Characterizing States of Subject
First Claim
1. A computer based method comprisingdisplaying simultaneously to a user:
- (a) at least one current image of a subject and at least one tool that enables the user to make a measurement on the current image, the image being associated with a subject matter,(b) decision support information to aid a user to determine and to express a determination about a state of the subject based on observation of and measurement by the user of the current image,the decision support information including a representative figure that corresponds to the image and that a human who is an expert on the subject matter has previously determined graphically depicts one or more states that generally characterize a population of subjects with respect to the subject matter,the decision support information including prose provided by a human who is an expert on the subject matter, describing the states that generally characterize the population of subjects and how to make a determination about the state of a subject, and(c) interactive prose elements available for use by the user to express the determination about the state of the subject, each of at least some of the interactive prose elements being invocable by the user to alter the display with respect to at least one of (a) the number of prose elements that are available to express the determination, (b) the identity of the prose elements that are available to express the determination or (c) an explanation of one or more of the prose elements, the interactive prose elements being predetermined by a human who is a subject matter expert to be usable to correctly and completely express the determination,at least two of the image, the decision support information, and the interactive prose elements being displayed so that actions of the user with respect to one of the two causes changes in the other of the two,the representative figure included in the decision support information being associated with a predefined set of words from which a subset of words can be chosen by a user who is observing the current image to describe correctly and completely the state of the current subject, the predefined set of words having been chosen by a human who is an expert on the subject matter,in response to the user dragging the representative figure relative to the interactive prose elements, automatically updating the displayed interactive prose elements to include the predefined set of words chosen by the human who is an expert on the subject matter, andin response to the user making a measurement on the image using one of the tools, automatically including with the interactive prose elements, a prose expression of a result of the measurement.
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Abstract
Among other things, a user of a browser is exposed simultaneously to three interfaces: A viewing interface for at least one image of a subject that is stored on a device on which the browser is running, a decision support interface that aids the user in determining the state of the subject based on the image, and a template interface that aids the user in capturing uniform descriptive information about the state of the subject. At least two of the viewing interface, the decision support interface, and the template interface operate cooperatively so that actions of the user with respect to one of the two interfaces causes changes in content exposed by the other of the two interfaces.
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30 Claims
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1. A computer based method comprising
displaying simultaneously to a user: -
(a) at least one current image of a subject and at least one tool that enables the user to make a measurement on the current image, the image being associated with a subject matter, (b) decision support information to aid a user to determine and to express a determination about a state of the subject based on observation of and measurement by the user of the current image, the decision support information including a representative figure that corresponds to the image and that a human who is an expert on the subject matter has previously determined graphically depicts one or more states that generally characterize a population of subjects with respect to the subject matter, the decision support information including prose provided by a human who is an expert on the subject matter, describing the states that generally characterize the population of subjects and how to make a determination about the state of a subject, and (c) interactive prose elements available for use by the user to express the determination about the state of the subject, each of at least some of the interactive prose elements being invocable by the user to alter the display with respect to at least one of (a) the number of prose elements that are available to express the determination, (b) the identity of the prose elements that are available to express the determination or (c) an explanation of one or more of the prose elements, the interactive prose elements being predetermined by a human who is a subject matter expert to be usable to correctly and completely express the determination, at least two of the image, the decision support information, and the interactive prose elements being displayed so that actions of the user with respect to one of the two causes changes in the other of the two, the representative figure included in the decision support information being associated with a predefined set of words from which a subset of words can be chosen by a user who is observing the current image to describe correctly and completely the state of the current subject, the predefined set of words having been chosen by a human who is an expert on the subject matter, in response to the user dragging the representative figure relative to the interactive prose elements, automatically updating the displayed interactive prose elements to include the predefined set of words chosen by the human who is an expert on the subject matter, and in response to the user making a measurement on the image using one of the tools, automatically including with the interactive prose elements, a prose expression of a result of the measurement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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12. A computer implemented method comprising
exposing to a user through an interface of a browser, a facility for use in determining a state of a subject, based on (a) information presented to the user about attributes of the subject and (b) information about relationships between states of other subjects and attributes of the other subjects, the facility interactively guiding the user in determining the state of the subject by presenting interactive controls representing possible attributes of the state of the subject to the user, the interactive controls and the facility responding (1) to interaction by the user with the controls and (2) automatically to information about relationships between states of other subjects and attributes of other subjects provided from the app or through the browser.
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