Remote health monitoring apparatus using scripted communications
First Claim
1. A monitoring system configured to allow at least one individual to communicate with a computer system using an apparatus remotely situated from the computer system, wherein the apparatus comprises:
- a network interface for establishing a communication link between the apparatus and the computer system through a communication network;
a user interface for displaying queries and response choices provided by a script program received from the computer system and for receiving responses to the queries from the at least one individual;
a memory for storing the script program and the responses; and
a processor connected to the network interface, the user interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the script program to display the queries and the response choices, to receive the responses, to establish the communication link, and to transmit the responses to the computer system, and wherein the script program further includes a connection command to establish the communication link and a transmit command to transmit the responses from the apparatus to the computer system.
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Abstract
A system for remotely monitoring an individual. The system includes a server system for generating a script program from a set of queries. The script program is executable by a remote apparatus that displays information and/or a set of queries to the individual through a user interface. Responses to the queries that are entered through the user interface together with individual identification information are sent from the remote apparatus to the server system across a communication network. The server system also includes an automated answering service for providing a series of questions from a stored set of questions for an individual at the remote apparatus to respond to, storing responses to each provided question in the series of questions and providing a service based on the individual'"'"'s response to the questions.
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44 Claims
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1. A monitoring system configured to allow at least one individual to communicate with a computer system using an apparatus remotely situated from the computer system, wherein the apparatus comprises:
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a network interface for establishing a communication link between the apparatus and the computer system through a communication network; a user interface for displaying queries and response choices provided by a script program received from the computer system and for receiving responses to the queries from the at least one individual; a memory for storing the script program and the responses; and a processor connected to the network interface, the user interface and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the script program to display the queries and the response choices, to receive the responses, to establish the communication link, and to transmit the responses to the computer system, and wherein the script program further includes a connection command to establish the communication link and a transmit command to transmit the responses from the apparatus to the computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for communicating with a computer using an apparatus remotely situated from the computer comprising the steps of:
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A) establishing a communication link between the apparatus and the computer through a communication network; B) receiving a script program containing queries and corresponding response choices from the computer; and C) storing the script program containing the queries and corresponding response choices, wherein execution of the script program causes the apparatus to communicate the queries and the response choices to an individual, to receive responses to the queries from the individual, and to transmit the responses to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. An apparatus for communicating with a computer using an apparatus remotely situated from the apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface for receiving a script program containing a set of queries and response choices from the computer and for transmitting responses to the set of queries to the computer; a user interface for communicating the set of queries and response choices to an individual and for receiving the responses to the set of queries from the individual; a memory configured to store the script program and the responses to the set of queries; and a processor connected to the communication interface, the user interface, and the memory for executing the stored script program, wherein the stored script program when executed causes the apparatus to communicate the set of queries to the individual, to receive the responses to the set of queries from the individual, and to transmit the responses to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for communicating with a computer using an apparatus remotely situated from the computer, the method comprising the steps of:
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exchanging data with the computer through a communication network, wherein the data includes a custom script program executable by the apparatus to communicate queries and response choices to an individual, to receive responses to the queries from the individual, and to transmit the responses to the computer; storing the custom script program and the responses to the queries in the apparatus; and executing the custom script program in the apparatus to communicate the queries, to receive the responses, and to transmit the responses to the computer. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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