# US 11,029,913 B1 · Customizable real-time electronic whiteboard system

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- Number: US 11,029,913 B1
- Document ID: US11029913B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 15/627,125
- Filed: 2017-06-19
- Granted: 2021-06-08
- Earliest claimed: 2015-02-03
- Assignees: C/HCA, Inc.
- Applicants: C/HCA, Inc.
- Inventors: Vincent Doyle, III; Robert Barnett Rhodes; Gina Marie Ragans; Sameer Sunilkumar David; Marne Lynn Owens; David Charles Sanderson; Janet McCallister; Lisa Ann Pitts
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029913B1

## CPC

- G06F 3/1454: {involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay}
- G09G 5/00: Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators (image data processing or generation, in general G06T)
- G09G 5/391: Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats
- G16H 10/60: for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
- G16H 80/00: ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
- H04W 4/023: {using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds}
- G09G 2320/08: Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
- G09G 2340/00: Aspects of display data processing
- G09G 2340/0442: Handling or displaying different aspect ratios, or changing the aspect ratio
- G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

Described herein is a system in which multiple display devices may be located remotely throughout a facility. The system receives location information for a number of users within the facility. The system is able to identify a set of users collocated with a particular display device and generate a set of configuration settings specific to that set of users. Information provided by the system, either in response to an information request or automatically, may be formatted and/or filtered according to the generated set of configuration settings. In some embodiments, the set of configuration settings may be compiled from each of the users in the set of users based on priority.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system, comprising:
a display device associated with a display device location;
a real-time location system configured to report location information associated with a plurality of users;
a plurality of locator devices in communication with the real-time location system, wherein each of the plurality of users are in possession of a locator device of the plurality of locator devices;
a system management device in communication with the plurality of locator devices and in communication with the real-time location system, the system management device comprising:
a processor device; and
a memory including instructions that, when executed with the processor device, cause the system to, at least:
maintain configuration settings in association with the plurality of users, the configuration settings comprising an indication of a role associated with each user of the plurality of users;
receive location information associated with one or more collocated users of the plurality of users within a vicinity of the display device location, the one or more collocated users including a target user and at least one other user;
determine, based on the configuration settings maintained in association with the one or more collocated users, one or more roles associated with the at least one other user;
identify target user-specific information that characterizes a medical condition of the target user of the one or more collocated users, wherein a type of information included in the target user-specific information is identified based on a medical specialty of a first user of the at least one other user, and the target user-specific information includes test results that characterize the medical condition of the target user and are related to the medical specialty of the first user;
cause the target user-specific information to be presented to the one or more collocated users on the display device; and
provide additional target user-specific information that characterizes the medical condition of the target user to a mobile device that is associated with the first user, wherein the additional target user-specific information includes more details than the target user-specific information, and the additional target user-specific information is related to the medical specialty of the first user.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein each role associated with each user of the plurality of users is assigned a priority, and wherein the instructions further cause the system to identify a highest-priority role from the one or more roles associated with the at least one other user.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein the type of information included in the target user-specific information is identified based on the highest-priority role from the one or more roles associated with the at least one other user.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein information related to the one or more collocated users is also presented on the display device.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The system of claim 4, wherein the information related to the one or more collocated users comprises at least an image of each of the one or more collocated users.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein identifying the target user-specific information comprises identifying information to be prevented from being presented on the display device based on at least one role of the one or more roles associated with the one or more collocated users.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of mobile devices communicatively coupled to the system management device, wherein the plurality of mobile devices includes the mobile device that is associated with the first user.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the target user-specific information relevant to the target user of the one or more collocated users is identified in response to receiving an information request from the mobile device that is associated with the first user.

### Claim 9

A computer-implemented method comprising:
maintaining configuration settings in relation to a plurality of users, the configuration settings comprising an indication of a role associated with each user of the plurality of users;
receiving location information related to a subset of the plurality of users, the subset of the plurality of users including a target user and at least one other user, the location information including an indication of coordinates of each user in the subset of the plurality of users;
identifying, based on the received location information and based on location information maintained with respect to a plurality of display devices, a display device of the plurality of display devices within a vicinity of the subset of the plurality of users;
determining a role for each of the at least one other user based on the configuration settings maintained with respect to each of the users in the subset of the plurality of users;
retrieving, with respect to the target user of the subset of the plurality of users, a set of target user information that characterizes a medical condition of the target user, wherein a type of information included in the set of target user information is retrieved based on a medical specialty of a first user of the at least one other user, and the set of target user information includes test results that characterize the medical condition of the target user and are related to the medical specialty of the first user;
causing the set of target user information to be displayed on the identified display device; and
providing additional target user information that characterizes the medical condition of the target user to a mobile device that is associated with the first user, wherein the additional target user information includes more details than the set of target user information, and the additional target user information is related to the medical specialty of the first user.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the set of target user information is retrieved automatically.

### Claim 11 (depends on 9)

The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising determining a priority for each user of the at least one other user based on the determined role for that user.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the set of target user information is formatted according to formatting information associated with the user of the at least one other user having a highest priority.

### Claim 13 (depends on 9)

The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the set of target user information is retrieved in response to receiving an information request from the mobile device that is associated with the first user.

### Claim 14

An electronic whiteboard device comprising:
a display device;
a processor device; and
a memory including instructions that, when executed with the processor device, cause the electronic whiteboard device to, at least:
receive a first request for information to be presented on the display device of the electronic whiteboard device;
receive an indication of a set of users proximate to the electronic whiteboard device, the set of users including a target user and at least one other user;
identify each of the users in the set of users;
identify configuration settings associated with each of the users in the set of users;
identify roles for each of the at least one other user in the set of users based on the configuration settings;
generate a second request for information that characterizes a medical condition of the target user, the second request for information including an indication of the identified roles;
send the second request for information to a service provider, such that a type of the information retrieved by the service provider is determined based on a medical specialty of a first user of the at least one other user, and the information includes test results that characterize the medical condition of the target user and are related to the medical specialty of the first user;
receive, from the service provider and in response to the second request for information, the information that characterizes the medical condition of the target user;
display the received information via the display device; and
provide additional information that characterizes the medical condition of the target user to a mobile device that is associated with the first user, wherein the additional information includes more details than the received information, and the additional information is related to the medical specialty of the first user.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The electronic whiteboard device of claim 14, wherein identifying the configuration settings associated with each of the users in the set of users comprises:
providing an indication of the set of users to the service provider; and
receiving, from the service provider, the configuration settings associated with each of the users in the set of users.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The electronic whiteboard device of claim 14, wherein at least a portion of the received information is filtered out in accordance with at least one role associated with a user of the at least one other user.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The electronic whiteboard device of claim 16, wherein the portion of the received information is sensitive information that is prevented from being displayed on the electronic whiteboard device.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The electronic whiteboard device of claim 14, wherein the first request for information to be presented on the display device of the electronic whiteboard device is received from a mobile device in communication with the electronic whiteboard device.

### Claim 19 (depends on 14)

The electronic whiteboard device of claim 14, wherein the first request for information to be presented on the display device of the electronic whiteboard device includes an indication of a presentee.