Patent ID: 8147406

Claim:
A vital data utilization system comprising: a server; a receiving apparatus; and a plurality of measurement instruments, wherein said server, said receiving apparatus and said measurement instruments are connected via a communication network, wherein each of said measurement instruments includes: a vital data measurement device that measures a body temperature of a respective subject; and a sending device that sends the measured body temperature to said server, wherein said server includes: a receiving device that receives a plurality of measured body temperatures from said plurality of measurement instruments; a storage device that stores each of the plurality of body temperatures, each of the plurality of body temperatures being stored in association with residence information indicating a position of a respective residence of the subject at which a respective measurement instrument included in said plurality of measurement instruments is placed; a database making device that stores the plurality of body temperatures into said storage device to make a database including the plurality body temperatures, each of the plurality of body temperatures being included in the database in association with the residence information; a value-added information making device that calculates, for each respective area of a plurality of areas, an average value of the plurality of body temperatures, based on (a) the plurality of body temperatures of the subjects and (b) the residence information associated with the plurality of body temperatures, and makes, from the plurality of body temperatures included in the database, value-added information indicating a geographical distribution of average values of the plurality of body temperatures calculated for the respective areas using shading such that the shading becomes darker as the average values increase and such that the shading becomes lighter as the average values decrease; and a value-added information providing device that provides said receiving apparatus with the value-added information, and wherein said receiving apparatus includes an output device that receives the value-added information provided by said value-added information providing device, and presents and outputs the geographical distribution of the average values of the plurality of body temperatures, such that the geographical distribution is superimposed on a map, the geographical distribution representing the average values using shading such that the shading becomes darker as the average values increase and such that the shading becomes lighter as the average values decrease.