Healthbook, HealthKit, and iResearch Names Revealed in Trademark Filings

[thleeal]

hhhmmmm

research sounds interesting hopefully it will be an application that can keep track of ideas that people have things that you want to look up later but generally tend to forget about. I know I have things like this scattered throughout my notes that I’ve forgotten about, but if I had little reminder to keep track of the things that would be great.


Will Siri get command and control features on the Mac?

 

[pdaholic]

Thank goodness for the hydration card. I'm never certain if I'm thirsty or not.

 

[Slarti.BartFast]

no chance

Looks like more pointless icons on my phone, they can join voice memos, stocks, notes, game center, reminders, compass, newsstand, FaceTime, siri, apple maps, iCloud, twitter, Facebook, flickr and vimeo.

I realise most people use all this stuff, but to me it's like having a Windows PC with loads of bloatware installed - Apple talk about clean design, then install stuff I'm never going to use and can't get rid of.

 

[.Andy]

iResearch, and iReasearch.

iReasearch has found an extra 'a' already.

 

[BruiserB]

I wonder how many of these attributes are supposed to be dynamically measured by the iWatch or other device vs what is just a static record of lab results? Seems like there's a mixture of both in the app. I can't imagine the iWatch will be capable of doing "Bloodwork." It would be great if they build in a link to a service like "MyChart" which is used by many physician offices so that when you have tests done the results auto populate HealthBook.

 

[byke]

Not feeling it (screen shots).

 

[lowercaseperson]

Kurzweil's Singularity?

Kurzweil predicted a major paradigm shift around 2014 (again in 2021 I think) and if you take a look around seems to me like it's happening. I mean last year with the first widely accepted mobile biometric security device (Touch ID), and now mobile health monitoring (say what you like, if not this year Apple will release some type of device soon).

I'm not saying I totally understand the direction of the shift, but I lean toward thinking this must be it. Apple must have bigger plans for the Touch ID than mobile payments. What I see is having universal devices (eventually). Log on to any Apple device with a Touch ID just by placing your finger on it? Steve wanted it to all be web based applications anyway, I have to think there was a reason for that. If every application is web based and home screen icons are simply links - you could download a packet of all your information onto any device in the time it takes to load the home screen (or close to).

I see the same thing with mobile health monitoring. It may seem like a niche now, or even a gimmick - but give it 5-7 years and we'll all wonder how we ever did without...whatever it evolves into.

P.S. I'm not saying either Apple OR Samsung (or anyone else) are leading the charge into the next paradigm shift - just that it seems to be happening and biometrics (monitoring AND scanning) appear to be that next big step. Also, I'm not sure how I feel about it, but it seems quite inevitable.

 

[IJ Reilly]

Sorry, but it's cannot, not "can not."

It wouldn't be an MR story if it didn't make your brain hurt.

 

[b0nd18t]

Healthbook? Mehh.

 

[lowercaseperson]

Wonder if there will be a way to access the "emergency card" from the lock screen. Having all your allergy information and surgical history won't do you a bit of good if an EMS crew can't get to it.

(this is all assuming there will even BE a healthbook app w/ an emergency card)

 

[AngerDanger]

Not the best execution in this mockup. Blood pressure looks clunky with the almost overlapping text :/

Agreed. The funny (odd, stupid, sad?) part is that simply making the text slightly brighter would actually make the whole UI, you know, legible.

 

[iWe]

Looks like more pointless icons on my phone, they can join voice memos, stocks, notes, game center, reminders, compass, newsstand, FaceTime, siri, apple maps, iCloud, twitter, Facebook, flickr and vimeo.

I realise most people use all this stuff, but to me it's like having a Windows PC with loads of bloatware installed - Apple talk about clean design, then install stuff I'm never going to use and can't get rid of.

It sounds to me that you don't really need an iPhone either...

 

[Slarti.BartFast]

Sounds like you don't really need an iPhone either...

Love my iPhone, I use Things, MacJournal, iTunes, BBC iPlayer Radio, Michelin Navigation, BBC News App, Contacts, Calendar, mSecure, Mail, Docs to go etc I just want to remove all the stuff I don't use.

 

[cgc]

I'm curious how the NSA will integrate the data mined from HealthBook...maybe to ensure the drone strike actually killed you...maybe to improve drone strike accuracy...hmmm...

 

[Roller]

Healthbook? Mehh.

Mehh? Meh.

 

[ThunderSkunk]

I find myself using iOS less and less the more scattered and isolated the useful functionality gets.

Skype, email, Numbers, iDraw, & Autocad & Netflix is all I really make time for anymore. ...& mostly it's Netflix.

 

[Cigsm]

You can get rid of twitter, Facebook Flickr and Vimeo. Siri is not an app and so not an icon on your phone. Further
You can put them all in one folder and problem solved

Looks like more pointless icons on my phone, they can join voice memos, stocks, notes, game center, reminders, compass, newsstand, FaceTime, siri, apple maps, iCloud, twitter, Facebook, flickr and vimeo.



