Patent Application

Johnson and Johnson Consumer Inc

System and method for verified reporting of illness states using disparate datasets

Inventors: Sumeet Narula, Matt Weight, Gavin McDonough, Christopher Jones, Derek Hood, Carina Nicklaw, Kristopher Khol

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Patent: US20160328537A1
Type: Application
Filed: May 9, 2016
Publication date: November 10, 2016

Status: Pending

Abstract: Illness states are reported to create disparate data sets associated with illness reports. The illness reports are verified by comparing and correlating information in the data sets. Illness reports are indicated by location-specific markers displayed on a map of a particular geographical region of interest by a computing device having a display screen. Illness reports having associated data in both data sets are considered to be verified, and thus to have a higher level of relevance as more reliable, more persuasive, more severe, and/or more accurate. Verification indicators are displayed on the display screen in association with each marker for which the associated illness report has been verified. Accordingly, reported illnesses are displayed on a geographically-relevant basis in differentiated fashion to provide a visual indication of verified and unverified reported illnesses.

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