Two-way television enabled therapeutic communication systems and methods
AssigneeFirst Layer Health L.L.C.
InventorPaul Wessel
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Abstract
A communication method and system for providing a secure communication pathway between a user and a third-party is described. The system uses a telecommunications provider which has a controller for distributing and controlling electronic communications between a database, a translation server, a third-party provider of content and public identification information (PII), and at least one television of a user. The at least one television has a set-top box (STB) and a remote control. The STB has a unique electronic identifier (STB-ID). The STB communicates with the controller and the at least one television utilizing the STB-ID to ensure secure communications between the user, the telecommunications provider and the third-party.
Claims10
A method of monitoring activity and behavior of a user within a home of the user, comprising:
- creating and identifying a unique electronic identifier for each of a plurality of set top boxes or televisions in the home of the user, each set top box being associated with a different television having a different physical location within the home of the user and configured to receive content from a telecommunications provider and display the content on the corresponding television;
- monitoring user interactions with the plurality of set top boxes and corresponding televisions in the home of the user based on the unique electronic identifier for each of the plurality of set top boxes or televisions;
- recording the user interactions in a database;
- analyzing the user interactions to establish one or more activity or behavioral patterns of the user;
- comparing subsequent user interactions with the plurality of set top boxes to the one or more activity or behavioral patterns to determine deviations from the one or more activity or behavioral patterns;
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- determining that the deviations from the one or more activity or behavioral patterns based on the user interactions with the plurality of set top boxes are indicative of a change in a health condition of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.