I realise most people use all this stuff, but to me it's like having a Windows PC with loads of bloatware installed - Apple talk about clean design, then install stuff I'm never going to use and can't get rid of.

 

[Parasprite]

You can get rid of twitter, Facebook Flickr and Vimeo. Siri is not an app and so not an icon on your phone. Further
You can put them all in one folder and problem solved

Siri is an icon on the keyboard in many languages (which you can disable). You can't get rid of Twitter/etc. they will always be in the Settings menu (oh well) and the share menu (my personal annoyance, since I'm not even logged into any of these places).

But yes, you can make a junk folder. You got that one right.

Looks like more pointless icons on my phone, they can join voice memos, stocks, notes, game center, reminders, compass, newsstand, FaceTime, siri, apple maps, iCloud, twitter, Facebook, flickr and vimeo.

I realise most people use all this stuff, but to me it's like having a Windows PC with loads of bloatware installed - Apple talk about clean design, then install stuff I'm never going to use and can't get rid of.

If you didn't know, you can hide FaceTime and Siri in The Settings menu through Restrictions (Siri can also be disabled in it's own settings menu). I don't personally mind having the option of a lot of these, but they really held onto Stocks for far more than is necessary...I mean what is this, a "smartphone" phone from 2002?

On another note, try getting an Android phone some time from a provider like Sprint. You know nothing of pain and unremovable bloatware.

 

[x-evil-x]

Looks like more pointless icons on my phone, they can join voice memos, stocks, notes, game center, reminders, compass, newsstand, FaceTime, siri, apple maps, iCloud, twitter, Facebook, flickr and vimeo.

I realise most people use all this stuff, but to me it's like having a Windows PC with loads of bloatware installed - Apple talk about clean design, then install stuff I'm never going to use and can't get rid of.

let me guess, you are not very physical active?

For me i would love all these things built into sensors. Not sure how they can do all that in a watch so I'm excited to see what comes of this.

 

[Parasprite]

let me guess, you are not very physical active?

For me i would love all these things built into sensors. Not sure how they can do all that in a watch so I'm excited to see what comes of this.

I'd love to have newsstand and vimeo built into sensors.

 

[Slarti.BartFast]

Siri is an icon on the keyboard in many languages (which you can disable). You can't get rid of Twitter/etc. they will always be in the Settings menu (oh well) and the share menu (my personal annoyance, since I'm not even logged into any of these places).

But yes, you can make a junk folder. You got that one right.



If you didn't know, you can hide FaceTime and Siri in The Settings menu through Restrictions (Siri can also be disabled in it's own settings menu). I don't personally mind having the option of a lot of these, but they really held onto Stocks for far more than is necessary...I mean what is this, a "smartphone" phone from 2002?

On another note, try getting an Android phone some time from a provider like Sprint. You know nothing of pain and unremovable bloatware.

That's it for me, I don't use Twitter etc and yet when I chose to share something I have navigate around stuff I don't use just because it's built in to the OS

let me guess, you are not very physical active?

For me i would love all these things built into sensors. Not sure how they can do all that in a watch so I'm excited to see what comes of this.

Not that active really, three trips a week to the gym and that's really only to keep me fit for skiing. When I do go the gym I don't take my phone anyway.

 

[jimbobb24]

Stupid

Health info, watches, whatever all seem pretty stupid. People with HTN so bad they need to check their BP daily (maybe 5% people with HTN) probably already have apps. Same with diabetics. Otherwise for most people the marginal gain of keeping track of these sort of metrics outside specific goals (run. Marathon, lose weight, lift more weight) must be very close to zero. It just seems desperate to join this pointless market. A killer app/device would be something that could scan you meal and estimate the calories.

I am interested to see what Apple does. But this type of health information tracking fetish is pretty rare. But maybe they have figured out something we all need.

 

[divinemercy]

So:

Firstly I think that having this app can be useful. And for those that think that having this data is worthless unless you are already sick I would say firstly that having this app could help PREVENT illness -- secondly, you seem to simply lack an appreciation for the power of data. Look up some of the speeches given by Wolfram about the power of personal data - it's very compelling.

Secondly, if they release this app without releasing a device specifically that tracks all of these things I think that that would be a major mistake. It just doesn't make sense to announce this application before the iWatch (or whatever). Best case scenario people just have a lame app on their phone taking up space as they wait... Worst case is people actually USE it with other devices, and when the iWatch is released it is far less compelling. ("Meh, i'm already using health book with my (insert device)... I don't really need an watch). As opposed to releasing them together (OMG apple released an iWatch with this really cool app!! I should buy the device cause it's new and apple omg. *throws away old device*)

You see my point.