Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining settings of a medical device associated with a patient. The apparatus comprises a) means for receiving a patient-specific value of a least one parameter; b) means for generating a profile for the patient based on the patient-specific value; and c) means for determining a setting of at least one operating parameter of the medical device based on a comparison of the profile for the patient with stored profiles of the patient and/or of other patients in a storage medium, each stored profile comprising a stored setting of the at least one operating parameter and a stored patient-specific value of the at least one parameter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to optimizing a health state of a patient. An apparatus comprises a) means for receiving a patient-specific value of at least one parameter; b) means for generating a profile for the patient based at least in part on the patient-specific value; c) means for selecting a stored profile out of one or more stored profiles of the patient and/or of other patients in a storage medium, the selecting based on a comparison of the stored profile and the generated profile for the patient, wherein the stored profile comprises a stored feedback and a stored patient-specific value of the at least one parameter; and d) means for providing feedback to patient based on the stored feedback.

Abstract: A method, protection overlay and system in which different service streams are distributed via a plurality of links, comprising logically separating the service streams according to service type profile; allocating resources for working and backup capacity according to the service type profile; and defining a link aggregation group (LAG) including at least one worker link for carrying high priority service streams and at least one backup link for carrying low priority service streams; whereby in response to worker link failure, at least higher priority service streams are transitioned from a failed worker link to a backup link.

Abstract: A method, protection overlay and system in which different service streams are distributed via a plurality of links, comprising logically separating the service streams according to service type profile; allocating resources for working and backup capacity according to the service type profile; and defining a link aggregation group (LAG) including at least one worker link for carrying high priority service streams and at least one backup link for carrying low priority service streams; whereby in response to worker link failure, at least higher priority service streams are transitioned from a failed worker link to a backup link.