Routing Communications to a Person within a Facility
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1. A method for tracking a person at a facility to enable communications, the method comprising:
- automatically detecting, for communication management, a presence of a person at a location, from a plurality of locations within a facility, as the person moves throughout the facility, without interaction from the patient;
storing information, with a computer, about the location of the person in a database, the storing comprising updating a profile of the person to designate the location as a current location of the person for managing communications intended for the person;
automatically associating, with a computer, communications intended for the person with the location; and
automatically routing, with the computer, the communications to a telecommunications device located at the location in response, based on associating the communications with the location.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking a person at a facility to enable communications. A presence of the person is detected at a location at the facility. Communications intended for the person are associated with the location. The communications are routed to the person at that location.
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1. A method for tracking a person at a facility to enable communications, the method comprising:
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automatically detecting, for communication management, a presence of a person at a location, from a plurality of locations within a facility, as the person moves throughout the facility, without interaction from the patient; storing information, with a computer, about the location of the person in a database, the storing comprising updating a profile of the person to designate the location as a current location of the person for managing communications intended for the person; automatically associating, with a computer, communications intended for the person with the location; and automatically routing, with the computer, the communications to a telecommunications device located at the location in response, based on associating the communications with the location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A server for routing communications to a person at a facility, the server comprising:
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a communications interface configured to receive an input specifying an automatically detected presence of a person at a location, from a plurality of locations within a facility, as the person moves throughout the facility; a processor; logic to program the processor to store information about the location of the person in a database, including logic to program the processor to update a profile of the person to designate the location as a current location of the person for managing communications intended for the person; logic to program the processor to automatically associate communications intended for the person with the location; logic to program the processor to automatically route the communications to a telecommunications device located at the location in response, based on associating the communications with the location.
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19. The system according to claim 19, wherein the server further comprises a memory for storing environmental conditions associated with the person, wherein the room is configured to meet the environmental conditions response to detecting the presence of the patient in the room.
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with logic to program a processor of computer to route communications to a person at a facility, the logic comprising:
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logic to program the processor to receive an input specifying an automatically detected presence of a person at a location, from a plurality of locations within a facility, as the person moves throughout the facility; logic to program the processor to store information about the location of the person in a database, including logic to program the processor to update a profile of the person to designate the location as a current location of the person for managing communications intended for the person; logic to program the processor to automatically associate communications intended for the person with the location; and logic to program the processor to automatically route the communications to a telecommunications device located at the location in response, based on associating the communications with the location.
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