aggregate sensor information and setting adjustments from adult device(s) (204); (ii) generate and transmit resource requests to the ADP (202); (iii) receive resources from the ADP (202); (iv) present information (e.g., notifications, analytics, demographics, recommendations, etc.) to one or more user(s); (v) transmit instructions to the adult device(s) (204) and wearable device(s) (208) (including the FHD), which may be operatively connected to the client device(s) (206); and (vi) wirelessly power and/or charge the FHD (as discussed above).
  • client device(s) (206) include, but are not limited to, a cellular telephone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a gaming console, a laptop computer, a desktop computer, a computer server, an Internet-based appliance, a smart television, a tablet computer, an electronic reader, etc.
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • wearable device(s) (208) are any computing system (see e.g., FIG. 5 A or FIG. 5B), which may be worn by a user.
  • a wearable device (208) may be worn externally (e.g., embedded under, within, with or on top of clothing and/or accessories) or internally (e.g., inside an orifice).
  • Wearable device(s) (208) may include functionality to: (i) provide sensor information (from one or more sensor(s) included in the wearable device) and/or measurements (e.g., processed sensor information) to client device(s) (206) and other wearable device(s) (208); (ii) receive sensor information and/or measurements from other wearable device(s) (208); and (iii) receive instructions from client device(s) (206).
  • wearable device(s) (208) may also function as adult device(s) (204). Examples of wearable device(s) (208) (sans the FHD) include, but are not limited to, a smart watch, e-textiles, a smart shirt, an activity tracker, smart glasses, etc.
  • third-party system(s) (210) refer to an external platform for products, services, and/or content.
  • Third-party system(s) (210) may include functionality to: (i) provide their respective products, services, and/or content through the ADP (202) to registered users of the ADP (202); (ii) receive requests, from the ADP (202) on behalf of a registered user, to access, obtain, or otherwise purchase their respective products, services, and/or content; (iii) receive information stored/consolidated on the ADP (202) with respect to at least the monitoring of feminine hygiene (e.g., measurements, user demographics, etc.); and (iv) optionally, receive feedback, analytics, and/or recommendations for improvement regarding their products, services, and/or content from registered users of the ADP (202).
  • feminine hygiene e.g., measurements, user demographics, etc.
  • third-party system(s) (210) include, but are not limited to, a social network (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Linkedln, etc.), an adult device supplier (e.g., We- Vibe, Natural Contours, Lelo, etc.), an online retailer (e.g., Amazon, E-bay, etc.), an online personals website (e.g., PinkCupid, etc.), an online chat room and/or forum (e.g., Reddit, etc.), an adult multimedia content website (e.g., RedTube, etc.), a multimedia content website (e.g., iTunes, etc.), a medical portal (e.g., Summit Medical Group in New Jersey, etc.), a government electronic health provider (e.g., eHealth Ontario, etc.), and cloud-based databases accessible to, among other parties, medical personnel and/or professionals.
  • a social network e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Linkedln, etc.
  • an adult device supplier e.g
  • the network (212) refers to the medium through which the ADP (202), the adult device(s) (204), the client device(s) (206), the wearable device(s) (208) (including the FHD), and the third-party system(s) (210) are operative ly connected.
  • the connections between these various components may be wired and/or wireless, direct or indirect, temporary, permanent and/or intermittent, through a local area or wide area network, or have any other type of connection or combination thereof.
  • the network (212) may include any existing or future developed systems and may employ any existing or future developed wired and/or wireless protocol, directed to the facilitation of communications and the exchange of information between the various components of the system (200).
  • FIG. 3 shows a flowchart that describes a method for monitoring feminine hygiene in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention. While the various steps in this flowchart are presented and described sequentially, one of ordinary skill will appreciate that some or all of the steps may be executed in different orders, may be combined or omitted, and some or all of the steps may be executed in parallel.
  • Step 300 sensor information is obtained from the sensing array.
  • an integrated circuit included in the FHD is operatively connected to the sensing array, which is also a component of the FHD.
  • the sensing array as menstrual fluid collects in the reservoir of the FHD, at least a portion of the sensing array affixed to or lining the reservoir wall quantifies one or more physical properties (e.g., pressure, light, color, heat, etc.). Quantifications, or sensor information, originating from this portion of the sensing array relate to the collected menstrual fluid.
