ASSISTIVE COMMUNICATION DEVICE
First Claim
1. A patient-caregiver communications system comprising:
- a plurality of patient communications modules with which respective patients may communicate with a caregiver;
a caregiver message device comprising a caregiver display for displaying status of communication with any one of said plurality of patient communications modules;
wherein;
said caregiver display has a plurality of status indicators indicating when a message has arrived from a respective one of said patient communications modules and at least one of (1) whether a caregiver has been notified of said message, (2) whether said caregiver has acknowledged said notification, and (3) whether said caregiver has responded to said message.
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Abstract
An assistive communication device of the type on which a user can compose a message to be spoken by the device, using an input device to select items on a display to construct the message, can operate in a mode suitable for visually impaired and/or inexperienced users by aurally stepping through the available choices, explaining to the user the consequences of selecting each choice. The order in which choices are presented in these modes may differ from a mode in which they would be presented to an experienced or fully-sighted user. Even for an experienced user, the order in which choices are highlighted on the display may differ according the user'"'"'s usage history. The device may be connected to external communications, including a telephone line, a data network for electronic mail, or a caregiver alert device. The caregiver alert device may be portable, or may be a caregivers'"'"' station console.
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22 Claims
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1. A patient-caregiver communications system comprising:
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a plurality of patient communications modules with which respective patients may communicate with a caregiver;
a caregiver message device comprising a caregiver display for displaying status of communication with any one of said plurality of patient communications modules;
wherein;
said caregiver display has a plurality of status indicators indicating when a message has arrived from a respective one of said patient communications modules and at least one of (1) whether a caregiver has been notified of said message, (2) whether said caregiver has acknowledged said notification, and (3) whether said caregiver has responded to said message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A caregiver message device comprising:
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a caregiver display for displaying status of communication with any one of a plurality of patient communications modules;
wherein;
said caregiver display has a plurality of status indicators indicating when a message has arrived from a respective one of said patient communications modules and at least one of (1) whether a caregiver has been notified of said message, (2) whether said caregiver has acknowledged said notification, and (3) whether said caregiver has responded to said message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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