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Hospital TV/monitor display control with hierarchical access control

  • US 8,878,888 B2
  • Filed: 10/28/2009
  • Issued: 11/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An interactive communications system comprising:

  • a plurality of in-room video communications systems, each in-room video communication system including a video monitor, a video camera, a microphone, and an audio speaker associated with a patient;

    a video selection unit which supplies video entertainment and video communications to each of the in-room systems; and

    a hierarchal access control unit which automatically arbitrates among the video entertainment and video communications based on a defined access hierarchy;

    wherein the defined access hierarchy is adjusted based on vital signs of a patient measured by a physiological monitor.

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