PERSONAL VIRTUAL ASSISTANT
First Claim
1. A personal virtual assistant system, comprising:
- a remote station carried by a user;
an electronic medical device to sense physiological information about the user, the electronic medical device coupled to the remote station;
a control processor coupled to the remote station via a bidirectional communication link; and
a rules engine coupled to the control processor, wherein the control processor and rules engine use the sensed physiological information to determine whether a medical trend exists and, based on the determination of the medical trend, automatically provide advice to relating to the medical trend.
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Abstract
A personal virtual assistant is provided. The personal virtual assistant includes a medical device and remote station that is connectable via a wireless network to a server containing a control processor and rules engine. The medical device is used to provide physiological information to the remote station. The remote station communicates the physiological information and other related information to the server that monitors the information for a number of reasons, including determining whether the physiological information has a trend. Based on the detrimental trend, the server communicates back to the remote station virtual assistance in the form of advice regarding tips to help facilitate halting or reversing the trend.
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61 Claims
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1. A personal virtual assistant system, comprising:
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a remote station carried by a user; an electronic medical device to sense physiological information about the user, the electronic medical device coupled to the remote station; a control processor coupled to the remote station via a bidirectional communication link; and a rules engine coupled to the control processor, wherein the control processor and rules engine use the sensed physiological information to determine whether a medical trend exists and, based on the determination of the medical trend, automatically provide advice to relating to the medical trend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 61)
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18. A method for automatically providing virtual assistant to a user based on physiological information of the user, the steps comprising:
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sensing physiological information of the user; transmitting the sensed physiological information of the user to a control processor and rules engine; determining by the control processor and rules engine whether the physiological information has a trend; and if it is determined that the trend exists, automatically providing the user with virtual assistance from the control processor and rules engine based on the trend. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 40, 41, 42)
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29. A computer readable media embodying a method for automatically providing virtual assistant to a user based on physiological information of the user, the method comprising:
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receiving physiological information of the user; transmitting the physiological information of the user to a control processor and rules engine; determining by the control processor and rules engine whether the physiological information has a trend; and if it is determined that the trend exists, automatically providing the user with virtual assistance from the control processor and rules engine based on the trend. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A remote station apparatus comprising:
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a transmit/receive circuit that is operable to communicate information over a wireless network; a user interface; and a control processor, wherein the control processor receives physiological information relating to a user and causes the physiological information to be communicated by the at least one transmit receive circuit to a server and the control processor receives virtual assistance information from the server and displays the virtual assistance information to the user via the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (33)
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34. A remote station apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving physiological information relating to a user; means for transmitting the physiological information over a wireless network to a server; means for receiving virtual assistance from the server; and means for providing the virtual assistance to the user.
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35. A method for identifying patterns in physiological information of the user, the method comprising the steps of:
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sensing physiological information of the user; transmitting the sensed physiological information of the user to a control processor and rules engine; storing the physiological information for at least a selected period of time; analyzing the physiological information over the selected period of time to determine whether at least one pattern exists; and providing virtual assistance to the user relating to the at least one pattern. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 51, 52, 53)
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43. A method for tailoring a virtual assistant to provide tips, the method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring a range of data relating to a virtual assistant user, the data comprising physiological information and tips provided to the virtual assistant user by a virtual assistant; determining whether at least one range for providing tips requires adjustment; and adjusting the at least one range to tailor the at least one range to the virtual assistant user. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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54. A system for providing virtual assistance to a user when a trend in physiological information is detected, the system comprising:
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a remote station carried by a user; an electronic medical device to sense physiological information about the user, the electronic medical device coupled to the remote station; a memory, the memory coupled to the remote station to store physiological information over at least a selected time period; a pattern recognition engine connected to the memory, the pattern recognition engine to analyze the stored physiological information over at least the selected time period to determine whether a pattern exists in the physiological information; and a rules engine, the rules engine connected to the pattern recognition engine such that when the pattern recognition engine determines the pattern exists, the rules engine generates a tip based on the detected pattern. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A computer readable media embodying a method for providing virtual assistance to a user when a trend in physiological information is detected, the method comprising:
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receiving physiological information about a user; storing the received physiological information for at least a selected period of time; analyzing the received physiological information over at least the selected period of time to determine whether a pattern exists in the physiological information; and generating a tip for the user based on the determined pattern.
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