Use of location awareness to facilitate clinician-charger interaction in a healthcare environment
First Claim
1. A charger for electrically charging a plurality of mobile terminals of a healthcare establishment communications network, said charger comprising:
- a plurality of charging stations, each one of the charging stations being adapted to receive a respective one of the mobile terminals and being operative to electrically charge the respective one of the mobile terminals;
an input for receiving an indication of potential retrieval of one of the mobile terminals from the charger; and
a mobile terminal suggestion unit coupled to said input, said mobile terminal suggestion unit being operative to physically suggest a particular one of the mobile terminals to be retrieved from the charger in response to reception at said input of an indication of potential retrieval of one of the mobile terminals from the charger.
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Abstract
A charger for electrically charging a plurality of mobile terminals of a healthcare establishment communications network. The charger comprises a plurality of charging stations, each charging station receiving a respective one of the mobile terminals and electrically charging the respective terminal; an input for receiving an indication of potential retrieval of one of the terminals from the charger; and a terminal suggestion unit coupled to said input, said terminal suggestion unit being operative to physically suggest a particular one of the terminals to be retrieved from the charger in response to reception at said input of an indication of potential retrieval of one of the terminals from the charger. In this way, the convenience with which a clinician may pick a terminal from the charger is enhanced. Various additional security features may be provided to prevent information from becoming displayed on the selected terminal until successful authentication by the clinician.
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51 Claims
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1. A charger for electrically charging a plurality of mobile terminals of a healthcare establishment communications network, said charger comprising:
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a plurality of charging stations, each one of the charging stations being adapted to receive a respective one of the mobile terminals and being operative to electrically charge the respective one of the mobile terminals;
an input for receiving an indication of potential retrieval of one of the mobile terminals from the charger; and
a mobile terminal suggestion unit coupled to said input, said mobile terminal suggestion unit being operative to physically suggest a particular one of the mobile terminals to be retrieved from the charger in response to reception at said input of an indication of potential retrieval of one of the mobile terminals from the charger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of managing retrieval of a mobile terminal of a healthcare establishment communications network from a charger electrically charging a plurality of mobile terminals of the healthcare establishment communications network, said method comprising:
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receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a potential user of one of the mobile terminals;
determining whether the potential user is positioned relative to the charger such that a potential user-charger proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag; and
responsive to the potential user-charger proximity condition being satisfied, physically suggesting a particular one of the mobile terminals to be retrieved from the charger. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system for managing retrieval of a mobile terminal of a healthcare establishment communications network from a charger electrically charging a plurality of mobile terminals of the healthcare establishment communications network, said system comprising:
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a first functional entity adapted to determine, based at least in part on data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a potential user, when the potential user is positioned relative to the charger such that a proximity condition is satisfied for the potential user and the charger;
a second functional entity adapted to select one of the mobile terminals suitable for retrieval from the charger; and
a third functional entity adapted to indicate to the potential user which of the mobile terminals is the selected mobile terminal, in response to the proximity condition being satisfied for the potential user and the charger. - View Dependent Claims (51)
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