Voice assistant system
AssigneeVocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.
InventorsCharles Thomas Emerick, James R. Logan, Richard Anthony Bates, James Wahl
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses to assist a user in the performance of a plurality of tasks are provided. The invention includes storing at least one care plan for a resident, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed for providing care to the resident. Capturing speech inputs from the user, and providing speech outputs to the user to provide a speech dialog with the user reflective of the care plan. Information is captured with a contactless communication interface and is used for engaging the care plan.
Claims20
A method of caring for a resident using at least one mobile device comprising:
- maintaining stored individualized care plans for a plurality of residents in a voice transaction manager accessed on a network, a care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed by a user for providing care to the resident;
- capturing speech input from the user through the mobile device;
- providing speech output to a user through the mobile device;
- using the speech input and speech output and providing a speech dialog with the user through the mobile device, the speech dialog being reflective of a care plan for a resident;
- capturing non-spoken information from an item with a contactless communication interface;
- using the non-spoken captured information for associating the item with a resident and to initiate the speech dialog such that the speech dialog is related to the captured information;
- controlling a peripheral apparatus across a distributed computing system on the network with the mobile device by using the non-spoken captured information apart from the voice transaction manager.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a microphone for capturing speech inputs from a user;
- a speaker for providing speech outputs to a user;
- a processor;
- a memory;
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- program code resident in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor to assist a user with providing care to a resident by accessing a voice transaction manager storing at least one care plan in the memory for a resident, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed by a user to provide care to the resident, the program code further configured to use the speech inputs and speech outputs to provide a speech dialog with a user that is reflective of a care plan for the resident;
- a contactless communication interface coupled with the processor for capturing non-spoken information from an item;
- the program code further configured to use the non-spoken captured information for associating the item with a resident and to initiate the speech dialog such that the speech dialog is related to the captured information;
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- controlling a peripheral apparatus with an external interface on the apparatus by using the non-spoken captured information apart from the voice transaction manager.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.