  • the integrated circuit obtains this aforementioned sensor information from this portion of the sensing array, as well as sensor information related to other aspects, such as orientation, from the remainder of the sensing array, which may alternatively reside within a base-end of the FHD.
  • a measurement is generated (by the integrated circuit) based on the obtained sensor information. More specifically, depending on the sensor information obtained, a measurement corresponding to one or more parameters (e.g., volume, pH, color, hormone concentration, temperature, etc.) is generated. For example, force sensor information may be processed, alongside the known capacity of the reservoir, to generate a volume measurement related to the collected menstrual fluid.
  • a measurement refers to processed sensor information.
  • processing may involve the application of one or more algorithms of any granularity of complexity onto the sensor information towards yielding the measurement.
  • Step 304 the measurement is transmitted using the antenna (included in the FHD). Specifically, the measurement is transmitted to a remote entity.
  • the remote entity may be a client device or an externally worn wearable device.
  • an FHD-associated software application or widget may be executing on the remote entity. Subsequently, the software application or widget receives the transmitted measurement.
  • a pre-determined criterion may be a default conditional established by the software application or widget.
  • a pre-determined criterion may be established by the user based on personal preferences.
  • the criterion(s) obtained may relate to the received measurement with respect to the parameter the measurement describes. For example, if a volume measurement is received, the pre-determined criterion(s) obtained may also correspond to the volume parameter.
  • a criterion may identify a threshold value of a parameter.
  • a criterion may identify a range of values of a parameter.
  • Step 308 a determination is made as to whether the received measurement meets the one or more obtained pre-determined criterion(s).
  • the measurement is compared against the pre-determined criterion.
  • a criterion is met if the measurement exceeds the criterion.
  • a criterion is met if the measurement lies short of the criterion, or is equal to the criterion. Subsequently, a criterion may be met if the measurement is within or outside a range/set of values. If the measurement meets the criterion, the process proceeds to Step 310; otherwise, the process proceeds to Step 312.
  • a notification is provided to a user.
  • the notification may include, but is not limited to, a visual notification, an audible notification, and/or a haptic notification.
  • the notification may include information such as, for example, the measurement as a value, the measurement as a ratio or percentage of a total parameter, and language indicating the measurement may be lower or higher than a healthy standard.
  • additional information may be provided to the user.
  • the additional information may include, but is not limited to, recommendations towards addressing an unhealthy measurement, aggregated menstrual information sorted via demographics similar to those associated with the user, etc.
  • a menstrual profile for the user is maintained using the measurement.
  • the menstrual profile includes information pertaining to a user's menstrual cycle, current and historical measurements corresponding to one or more parameters (e.g., flow rate, volume, temperature, hormone concentration, etc.), and/or analytics generated by applying one or more algorithm(s) onto the current and historical measurements.
  • the menstrual profile may be shared with health/medical institutions and professionals, which have been approved by the user.
  • FIG. 4 shows a flow diagram of an example in accordance with one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • the example includes an FHD (400), a client device (402), the ADP (404), and a third-party system (406).
  • the FHD (400) is operatively connected, via the antenna, to the client device (402).
  • the client device (402) is operatively connected to the ADP (404), which is subsequently operatively connected to a third-party system (406).
  • the third-party system may be associated with a health/medical institution or professional, of whom the user is familiar.
  • the integrated circuit in the FHD (400) periodically obtains sensor information from the sensing array, thereby generating measurements related to the menstrual fluid.
  • volume the parameter to which the measurement is associated.
  • the volume measurements are periodically transmitted to the client device (402) after their generation by the integrated circuit.
  • the client device (402), or more specifically, the widget (410) associated with the FHD (400) continually receives the volume measurements.
  • a percentage of the volume measurement with respect to the capacity of the reservoir of the FHD (400) is also periodically updated and presented to the user via the widget (410).
  • a notification (not shown) will be generated by the widget (410) to inform the user that the reservoir of the FHD (400) is near capacity.
  • the widget (410) may inform the user via a visual, audible, and/or haptic notification through the client device (402).
  • a menstrual profile (408A) associated with the user is maintained on the client device (402) using the measurement.
  • the updated menstrual profile may then be synchronized/shared with the ADP (404) and the third-party system (406).
