Patent ID: 7264591

Claim:
An airflow monitoring system comprising: (a) at least one central server arranged to receive and communicate data; (b) at least one microprocessor-based subsystem (i) including at least one microprocessor, a display and a memory and (ii) configured to present information on the display and provide a digital signal representative of airflow from a person and (iii) arranged to establish a communication link with the central server, facilitate a communication of airflow-related data during the communication link to the central server and terminate the communication link after the communication of the airflow-related data has finished; and (c) at least one professional computer in signal communication with the central server to receive health-related information based on the airflow-related data received from the microprocessor-based subsystem and to send at least one message from the professional computer to the central server, wherein the central server stores the message at least until after a communication link has been established by the microprocessor-based subsystem and sends the message to the at least one microprocessor-based subsystem.