Granted Patent B2

US 12,190,884 · App. 18/330,775 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Eric Lefkofsky (Chicago, IL); Jonathan Ozeran (Chicago, IL)

Assignee: TEMPUS AI, INC.

G10L15/22G06F3/0481G06F3/167G06F16/634G16H10/60G16H40/20G16H50/20G16H50/50G16H70/20G16H70/60H04B1/3827G10L2015/223

Abstract

Claims (63)

1. A method of providing responses to a user based on user queries about a specific subject's molecular report, the method comprising:

(i) receiving a query from the user to an input device associated with a collaboration device;

(ii) identifying at least one intent associated with the query, including:

determining that the query is associated with a specific subject;

identifying the specific subject's disease state from a database including information about the specific subject;

identifying a state-specific clinical record for the subject corresponding to the specific subject's disease state, the state-specific clinical record having a state-specific clinical record type;

determining a pool of disease state related intents associated with the state-specific clinical record type; and

selecting an intent from the pool of disease state related intents;

(iii) identifying at least one data operation associated with the at least one intent;

(iv) associating each of the at least one data operations with a first set of data presented on the molecular report;

(v) executing each of the at least one data operations on a second set of data to generate response data;

(vi) generating a response associated with the response data; and

(vii) providing the response for broadcasting via an output device associated with the collaboration device.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying at least one parameter value in the query, wherein at least one of the parameter values includes a subject identity, a subject's disease state, a genetic mutation, or a procedure type.

3. The method of claim 1 , further including the step of storing a general knowledge database in a system database that includes non-subject specific data about specific topics, wherein a first data operation of the at least one data operations is associated with a specific subject's molecular report information and a second data operation is associated with the general knowledge database.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second data operation associated with the general knowledge database is executed first to generate second data operation results, the second data operation results are used to define the first data operation and the first data operation associated with the specific subject's molecular report information is executed second to generate the response data.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first data operation associated with the specific subject's molecular report information is executed first to generate first data operation results, the first data operation results are used to define the second data operation and the second data operation associated with the general knowledge database is executed second to generate the response data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the specific subject's disease state is a cancer state, wherein the database including information about the specific subject includes the specific subject's molecular report information, and wherein the pool of disease state related intents is a pool of cancer state related intents.

7. The method of claim 6 , further including the step of storing a general knowledge database in a system database that includes non-subject specific data about specific topics, the method further including the steps of, upon determining that the query is not associated with any specific patient, selecting an intent that is associated with the general knowledge database.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collaboration device includes at least one visual indicator, the processor linked to the visual indicator and controllable to change at least some aspect of the appearance of the visual indicator to indicate different states of the collaboration device.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collaboration device includes a processor, the input device includes a microphone, and the query is an audible query, and wherein the processor is programmed to monitor microphone input to identify a “wake up” phrase, the processor monitoring for the audible query after the wake up phrase is detected.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a series of queries are received, the at least one of the identified data operations including identifying a subset of data that is usable with subsequent queries to identify intents associated with the subsequent queries.

11. The method of claim 1 , further including the steps of, based on at least one received query and related data in a system database, identifying at least one activity that a collaboration device user may want to perform and initiating the at least one activity.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of initiating the at least one activity includes generating a second response and providing the second response to the user seeking verification that the at least one activity should be performed and monitoring for an affirmative response and, upon receiving an affirmative response, initiating the at least one activity.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one activity includes periodically capturing health information from electronic health records included in the system database.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the at least one activity includes checking status of an existing clinical or lab order, or ordering a new clinical or lab order.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of initiating the at least one activity includes automatically initiating the at least one activity without any initiating input from the user.

16. The method of claim 1 , further including storing and maintaining a general cancer knowledge database,

updating the specific subject's molecular report,

automatically identifying at least one intent and associated data operation related to the general cancer knowledge database based on the specific subject's molecular report,

executing the associated data operation on the general cancer knowledge database to generate a new set of response data not previously generated, and

upon generating the new set of response data, using the new set of response data to generate another response and providing the another response.

17. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying an additional data operation associated with the at least one intent and executing the additional data operation on a specific subject's health record maintained in an electronic health records system to generate additional response data.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the step of using the response data to generate a response includes using the response data and the additional response data to generate the response.

19. A system for providing responses to a user based on user queries about a specific subject's molecular report, the system comprising:

a computer including a processing device, the processing device configured to:

(i) receive a query from the user to an input device associated with a collaboration device;

(ii) identify at least one intent associated with the query, including:

determining that the query is associated with a specific subject;

identifying the specific subject's disease state from a database including information about the specific subject;

identifying a state-specific clinical record for the subject corresponding to the specific subject's disease state, the state-specific clinical record having a state-specific clinical record type;

determining a pool of disease state related intents associated with the state-specific clinical record type; and

selecting an intent from the pool of disease state related intents;

(iii) identify at least one data operation associated with the at least one intent;

(iv) associate each of the at least one data operations with a first set of data presented on the molecular report;

(v) execute each of the at least one data operations on a second set of to generate response data;

(vi) generate a response associated with the response data; and

(vii) provide the response for broadcasting via an output device associated with the collaboration device.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium for providing responses to a user based on user queries about a specific subject's molecular report, comprising instructions for causing a computer to:

(i) receive a query from the user to an input device associated with a collaboration device;

(ii) identify at least one intent associated with the query, including:

determining that the query is associated with a specific subject;

identifying the specific subject's disease state from a database including information about the specific subject;

identifying a state-specific clinical record for the subject corresponding to the specific subject's disease state, the state-specific clinical record having a state-specific clinical record type;

determining a pool of disease state related intents associated with the state-specific clinical record type; and

selecting an intent from the pool of disease state related intents;

(iii) identify at least one data operation associated with the at least one intent;

(iv) associate each of the at least one data operations with a first set of data presented on the molecular report;

(v) execute each of the at least one data operations on a second set of data to generate response data;

(vi) generate a response associated with the response data; and

(vii) provide the response for broadcasting via an output device associated with the collaboration device.

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