  • the health/medical institution or professional associated with the third-party system (406) may relay recommendations, schedule appointments, etc., in response to the updated menstrual profile.
  • Embodiments of the invention may be implemented on a computing system. Any combination of mobile, desktop, server, router, switch, embedded device, or other types of hardware may be used.
  • the computing system (500) may include one or more computer processors (502), non-persistent storage (504) (e.g., volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM), cache memory), persistent storage (506) (e.g., a hard disk, an optical drive such as a compact disk (CD) drive or digital versatile disk (DVD) drive, a flash memory, etc.), a communication interface (512) (e.g., Bluetooth interface, infrared interface, network interface, optical interface, etc.), and numerous other elements and functionalities.
  • non-persistent storage e.g., volatile memory, such as random access memory (RAM), cache memory
  • persistent storage e.g., a hard disk, an optical drive such as a compact disk (CD) drive or digital versatile disk (DVD) drive, a flash memory, etc.
  • a communication interface
  • the computer processor(s) (502) may be an integrated circuit for processing instructions.
  • the computer processor(s) may be one or more cores or micro-cores of a processor.
  • the computing system (500) may also include one or more input devices (510), such as a touchscreen, keyboard, mouse, microphone, touchpad, electronic pen, or any other type of input device.
  • the communication interface (512) may include an integrated circuit for connecting the computing system (500) to a network (not shown) (e.g., a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, mobile network, or any other type of network) and/or to another device, such as another computing device.
  • a network not shown
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • the Internet such as the Internet
  • mobile network such as another computing device.
  • the computing system (500) may include one or more output devices (508), such as a screen (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, touchscreen, cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor, projector, or other display device), a printer, external storage, or any other output device.
  • a screen e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, touchscreen, cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor, projector, or other display device
  • One or more of the output devices may be the same or different from the input device(s).
  • the input and output device(s) may be locally or remotely connected to the computer processor(s) (502), non-persistent storage (504), and persistent storage (506).
  • the computer processor(s) may be locally or remotely connected to the computer processor(s) (502), non-persistent storage (504), and persistent storage (506).
  • the aforementioned input and output device(s) may take other forms.
  • Software instructions in the form of computer readable program code to perform embodiments of the invention may be stored, in whole or in part, temporarily or permanently, on a non-transitory computer readable medium such as a CD, DVD, storage device, a diskette, a tape, flash memory, physical memory, or any other computer readable storage medium.
  • the software instructions may correspond to computer readable program code that, when executed by a processor(s), is configured to perform one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • the computing system (500) in FIG. 5 A may be connected to or be a part of a network.
  • the network (520) may include multiple nodes (e.g., node X (522), node Y (524)).
  • Each node may correspond to a computing system, such as the computing system shown in FIG. 5A, or a group of nodes combined may correspond to the computing system shown in FIG. 5A.
  • embodiments of the invention may be implemented on a node of a distributed system that is connected to other nodes.
  • embodiments of the invention may be implemented on a distributed computing system having multiple nodes, where each portion of the invention may be located on a different node within the distributed computing system. Further, one or more elements of the aforementioned computing system (500) may be located at a remote location and connected to the other elements over a network.
  • the node may correspond to a blade in a server chassis that is connected to other nodes via a backplane.
  • the node may correspond to a server in a data center.
  • the node may correspond to a computer processor or micro-core of a computer processor with shared memory and/or resources.
  • the nodes (e.g., node X (522), node Y (524)) in the network (520) may be configured to provide services for a client device (526).
  • the nodes may be part of a cloud computing system.
  • the nodes may include functionality to receive requests from the client device (526) and transmit responses to the client device (526).
  • the client device (526) may be a computing system, such as the computing system shown in FIG. 5A. Further, the client device (526) may include and/or perform all or a portion of one or more embodiments of the invention.
  • 5A and 5B may include functionality to perform a variety of operations disclosed herein.
  • the computing system(s) may perform communication between processes on the same or different system.
  • a variety of mechanisms, employing some form of active or passive communication, may facilitate the exchange of data between processes on the same device. Examples representative of these inter-process communications include, but are not limited to, the implementation of a file, a signal, a socket, a message queue, a pipeline, a semaphore, shared memory, message passing, and a memory-mapped file. Further details pertaining to a couple of these non- limiting examples are provided below.
