Bedside video communication system
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1. A video conferencing system for facilitating communications between residents of a health care facility and care givers within the health care facility or remote users located outside of the health care facility, comprising:
- a plurality of resident video conference terminals connected to a local area network within the health care facility, each resident terminal being associated with a resident of the health care facility and having stored thereon information identifying at least one remote user terminal located external to the local area network and that the resident terminal is associated with, each resident terminal being configured to display on a screen thereof a first visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the at least one remote user terminal associated therewith;
a nursing station terminal connected to the local area network within the health care facility for use by a care giver of the health care facility, the nursing station terminal being configured for establishing video conference sessions through the local area network with the resident terminals,wherein the resident terminals are each configured for displaying on the screen thereof a second visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the nursing station terminal; and
a remote conference server located external to the health care facility and in communication with the plurality of resident terminals and the remote user terminals that are associated with the resident terminals, the conference server tracking usage information for video conference sessions that are established between the resident terminals and the remote user terminals associated therewith.
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Abstract
A video conferencing system and method for establishing video conference sessions between residents of a facility and remote terminals.
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1. A video conferencing system for facilitating communications between residents of a health care facility and care givers within the health care facility or remote users located outside of the health care facility, comprising:
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a plurality of resident video conference terminals connected to a local area network within the health care facility, each resident terminal being associated with a resident of the health care facility and having stored thereon information identifying at least one remote user terminal located external to the local area network and that the resident terminal is associated with, each resident terminal being configured to display on a screen thereof a first visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the at least one remote user terminal associated therewith; a nursing station terminal connected to the local area network within the health care facility for use by a care giver of the health care facility, the nursing station terminal being configured for establishing video conference sessions through the local area network with the resident terminals, wherein the resident terminals are each configured for displaying on the screen thereof a second visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the nursing station terminal; and a remote conference server located external to the health care facility and in communication with the plurality of resident terminals and the remote user terminals that are associated with the resident terminals, the conference server tracking usage information for video conference sessions that are established between the resident terminals and the remote user terminals associated therewith. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of facilitating video conference sessions between residents of a care facility and care givers within the care facility or remote parties who are outside of the care facility, comprising:
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providing resident terminals for use by residents of a care facility for video conference sessions, the resident terminals each having a user interface configured for use by a person having at least one of reduced cognitive abilities and reduced physical abilities; assigning at least some of the resident terminals to specific residents of the care facility and storing at each resident video conference terminal assigned to a resident information identifying at least one remote terminal associated with the resident video conference terminal; providing a nursing station terminal for use by a care giver of the care facility for selective video conference sessions with resident terminals; and displaying as part of the user interface on each resident terminal a first user selectable image which when selected initiates a video conference session with the remote terminal associated therewith and a second user selectable image which when selected initiates a video conference session with the nursing station terminal. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A video conferencing system for facilitating communications between residents of a health care facility and care givers within the health care facility or remote users located outside of the health care facility, comprising:
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a plurality of resident video conference terminals within the health care facility, each resident terminal being associated with a resident of the health care facility and having stored thereon information identifying at least one remote user terminal located external to the health care facility and that the resident terminal is associated with, each resident terminal being configured to display on a screen thereof a first visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the at least one remote user terminal associated therewith; a nursing station terminal within the health care facility for use by a care giver of the health care facility, the nursing station terminal being configured for establishing video conference sessions with the resident terminals, wherein the resident terminals are each configured for displaying on the screen thereof a second visual image that can be selected by a user thereof to initiate a video conference session with the nursing station terminal.
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