Device to device communication

• US 10,212,389 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2017
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Original Assignee: Sorenson Ip Holdings, LLC
• Inventors: Brooksby, Scot Lorin, Montero, Adam, Walker, III, Merle Lamar
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramakrishnaiah, Melur
• Application Number:
  US15/728,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20180199006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 498 Days
• Field of Search: 348 1401- 1412, 379 8816, 37926502, 705 2, 705 3
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/002 Monitoring the patient using a local or closed circuit, e.g. in a room or building A61B5/0017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 80/00 ICT specially adapted for facilitating communication between medical practitioners or patients, e.g. for collaborative diagnosis, therapy or health monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/15 Conference systems

Abstract

A method of device to device communication is provided. The method may include obtaining a request for a communication session at a communication system from a first device. The method may further include obtaining profile data of a user associated with the first device and in response to obtaining the request, selecting a second device of multiple second devices to participate in the communication session using the profile data. In some embodiments, the method may also include establishing the communication session between the first device and the second device using the communication system and generating transcript data of the second device audio. The method may also include sending the transcript data and the second device audio to the first device for presentation of the transcription of the second device audio by the first device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of device to device communication, the method comprising:

obtaining identity data from a first device at a communication system;

in response to obtaining the identity data, providing a communication address to the first device;

after providing the communication address, obtaining a request for a communication session at the communication system from the first device at the communication address;

in response to obtaining the request, selecting a second device of a plurality of second devices to participate in the communication session based on profile data of a user associated with the first device without the request identifying or being associated with the second device;

establishing the communication session between the first device and the second device using the communication system such that the first device provides first device audio to the second device and the second device provides second device audio to the first device;

generating transcript data of the second device audio, the transcript data including a transcription of the second device audio; and

sending the transcript data and the second device audio to the first device for presentation of the transcription of the second device audio by the first device in substantially real-time with presentation of the second device audio by the first device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the communication system obtains the profile data before the first device sends the request for the communication session.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein selecting the second device to participate in the communication session is performed without receiving additional data from the first device after obtaining the request for the communication session.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transcript data is first transcript data, the method further comprising generating second transcript data of the first device audio, the second transcript data including a transcription of the first device audio.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

associating the second transcript data and the first transcript data with the user of the first device; and

storing the second transcript data and the first transcript data outside of the first device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the profile data includes a medical condition of the user and the second device is selected to participate in the communication session based on the medical condition of the user of the first device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising after selecting the second device, providing the medical condition of the user to the second device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining health data of the user using the request for the communication session; and

providing the health data of the user and the profile data to the second device for concurrent use with the communication session.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second device is used by a health care professional.

10. One or more non-transitory media configured to store instructions that in response to being executed by one or more processors cause the communication system to perform the computer-implemented method of claim 1.

11. A computer-implemented method of device to device communication, the method comprising:

obtaining profile data of a user associated with a first device;

after obtaining the profile data, obtaining a request for a communication session at a communication system from the first device;

in response to obtaining the request, selecting a second device to participate in the communication session using the profile data without the request identifying or being associated with the second device;

establishing the communication session between the first device and the second device using the communication system such that the first device provides first device data to the second device and the second device provides second device data to the first device;

generating transcript data of the second device data, the transcript data including a transcription of the second device data; and

sending the transcript data and the second device data to the first device for presentation of the transcription of the second device data by the first device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the transcript data is first transcript data, the method further comprising generating second transcript data of the first device data, the second transcript data including a transcription of the first device data.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the presentation of the transcription of the second device data by the first device is in substantially real-time with presentation of the second device data by the first device.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the second device data is audio data of an audio communication session or a video communication session.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein selecting the second device is performed without receiving additional data from the first device after obtaining the request for the communication session.

16. One or more non-transitory media configured to store instructions that in response to being executed by one or more processors cause the communication system to perform the computer-implemented method of claim 11.

17. A communication system comprising:

a routing system configured to;

obtain profile data of a user associated with a first device;

after obtaining the profile data, obtain a request for a communication session from the first device;

in response to the request, select a second device to participate in the communication session using the profile data without the request identifying or being associated with the second device; and

establish the communication session between the first device and the second device such that the first device provides first device data to the second device and the second device provides second device data to the first device; and

a transcription system configured to receive the second device data from the routing system, the transcription system further configured to generate transcript data of the second device data, the transcript data including a transcription of the second device data,

wherein the transcript data and the second device data are provided to the first device for presentation of the transcription of the second device data by the first device.

18. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the transcript data is first transcript data, the transcription system further configured to receive the first device data from the routing system and to generate second transcript data of the first device data, the second transcript data including a transcription of the first device data.

19. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the second device data is audio data of an audio communication session or a video communication session.

20. The communication system of claim 17, wherein the routing system is further configured to select the second device without receiving additional data from the first device after obtaining the request for the communication session.