System and method for context dependent service discovery for mobile medical devices
First Claim
1. A communication system comprising:
- one or more medical peer devices, each medical peer device including a peer-to-peer interface and providing medical services for medical procedures; and
a mobile device including;
a short-range interface device configured to discover one or more medical peer devices and associated peer devices services;
a positioning component configured to identify a location of the mobile device;
an identification component configured to read one or more patient identification devices and identifies one or more patients at the location of the mobile device, and reads a clinician identification device and identifies a clinician at the location of the mobile device; and
a visibility manager configured to limit information and services available to the mobile device to current context relevant information and services which are based on the identity of the one or more patients, the identity of the clinician, and the identified mobile device location, wherein the available information and services is limited to information and services of the one or more identified patients associated to the identified clinician at the location of the mobile device.
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Abstract
A medical communication system (10) comprises peer devices (44, 46) which provide medical services which are used for patient monitoring, patient management or other medical procedures involving patients and/or clinicians. A mobile device (12) includes a short-range interface device (22) for discovering peer devices (44, 46) and associated peer devices services (66). A positioning component (14) determines a location of the mobile device (12). An identification component (60) reads a patient identification device (48) and a clinician identification device (50) and identifies a patient (32) and a clinician (30) at the location of the mobile device (12). A visibility manager (120) limits information and services available to the mobile device (12) to current context relevant information and services which are based at least on one of the identity of the patient (32), the identity of the clinician (30), and the identified mobile device location.
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20 Claims
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1. A communication system comprising:
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one or more medical peer devices, each medical peer device including a peer-to-peer interface and providing medical services for medical procedures; and a mobile device including; a short-range interface device configured to discover one or more medical peer devices and associated peer devices services; a positioning component configured to identify a location of the mobile device; an identification component configured to read one or more patient identification devices and identifies one or more patients at the location of the mobile device, and reads a clinician identification device and identifies a clinician at the location of the mobile device; and a visibility manager configured to limit information and services available to the mobile device to current context relevant information and services which are based on the identity of the one or more patients, the identity of the clinician, and the identified mobile device location, wherein the available information and services is limited to information and services of the one or more identified patients associated to the identified clinician at the location of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication method comprising:
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identifying a location of a clinician'"'"'s mobile device with a positioning component of the mobile device; identifying the clinician by a clinician identification tag associated with the clinician with an identification component of the mobile device; identifying one or more patients by a patient identification tag associated with the one or more patients with the identification component of the mobile device; discovering one or more peer devices and associated peer devices services via a short-range interface device of the mobile device; generating information and services available to the mobile device for each discovered peer device and associated peer device services; limiting information and services available to the mobile device to current context relevant information and services which are based on the identity of the one or more patients, identify of the clinician, and the identified mobile device location with a visibility manager of the mobile device; and displaying information and services based on the identity of the one or more patients, identity of the clinician, and the identified mobile device location on a display of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A mobile communication apparatus comprising:
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a positioning component configured to identify the location of a mobile communication apparatus; an identification component configured to identify one or more patients by a patient identification tag associated with the one or more patients and identifies a clinician by a clinician identification tag associated with the clinician; a short-range interface device configured to discover one or more peer devices and associated peer devices services via a short-range interface device; and a visibility manager on the mobile communication apparatus configured to limit information and services available to the mobile communication apparatus to current context relevant information and services which are based the identity of the one or more patients, the identity of the clinician, and the identified mobile device location, wherein the available information and services is limited to information and services of the one or more identified patients associated to the identified clinician at the location of the mobile communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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