IP Library Granted Patent US 11,721,339
Granted Patent B2
US 11,721,339 · App. 17/033,843 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Message filtering based on dynamic voice-activated rules

Inventors: Sridhar Acharya (Fremont, CA); Arun Mirchandani (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: Stryker Corporation
G10L15/22G10L15/1822H04L51/212
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Patent No.
US 11,721,339
App. No.
17/033,843
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments include methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media for voice-activated message filtering rule generation. Some embodiments may include receiving a spoken command from a communication device, parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command, generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, determining whether the generated message rule has been met, and sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met.

Claims (121)

1. A voice-activated message filtering rule generation method performed by a processor of a server device, comprising:

receiving a spoken command from a communication device;

parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command;

sending to the communication device a summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command in response to receiving the approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

determining whether the generated message rule has been met; and

sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an intent comprising an action to be taken and a subject of the action based on the identified element of the spoken command.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the determined intent.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

adding one or more rule fields to the determined intent; and

generating the message rule based on the determined intent and the added one or more rule fields.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a patient event threshold.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a qualifier of the patient event.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising refraining from sending the message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has not been met.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

mapping the identified element to a rule template field; and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein

mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises converting information in the identified element to a field value, and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field comprises generating the message rule based on information in the field value.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign identifier to the rule template field.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a comparator to the rule template field.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign value to the rule template field.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises applying a customized mapping of the identified element and the rule template field.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a further element of the spoken command, determining a priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command, and associating the message rule with the determined priority.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein determining the priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command comprises determining an indication of relatively higher priority as compared to a relatively lower priority.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending to the communication device a summary of the generated message rule; and

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule,

wherein determining whether the generated message rule has been met comprises determining whether the generated message rule has been met in response to receiving an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

generating a time to live value for the generated message rule; and

deleting the message rule after the time to live value is met.

19. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second spoken command from the communication device;

parsing the second spoken command to identify an element in the second spoken command that relates to modifying the message rule; and

modifying the message rule based on the identified element in the second spoken command.

20. A server device, comprising:

at least a processor configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations comprising:

receiving a spoken command from a communication device;

parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command;

sending to the communication device a summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element the spoken command;

generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command in response to receiving the approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

determining whether the generated message rule has been met; and

sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met.

21. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations comprising determining an intent comprising an action to be taken and a subject of the action based on the identified element of the spoken command.

22. The server device of claim 21 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the determined intent.

23. The server device of claim 21 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

adding one or more rule fields to the determined intent; and

generating the message rule based on the determined intent and the added one or more rule fields.

24. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

25. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a patient event threshold.

26. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a qualifier of the patient event.

27. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations further comprising refraining from sending the message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has not been met.

28. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

mapping the identified element to a rule template field; and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field.

29. The server device of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that:

mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises converting information in the identified element to a field value, and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field comprises generating the message rule based on information in the field value.

30. The server device of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign identifier to the rule template field.

31. The server device of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a comparator to the rule template field.

32. The server device of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign value to the rule template field.

33. The server device of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises applying a customized mapping of the identified element and the rule template field.

34. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the operations additionally comprise identifying a further element of the spoken command, determining a priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command, and associating the message rule with the determined priority.

35. The server device of claim 34 , wherein determining the priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command comprises determining an indication of relatively higher priority as compared to a relatively lower priority.

36. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

sending to the communication device a summary of the generated message rule; and

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule,

wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations such that determining whether the generated message rule has been met comprises determining whether the generated message rule has been met in response to receiving an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule.

37. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

generating a time to live value for the generated message rule; and

deleting the message rule after the time to live value is met.

38. The server device of claim 20 , wherein the processor is configured with processor executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a second spoken command from the communication device;

parsing the second spoken command to identify an element in the second spoken command that relates to modifying the message rule; and

modifying the message rule based on the identified element in the second spoken command.

39. A non-transitory processor-readable medium having stored thereon processor-executable instruction configured to cause a processing device in a server device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a spoken command from a communication device;

parsing the spoken command to identify an element of the spoken command;

sending to the communication device a summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

generating a message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command in response to receiving the approval from the communication device of the summary of the identified element of the spoken command;

determining whether the generated message rule has been met; and

sending a message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has been met.

40. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations further comprising determining an intent comprising an action to be taken and a subject of the action based on the identified element of the spoken command.

41. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 40 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the determined intent.

42. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 40 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

adding one or more rule fields to the determined intent; and

generating the message rule based on the determined intent and the added one or more rule fields.

43. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

44. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a patient event threshold.

45. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and a qualifier of the patient event.

46. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations further comprising refraining from sending the message to the communication device in response to determining that the message rule has not been met.

47. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that generating the message rule based on the identified element of the spoken command comprises:

mapping the identified element to a rule template field; and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field.

48. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 47 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that:

mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises converting information in the identified element to a field value, and

generating the message rule based on information in the rule template field comprises generating the message rule based on information in the field value.

49. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 47 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign identifier to the rule template field.

50. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 47 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a comparator to the rule template field.

51. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 47 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises mapping a patient vital sign value to the rule template field.

52. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 47 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that mapping the identified element to the rule template field comprises applying a customized mapping of the identified element and the rule template field.

53. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the operations additionally comprise identifying a further element of the spoken command, determining a priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command, and associating the message rule with the determined priority.

54. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 53 , wherein determining the priority based on the identified further element of the spoken command comprises determining an indication of relatively higher priority as compared to a relatively lower priority.

55. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations further comprising:

sending to the communication device a summary of the generated message rule; and

monitoring for an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule,

wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations such that determining whether the generated message rule has been met comprises determining whether the generated message rule has been met in response to receiving an approval from the communication device of the summary of the generated message rule.

56. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations further comprising:

generating a time to live value for the generated message rule; and

deleting the message rule after the time to live value is met.

57. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 39 , wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause a processor of a server device to perform operations further comprising:

receiving a second spoken command from the communication device;

parsing the second spoken command to identify an element in the second spoken command that relates to modifying the message rule; and

modifying the message rule based on the identified element in the second spoken command.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 18, 2024
From: STRYKER CORPORATION
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 069737/0184 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2023
From: VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062721/0434 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2020
From: ACHARYA, SRIDHAR; MIRCHANDANI, ARUN
To: VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 053895/0583 →