Cognitive alerting device
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1. An alerting device for sending an alert message, the alerting device configured to perform a method comprising:
- determining at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in an area;
selecting an alert message that meets the at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in the area;
sending the alert message to one or more message recipients in the area; and
monitoring the responsiveness of one or more message recipients in the area to the alerting message;
wherein;
the alert message is not caused by the one or more message recipients in the area;
determining at least one cognitive need of the one or more of message recipients is based on a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients;
wherein conducting a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients includes at least one of;
video analysis, sound monitoring, and/or motion detection; and
wherein conducting a cognitive assessment further comprises;
learning a message recipient'"'"'s typical bed times, typical sleep cycles, language preferences, and medications;
determining a message recipients potential distractions, using headphones, watching TV, and being engaged in a phone conversation.
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Abstract
One aspect of the present invention provides an alerting device for sending an alert message. The method includes: determining at least one cognitive needs of one or more message recipients in the area; selecting an alert message that meets the needs of one or more message recipients in the area; and sending the alert message to one or more message recipients in the area.
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1. An alerting device for sending an alert message, the alerting device configured to perform a method comprising:
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determining at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in an area; selecting an alert message that meets the at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in the area; sending the alert message to one or more message recipients in the area; and monitoring the responsiveness of one or more message recipients in the area to the alerting message;
wherein;the alert message is not caused by the one or more message recipients in the area; determining at least one cognitive need of the one or more of message recipients is based on a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients; wherein conducting a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients includes at least one of;
video analysis, sound monitoring, and/or motion detection; andwherein conducting a cognitive assessment further comprises; learning a message recipient'"'"'s typical bed times, typical sleep cycles, language preferences, and medications; determining a message recipients potential distractions, using headphones, watching TV, and being engaged in a phone conversation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 16, 17)
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6. A system for executing sending an alert message, the system comprising:
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a memory; a processor coupled to the memory; and a control program communicatively coupled to the memory and the processor device, the control program comprising the steps of a method comprising; determining at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in an area; selecting an alert message that meets the at least one cognitive need of the one or more message recipients in the area; sending the alert message to one or more message recipients in the area; and tracking the responsiveness of one or more message recipients in the area;
whereinthe alert message is not caused by the one or more message recipients in the area; determining at least one cognitive need of the one or more of message recipients is based on a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients; and wherein conducting a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients includes at least one of;
video analysis, sound monitoring, and/or motion detection; andwherein conducting a cognitive assessment further comprises; learning a message recipient'"'"'s typical bed times, typical sleep cycles, language preferences, and medications; determining a message recipients potential distractions, using headphones, watching TV, and being engaged in a phone conversation. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for sending an alert message, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
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determining at least one cognitive need of one or more message recipients in an area; selecting an alert message that meets at least one cognitive need of the one or more message recipients in the area; sending the alert message to one or more message recipients in the area; and tracking the responsiveness of one or more message recipients in the area;
whereinthe alert message is not caused by the one or more message recipients in the area; determining at least one cognitive need of the one or more of message recipients is based on a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients; and wherein conducting a cognitive assessment of the one or more message recipients includes at least one of;
video analysis, sound monitoring, and/or motion detection; andwherein conducting a cognitive assessment further comprises; learning a message recipient'"'"'s typical bed times, typical sleep cycles, language preferences, and medications; determining a message recipients potential distractions, using headphones, watching TV, and being engaged in a phone conversation.
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