  • sockets may serve as interfaces or communication channel end-points enabling bidirectional data transfer between processes on the same device.
  • a server process e.g., a process that provides data
  • the server process may create a first socket object.
  • the server process binds the first socket object, thereby associating the first socket object with a unique name and/or address.
  • the server process then waits and listens for incoming connection requests from one or more client processes (e.g., processes that seek data).
  • client processes e.g., processes that seek data.
  • the client process then proceeds to generate a connection request that includes at least the second socket object and the unique name and/or address associated with the first socket object.
  • the client process then transmits the connection request to the server process.
  • the server process may accept the connection request, establishing a communication channel with the client process, or the server process, busy in handling other operations, may queue the connection request in a buffer until server process is ready.
  • An established connection informs the client process that communications may commence.
  • the client process may generate a data request specifying the data that the client process wishes to obtain.
  • the data request is subsequently transmitted to the server process.
  • the server process analyzes the request and gathers the requested data.
  • the server process then generates a reply including at least the requested data and transmits the reply to the client process.
  • the data may be transferred, more commonly, as datagrams or a stream of characters (e.g., bytes).
  • Shared memory refers to the allocation of virtual memory space in order to substantiate a mechanism for which data may be communicated and/or accessed by multiple processes.
  • an initializing process first creates a shareable segment in persistent or non- persistent storage. Post creation, the initializing process then mounts the shareable segment, subsequently mapping the shareable segment into the address space associated with the initializing process. Following the mounting, the initializing process proceeds to identify and grant access permission to one or more authorized processes that may also write and read data to and from the shareable segment. Changes made to the data in the shareable segment by one process may immediately affect other processes, which are also linked to the shareable segment. Further, when one of the authorized processes accesses the shareable segment, the shareable segment maps to the address space of that authorized process. Often, only one authorized process may mount the shareable segment, other than the initializing process, at any given time.
  • the computing system performing one or more embodiments of the invention may include functionality to receive data from a user.
  • a user may submit data via a graphical user interface (GUI) on the user device.
  • GUI graphical user interface
  • Data may be submitted via the GUI by a user selecting one or more GUI widgets or inserting text and other data into GUI widgets using a touchpad, a keyboard, a mouse, or any other input device.
  • information regarding the particular item may be obtained from persistent or non-persistent storage by the computer processor.
  • the contents of the obtained data regarding the particular item may be displayed on the user device in response to the user's selection.
  • a request to obtain data regarding the particular item may be sent to a server operatively connected to the user device through a network.
  • the user may select a uniform resource locator (URL) link within a web client of the user device, thereby initiating a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or other protocol request being sent to the network host associated with the URL.
  • HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
  • the server may extract the data regarding the particular selected item and send the data to the device that initiated the request.
  • the contents of the received data regarding the particular item may be displayed on the user device in response to the user's selection.
  • the data received from the server after selecting the URL link may provide a web page in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) that may be rendered by the web client and displayed on the user device.
  • HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
  • the computing system may extract one or more data items from the obtained data.
  • the extraction may be performed as follows by the computing system in FIG. 5 A.
  • the organizing pattern e.g., grammar, schema, layout
  • the organizing pattern is determined, which may be based on one or more of the following: position (e.g., bit or column position, Nth token in a data stream, etc.), attribute (where the attribute is associated with one or more values), or a hierarchical/tree structure (consisting of layers of nodes at different levels of detail— such as in nested packet headers or nested document sections).
  • the raw, unprocessed stream of data symbols is parsed, in the context of the organizing pattern, into a stream (or layered structure) of tokens (where each token may have an associated token "type").
  • extraction criteria are used to extract one or more data items from the token stream or structure, where the extraction criteria are processed according to the organizing pattern to extract one or more tokens (or nodes from a layered structure).
  • the token(s) at the position(s) identified by the extraction criteria are extracted.
  • the token(s) and/or node(s) associated with the attribute(s) satisfying the extraction criteria are extracted.
  • the token(s) associated with the node(s) matching the extraction criteria are extracted.
  • the extraction criteria may be as simple as an identifier string or may be a query presented to a structured data repository (where the data repository may be organized according to a database schema or data format, such as XML).
