IP Library Granted Patent US 12,183,343
Granted Patent B2
US 12,183,343 · App. 18/340,565 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

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 12,183,343
App. No.
18/340,565
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
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 (58)

1. A server device comprising:

at least one processor;

non-transitory computer-readable storage; and

program instructions stored in the non-transitory storage and executable by the at least one processor to cause the server device to perform operations including:

receiving a spoken command from a communication device,

parsing the spoken command to identify a plurality of elements of the spoken command,

determining a priority based on at least one of the identified elements of the spoken command,

generating a message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule comprises associating the message rule with the determined priority,

determining whether the generated message rule has been met, and

controlling whether to send a message to the communication device, the controlling being based on the determination of whether the message rule has been met.

2. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the operations additionally include determining an intent comprising an action to be taken and a subject of the action based on at least one of the identified elements of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule based on the determined intent.

3. The server device of claim 2 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements 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.

4. The server device of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

5. The server device of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) a patient event threshold and (ii) a qualifier of the patient event.

6. The server device of claim 1 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises:

mapping at least a given element of the identified elements to a rule template field; and

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

7. The server device of claim 6 ,

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

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

8. The server device of claim 6 , wherein mapping the given element to the rule template field comprises mapping to the rule template field at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) a patient vital sign identifier, (ii) a comparator, and (iii) a patient vital sign value.

9. The server device of claim 6 , wherein mapping the given element to the rule template field comprises applying a customized mapping of the given element and the rule template field.

10. The server device of claim 1 , wherein determining the priority based on the at least one identified element of the spoken command comprises determining an indication of relatively higher priority as compared to a relatively lower priority.

11. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the operations additionally include:

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.

12. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the operations additionally include:

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

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

13. The server device of claim 1 , wherein the operations additionally include:

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.

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

receiving a spoken command from a communication device;

parsing the spoken command to identify a plurality of elements of the spoken command;

determining a priority based on at least one of the identified elements of the spoken command;

generating a message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule comprises associating the message rule with the determined priority;

determining whether the generated message rule has been met; and

controlling whether to send a message to the communication device, the controlling being based on the determination of whether the message rule has been met.

15. The voice-activated message filtering rule generation method of claim 14 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

16. The voice-activated message filtering rule generation method of claim 14 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) a patient event threshold and (ii) a qualifier of the patient event.

17. The voice-activated message filtering rule generation method of claim 14 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises:

mapping at least a given element of the identified elements to a rule template field; and

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

wherein mapping the given element to the rule template field comprises mapping to the rule template field at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) a patient vital sign identifier, (ii) a comparator, and (iii) a patient vital sign value.

18. Non-transitory computer-readable storage having stored thereon program instructions executable by at least one processor in a server device to cause the server device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a spoken command from a communication device;

parsing the spoken command to identify a plurality of elements of the spoken command;

determining a priority based on at least one of the identified elements of the spoken command;

generating a message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command, wherein generating the message rule comprises associating the message rule with the determined priority;

determining whether the generated message rule has been met; and

controlling whether to send a message to the communication device, the controlling being based on the determination of whether the message rule has been met.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 18 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 18 , wherein generating the message rule based on the identified plurality of elements of the spoken command comprises generating the message rule comprising a patient event and at least one item selected from the group consisting of (i) a patient event threshold and (ii) a qualifier of the patient event.

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 Jun 26, 2023
From: ACHARYA, SRIDHAR; MIRCHANDANI, ARUN
To: VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 064058/0159 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2023
From: VOCERA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064060/0988 →