PATIENT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL PATIENT-SPECIFIC MEDICAL CONTENT

• US 20100115548A1
• Filed: 01/25/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Leyvi, Evgeniy
• Application Number:
  US12/525,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20100115548A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/34
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/06 with both visual and audible presentation of the material to be studied
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/162 Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing

Abstract

A medical information delivery system configured for operation in conjunction with an entertainment device (30) configured to present an entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) includes a multiplexor (56) for inserting additional content into the entertainment audio/video content datastream, and a controller (42) for selecting patient-specific content for insertion into the entertainment audio/video content datastream. A medical information delivery method includes presenting an entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) via an entertainment device (30), and presenting patient-specific content via the entertainment device with the presenting of the entertainment audio/video content datastream.

Claims

1. A medical information delivery system configured for operation in conjunction with an entertainment device (30) configured to present an entertainment audio/video content datastream (26), the medical information delivery system comprising:

a means (42, 56, 58, 76) for inserting additional content into the entertainment audio/video content datastream; and

a means (42, 44, 52, 54) for selecting patient-specific content for insertion into the entertainment audio/video content datastream.

2. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the inserting means (42, 56, 58, 76) includes a multiplexor (56), and the selecting means (42, 44, 52, 54) includes a selection controller (42).

3. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the means (42, 44, 52, 54) for selecting patient-specific content prioritizes patient-specific content and selects patient-specific content for insertion based on content priority.

4. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the controller (42) includes:

a wireless transmitter (58) mimicking wireless outputs of a hand-held remote controller (38) configured to control the entertainment device (30).

5. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 4, wherein the multiplexor (56) is configured to insert the additional content into a designated channel of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26), and the controller (42) is configured to mimic wireless outputs that cause the entertainment device (30) to display the designated channel.

6. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 5, wherein the controller (42) is configured to mimic wireless outputs that cause the entertainment device (30) to display the designated channel in one of a sub-window (62) and a main window (60).

7. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the multiplexor (56) is configured to insert the additional content as text superimposed on presented video of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26).

8. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the multiplexor (56) is configured to substitute pixels corresponding to additional content for selected video pixels of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26).

9. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, wherein the multiplexor (56) is configured to insert the additional content into the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) as one or more of (i) video displayed in a sub-window, (ii) a scrolling banner, (iii) superimposed text, and (iv) substitute streaming video.

10. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, further including:

a data analyzer (44) that analyzes one or more patient measurements to cause the controller (42) to select patient-specific medical advice content in accordance with the analyzed measurements.

11. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 10, further including:

a wireless body sensor network comprising wirelessly intercommunicating sensors (14) configured to generate at least some of the one or more patient measurements.

12. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, further including:

a care module (50) comprising pre-recorded medically related content that is selectable by the controller (42); and

a care plan schedule (52), the controller selecting the care module as the patient-specific content for insertion into the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) based on the care plan schedule.

13. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, further including:

a care module (26) comprising interactive medically related content (80) that is selectable by the controller (42), the controller further including a wireless receiver (84) for receiving wireless responses transmitted by a hand-held remote controller (38).

14. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 2, further including:

storage (40) for storing patient-specific content that is selectable by the controller (42); and

a user interface (54) for inputting patient-specific content to the storage (40).

15. The medical information delivery system as set forth in claim 1, further including:

a commercial detector (76) for detecting commercials in the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26), the patient-specific content replacing the commercials in the presentation of the entertainment audio/video content datastream.

16. A medical information delivery method comprising:

presenting entertainment audio/video content (26) via an entertainment device (30); and

selectively presenting patient-specific content via the entertainment device with the presenting of the entertainment audio/video content.

17. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the selective presenting of the patient-specific content includes:

automatically modifying a display (60) of the entertainment audio/video content (26) to allow for the presentation of the patient-specific content.

18. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the selective presenting of the patient-specific content includes at least one of:

displaying textual patient-specific content (64) superimposed on presented video of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26);

displaying patient-specific content as a scrolling banner (66) superimposed on presented video of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26);

displaying patient-specific content in a sub-window (62) superimposed on a main window (60) presenting video of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26); and

substituting patient-specific video content (70, 78) for selected video portions (72, 74) of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26).

19. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, further including:

acquiring one or more patient measurements; and

selecting the patient-specific content for presentation in accordance with the one or more patient measurements.

20. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, further including:

receiving patient responses to the presented patient-specific content via a hand-held remote controller (38) configured to control the entertainment device (30).

21. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, further including:

scheduling a presentation time for a care module (50) comprising pre-recorded medically related content, the presenting of patient-specific content including presenting the care module at the scheduled presentation time.

22. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the selective presenting of patient-specific content via the entertainment device is timed to coincide with commercial advertisement segments of the presented entertainment audio/video content (26).

23. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the presenting of entertainment audio/video content (26) via an entertainment device (30) comprises presenting continuously streamed broadcast audio/video, and the selective presenting of patient-specific content via the entertainment device with the presenting of the entertainment audio/video content comprises substituting patient-specific content (70, 78) for selected time intervals (72, 74) of the continuously streamed broadcast audio/video content.

24. The medical information delivery method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the presenting of entertainment audio/video content (26) via an entertainment device (30) comprises presenting continuously streamed broadcast audio/video, and the selective presenting of patient-specific content via the entertainment device with the presenting of the entertainment audio/video content comprises spatially overlaying patient-specific content (62, 64, 66) onto the video component (60) of the continuously streamed broadcast audio/video content.

25. An information delivery system comprising:

an entertainment device (30) comprising one or more components (32, 34) configured to present an entertainment audio/video content datastream (26); and

one or more additional components (40, 42, 44, 50, 52, 56) configured to select and insert viewer-specific content unrelated to the entertainment content into the entertainment audio/video content datastream for presentation by the entertainment device along with the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26).

26. The information delivery system as set forth in claim 25, wherein the one or more additional components (40, 42, 44, 50, 52, 56) are configured to select and superimpose viewer-specific content on presented video of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) shown on a screen or display (33) of the entertainment device (30).

27. The information delivery system as set forth in claim 25, wherein the one or more additional components (40, 42, 44, 50, 52, 56) are configured to select and time-domain multiplex presentation of the viewer-specific content and presentation of the entertainment audio/video content datastream (26) via the entertainment device (30).

28. The information delivery system as set forth in claim 25, further including one or more monitors (14) which monitor a viewer'"'"'s physiological condition, the viewer-specific content being selected in accordance with the monitored physiological condition.

29. The information delivery system as set forth in claim 25, wherein the one or more additional components (40, 42, 44, 50, 52, 56) include:

one or more components (14, 52, 54) configured to acquire viewer-specific information, the viewer-specific content being constructed based on the acquired viewer-specific information.