  • the extracted data may be used for further processing by the computing system.
  • the computing system of FIG. 5A while performing one or more embodiments of the invention, may perform data comparison.
  • the comparison may be performed by submitting A, B, and an opcode specifying an operation related to the comparison into an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) (i.e., circuitry that performs arithmetic and/or bitwise logical operations on the two data values).
  • ALU arithmetic logic unit
  • the ALU outputs the numerical result of the operation and/or one or more status flags related to the numerical result.
  • the status flags may indicate whether the numerical result is a positive number, a negative number, zero, etc.
  • the comparison may be executed. For example, in order to determine if A > B, B may be subtracted from A (i.e., A - B), and the status flags may be read to determine if the result is positive (i.e., if A > B, then A - B > 0).
  • a and B may be vectors, and comparing A with B requires comparing the first element of vector A with the first element of vector B, the second element of vector A with the second element of vector B, etc.
  • comparing A with B requires comparing the first element of vector A with the first element of vector B, the second element of vector A with the second element of vector B, etc.
  • if A and B are strings, the binary values of the strings may be compared.
  • the computing system in FIG. 5 A may implement and/or be connected to a data repository.
  • a data repository is a database.
  • a database is a collection of information configured for ease of data retrieval, modification, re-organization, and deletion.
  • Database Management System is a software application that provides an interface for users to define, create, query, update, or administer databases.
  • the user, or software application may submit a statement or query into the DBMS. Then the DBMS interprets the statement.
  • the statement may be a select statement to request information, update statement, create statement, delete statement, etc.
  • the statement may include parameters that specify data, or data container (database, table, record, column, view, etc.), identifier(s), conditions (comparison operators), functions (e.g. join, full join, count, average, etc.), sort (e.g. ascending, descending), or others.
  • the DBMS may execute the statement. For example, the DBMS may access a memory buffer, a reference or index a file for read, write, deletion, or any combination thereof, for responding to the statement.
  • the DBMS may load the data from persistent or non-persistent storage and perform computations to respond to the query.
  • the DBMS may return the result(s) to the user or software application.
  • the computing system of FIG. 5 A may include functionality to present raw and/or processed data, such as results of comparisons and other processing.
  • presenting data may be accomplished through various presenting methods.
  • data may be presented through a user interface provided by a computing device.
  • the user interface may include a GUI that displays information on a display device, such as a computer monitor or a touchscreen on a handheld computer device.
  • the GUI may include various GUI widgets that organize what data is shown as well as how data is presented to a user.
  • the GUI may present data directly to the user, e.g., data presented as actual data values through text, or rendered by the computing device into a visual representation of the data, such as through visualizing a data model.
  • a GUI may first obtain a notification from a software application requesting that a particular data object be presented within the GUI.
  • the GUI may determine a data object type associated with the particular data object, e.g., by obtaining data from a data attribute within the data object that identifies the data object type.
  • the GUI may determine any rules designated for displaying that data object type, e.g., rules specified by a software framework for a data object class or according to any local parameters defined by the GUI for presenting that data object type.
  • the GUI may obtain data values from the particular data object and render a visual representation of the data values within a display device according to the designated rules for that data object type.
  • Data may also be presented through various audio methods. In particular, data may be rendered into an audio format and presented as sound through one or more speakers operably connected to a computing device.
  • Data may also be presented to a user through haptic methods.
  • haptic methods may include vibrations or other physical signals generated by the computing system.
  • data may be presented to a user using a vibration generated by a handheld computer device with a predefined duration and intensity of the vibration to communicate the data.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif et un procédé de surveillance de l'hygiène féminine. Plus spécifiquement, des informations de capteur sont obtenues à partir d'un dispositif portable porté à l'intérieur du vagin d'une utilisatrice. Le dispositif portable produit ensuite des mesures, sur la base des informations de capteur, qui concernent au moins un fluide menstruel qui est collecté par le dispositif portable. Ces mesures sont transmises, sans fil, à un dispositif client à proximité, ou un autre dispositif portable (porté de façon externe). Le dispositif client ou autre dispositif portable fournit ensuite à l'utilisateur des notifications relatives à un ou plusieurs paramètres associés aux mesures, à condition que les mesures satisfassent à des critères prédéterminés.
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