Hands-free communication and automated billing system and method
AssigneeVuzix Corporation
InventorsPaul J. Travers, Robert W. Gray
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Abstract
A method of real-time communication, including providing a first electronic communications device in signal communication with a network, wherein the first electronic communications device includes a processing unit, and providing a second electronic communications device in signal communication with the network. Initiating a communications session between the first and second electronic communications devices, tracking a duration of the communications session, and ending the communications session between the first and second communications devices. Generating billing data as a function of the duration of the communication session and automatically transmitting the billing data to a billing agency.
Claims20
A method of real-time communication, comprising:
- providing a first electronic communications device in signal communication with a network, wherein said first electronic communications device comprises a processing unit;
- providing a second electronic communications device in signal communication with said network;
- initiating a communications session between said first and second electronic communications devices, wherein said communications session comprises audio and video communications, wherein said first and second electronic communications devices are each operable to transmit and receive information;
- identifying participants of said communications session via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
- tracking a duration of said communications session via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
- ending said communications session between said first and second communications devices;
- generating billing data as a function of a billing rate of at least one of said participants of said communications session and said duration of said communications session via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
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- automatically transmitting said billing data to a billing agency.
A method of real-time communication, comprising:
- providing a first electronic communications device in signal communication with a network, wherein said first electronic communications device comprises a processing unit;
- providing a second electronic communications device in signal communication with said network;
- identifying a patient via at least one of an identification number, a barcode, and facial recognition software via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
- initiating a communications session between said first and second electronic communications devices;
- displaying telemetry of said patient via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
- ending said communications session between said first and second electronic communications devices;
- generating billing data as a function of a duration of said communications session via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
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- automatically transmitting said billing data to a billing agency.
A method of billing communication, comprising:
- providing a first electronic communications device in signal communication with a network, wherein said first electronic communications device comprises a processing unit;
- providing a second electronic communications device in signal communication with said network;
- initiating a communications session between said first and second electronic communications devices, wherein said first and second electronic communications devices are each operable to transmit and receive information;
- identifying at least one of materials and equipment utilized during said communications session via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices;
- ending said communications session between said first and second electronic communications devices;
- generating billing data as a function of at least one of said materials and said equipment utilized during said communications session;
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- automatically transmitting said billing data to a billing agency via at least one of said first and second electronic communications devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.