Use of location awareness to transfer communications sessions between terminals in a healthcare environment
First Claim
1. A method of managing a session with a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, said method comprising:
- receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a first terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network;
determining whether the first terminal is positioned relative to a second terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a terminal proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag, wherein one of the first terminal and the second terminal supports a session with the healthcare information system;
responsive to the terminal proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for signaling of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal;
responsive to detection of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal, transferring the at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby to cause the at least a portion of the session to be supported by the other of the first terminal and the second terminal.
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Abstract
According to a first broad aspect, the present invention seeks to provide a method of managing a session with an HIS. The method comprises receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a first terminal; determining whether the first terminal is positioned relative to a second terminal such that a terminal proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag, wherein one of the first terminal and the second terminal supports a session with the HIS; responsive to the terminal proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for signaling of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the one of the terminals to the other of the terminals; and responsive to detection of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session, transferring the at least a portion of the session, thereby to cause the at least a portion of the session to be supported by the other terminal.
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104 Claims
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1. A method of managing a session with a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network, said method comprising:
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receiving data regarding a wirelessly detectable tag associated with a first terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network; determining whether the first terminal is positioned relative to a second terminal of the healthcare establishment communications network such that a terminal proximity condition is satisfied based at least in part on the data regarding the wirelessly detectable tag, wherein one of the first terminal and the second terminal supports a session with the healthcare information system; responsive to the terminal proximity condition being satisfied, providing an opportunity for signaling of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal; responsive to detection of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal, transferring the at least a portion of the session from the one of the first terminal and the second terminal to the other of the first terminal and the second terminal, thereby to cause the at least a portion of the session to be supported by the other of the first terminal and the second terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A system for managing a session established between a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network and a first one of a plurality of terminals of the healthcare establishment communications network, said system comprising:
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a first functional entity adapted to determine, based at least in part on data regarding wirelessly detectable tags associated with certain ones of the terminals, when the first terminal is positioned relative to a second one of the terminals such that a terminal proximity condition is satisfied for the first and second terminals; a second functional entity adapted to enable detection of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal in response to the terminal proximity condition being satisfied for the first and second terminals; and a third functional entity adapted to transfer a given portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal in response to detection by the second functional entity of an intent to transfer the given portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal, thereby to cause the given portion of the session to be supported by the second terminal. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103)
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104. A computer-readable storage medium comprising a program element for execution by a computing device to manage a session established between a healthcare information system of a healthcare establishment communications network and a first one of a plurality of terminals of the healthcare establishment communications network, the program element including:
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computer-readable program code for determining, based at least in part on data regarding wirelessly detectable tags associated with certain ones of the terminals, when the first terminal is positioned relative to a second one of the terminals such that a terminal proximity condition is satisfied for the first and second terminals; computer-readable program code for enabling detection of an intent to transfer at least a portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal in response to the terminal proximity condition being satisfied for the first and second terminals; and computer-readable program code for transferring a given portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal in response to detection by the second functional entity of an intent to transfer the given portion of the session from the first terminal to the second terminal, thereby to cause the given portion of the session to be supported by the second terminal.
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