Patient communication and monitoring method and system

• US 9,191,485 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2011
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael Duane Woicke
• Original Assignee: Michael Duane Woicke
• Inventors: Woicke, Michael Duane
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Hemant
• Application Number:
  US13/211,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20120045044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• Field of Search: 370259-271, 370351-357, 379 671- 8828, 379/201.01, 4554121-4262, 4554561-466, 4555501-560, 4555751-5759, 455 901- 903, 704270-278, 709201-207, 709217-248, 348 1401- 1416
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/551 Call history recording a computer conference H04L12/1831
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/558 Databases
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/559 Sorting systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/654 Pre, in or post-call message
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5141 Details of processing calls and other types of contacts in an unified manner unified messaging in packet-switching networks H04L51/56

Abstract

Described and disclosed is a system and method for routing and delivering medical phone messages efficiently in a hospital or clinic setting. The invention includes extending a call resource accessible to medical personnel and patients through an application programming interface and recording communications between users of the system. Messages may then be routed to an appropriate user. Employed is a dual-tone multi-frequency signaling system and setting a sample rate using a global parameter, sample rate and a frame size. The system and method have ability to leave a message mid-call based on the dual-tone multi-frequency signaling wherein the system leaves a generic message while the user is navigated to leave an actual voice message all in a “in-call” process that is transparent to the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining that a first telephonic call arriving at a first number is associated with a particular caller based on a call-identification data;

determining that a first voicemail message of the first telephonic call is saved in a non-transitory storage medium associated with the first number;

associating a forwarded number of the first voicemail message of the first telephonic call with the first number and a call-forwarding history of the first telephonic call;

generating an archived view of the first number, the forwarded number, and the call-identification data;

presenting the archived view to a user of a medical tracking system through a web interface;

archiving the first telephonic call associated with the particular caller, based on the call-identification data;

recording the first voicemail message of the first telephonic call;

saving the first voicemail message in the non-transitory storage medium associated with the first number;

providing a call-tree configuration for retrieval for at least one of the call-identification data, the first voicemail message, and a voicemail retrieval history;

generating a dual-tone multi-frequency signaling over a telephone line in a voice-frequency band;

utilizing a row tone and a column tone using a sine generator and adding the row tone and the column tone to the sine generator to form a dual-tone multi-frequency signal;

controlling a frequency of the dual-tone multi-frequency signal through a keypad; and

decoding the dual-tone multi-frequency signal by extracting two tones in the dual-tone multi-frequency signal and determining from their value an intended dual-tone multi-frequency signal digit;

extending a call resource accessible through an application programming interface;

recording a second telephonic call between an initial caller and a recipient performed through the application programming interface;

routing a second voicemail message to an appropriate user;

notifying the initial caller of a voicemail message retrieval;

monitoring, tracing and auditing the second telephonic call, the second voicemail message, and the voicemail message retrieval;

notifying the initial caller of the voicemail message retrieval using alerts to a data processing system; and

displaying a message recording history on at least one of a computer user interface and a mobile device;

recording the second telephonic call made over at least one of a group comprising a public switched telephone network and a voice over internet protocol network between the plurality of users;

recording a short message service communication between the plurality of users; and

routing a short message service message to the appropriate user,

wherein a sample rate of the dual-tone multi-frequency signal is be set using a global parameter and a frame size.