PERSONAL MESSAGE DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20120011211A1
• Filed: 07/08/2011
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Johnathon Smith
• Original Assignee: Johnathon Smith
• Inventors: Smith, Johnathon
• Granted Patent: US 9,195,967 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1097 Task assignment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/00 Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with visual indicators other than cathode-ray tubes
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/004 to give the appearance of moving signs
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/008 forming an image on an image carrier by relative movement of a writing unit to the image carrier, e.g. on a photoconductive rotating belt, or on an electronic blackboard
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 13/188 Projection of the printed matter
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/026 using e-messaging for transporting management information, e.g. email, instant messaging or chat

Abstract

A system for providing patients with dementia or other cognitive impairment with instructions and reminders of tasks to enable them to live with minimum third party oversight. The system provides for a continuous display of viewable indicia of at least one of text or images to provide the patient messages. The messages may be generated by a remote third party or software running on a computer. A projector is engaged to a ceiling of the residence of the patient to maintain it out of reach and tampering from the patient. The projector displays the messages upon a wall of the residence allowing the patient to watch TV or use a computer and still receive ongoing messaging including reminders and instructions on daily or other tasks. Employing the system a remote user such as the child of a patient can provide instruction and reminders to the patient allowing them to live with minimal supervision.

Claims

1. A system providing continuous indicia viewable by a patient for reminder and action-inducing, comprising:

a remote computing device employable by a remote user;

an interface computing device;

a projection device located at an indoor location occupied by said patient;

a network, said network engaged to transmit and receive digital communication between said remote computing device and said interface computing device and said projection device;

said remote computing device having software configured for transmitting input from said remote user as said digital communication;

said projection device configured to display indicia upon a viewing screen in response to receipt of said digital communication generated by said remote computing device;

said indicia being one or a combination of text and images which form one or a plurality of displayed messages for said patient on said viewing screen; and

said displayed messages being derived from said input by said remote user on said remote computing device.

2. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 1 additionally comprising:

said projection device configured for positioning upon a roof or ceiling of a room at said indoor location, elevated above said patient;

said projection device configured to display said indicia upon a wall of said room; and

said positioning elevated above said patient and said projection upon said wall of said indicia, providing means to prevent said patient from a tampering with said projection device which might cause a termination or a disabling of said display of said indicia.

3. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 2 additionally comprising:

said display of said indicia upon said wall providing means for concurrent viewing of said indicia and a video screen located in said room, whereby said patient can view said displayed messages while concurrently viewing images upon a said video screen such as a computer screen to television screen.

4. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 3 additionally comprising:

said display of indicia upon said wall providing means to position said displayed messages at a position in said room determined to be occupied by said patient at a high percentage of a day said patient occupies said room, thereby providing means to insure said patient views said messages.

5. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 3 additionally comprising:

a second phone as said indoor location configured for receiving telephone calls from a first telephone located remote to said indoor location; and

said message displayed being instructions to hang up said second phone subsequent to a cessation of a telephone call between said first telephone and said second telephone.

6. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 5 additionally comprising:

said second telephone having a sensor to ascertain a said hang up;

said sensor in operative communication with one of said projector or said interface computing device;

said sensor causing a said digital communication indicating a said hang up of said second phone once such occurs on said second telephone; and

said digital communication indicating a said hang up causing a cessation of said instructions to hang up said phone.

7. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 5 additionally comprising:

said display of indicia upon said wall including indicia listing one or a plurality names of callers who have employed remote telephones to call said patient on said first telephone; and

said listing providing means to remind a cognitively impaired patient of recent telephone calls with said callers.

8. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 3 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including a clock, said clock depicting a current time at said indoor location.

9. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 4 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including a clock, said clock depicting a current time at said indoor location.

10. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 5 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including a clock, said clock depicting a current time at said indoor location.

11. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 3 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text reminding said patient to take medication, whereby said system provides means to induce said patient to timely ingest their medications.

12. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 4 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text reminding said patient to take medication, whereby said system provides means to induce said patient to timely ingest their medications.

13. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 5 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text reminding said patient to take medication, whereby said system provides means to induce said patient to timely ingest their medications.

14. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 3 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

15. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 4 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

16. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 5 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

17. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 6 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

18. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 7 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

19. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 10 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.

20. The system providing continuous indicia of claim 13 additionally comprising:

said displayed messages including text in a listing of tasks said patient must accomplish, whereby said patient is reminded of said tasks as a means of enabling a cognitively impaired said patient to live at said indoor location with a minimum of oversight by third parties.