IP Library Granted Patent US 8,553,870
Granted Patent B2
US 8,553,870 · App. 12/538,246 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Computer telephony integration (CTI) complete healthcare contact center

Inventors: Diane Brown Turcan (Smyrna, GL); David L. Wellons (Marietta, GA)
Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
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Patent No.
US 8,553,870
App. No.
12/538,246
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and products enable a healthcare facility to process incoming communications.

Claims (45)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a communication identifying a sender's communications address and a recipient's communications address;

retrieving a patient identifier associated with the sender's communications address;

retrieving medical information that is associated with the patient identifier from a database;

retrieving a surgery schedule associated with the recipient's communications address;

determining a time of receipt of the communication matches a scheduled surgery in the surgery schedule; and

routing the communication to an alternate destination in response to the scheduled surgery.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the sender's communications address.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a profile associated with the patient identifier.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a physician name associated with the patient identifier.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising retrieving a physician name associated with the sender's communications address.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving a surgery location of the scheduled surgery;

determining an intercom associated with the scheduled surgery; and

selecting the alternate destination as the intercom, such that the communication is routed to the intercom during the scheduled surgery.

7. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising retrieving a communications profile associated with the physician name.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising retrieving a status of a communications device based on the communications profile.

9. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a communication identifying a sender's communications address and a recipient's communications address;

retrieving a patient identifier associated with the sender's communications address;

retrieving medical information that is associated with the patient identifier from a database;

retrieving a surgery schedule associated with the recipient's communications address;

determining a time of receipt of the communication matches a scheduled surgery in the surgery schedule; and

routing the communication to an alternate destination in response to the scheduled surgery.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the sender's communications address.

11. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a profile associated with the patient identifier.

12. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a physician name associated with the patient identifier.

13. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a physician name associated with the sender's communications address.

14. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise:

retrieving a surgery location of the scheduled surgery;

determining an intercom associated with the scheduled surgery; and

selecting the alternate destination as the intercom, such that the communication is routed to the intercom during the scheduled surgery.

15. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a communications profile associated with the physician name.

16. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a status of a communications device in the communications profile.

17. A memory storing instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a communication identifying a sender's communications address and a recipient's communications address;

retrieving a patient identifier associated with the sender's communications address;

retrieving medical information that is associated with the patient identifier from the database;

retrieving a surgery schedule associated with the recipient's communications address;

determining a time of receipt of the communication matches a scheduled surgery in the surgery schedule; and

routing the communication to an alternate destination in response to the scheduled surgery.

18. The memory according to claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a physician name associated with the patient identifier.

19. The memory according to claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise a physician name associated with the sender's communications address.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 051308/0888 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 051301/0711 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 051301/0765 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: AT&T BLS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
To: AT&T DELAWARE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
Reel/Frame 051302/0281 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 023089 FRAME: 0402. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 16, 2019
From: TURCAN, DIANE BROWN; WELLONS, DAVID L.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051311/0696 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2009
From: TURCAN, DIANE BROWN; WELLONS, DAVID L.
To: BELLSOUTH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION (NOW AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.)
Reel/Frame 023089/0402 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 10335453 · Dec 31, 2002
Related Publication 20100027772A1 · Feb 4, 2010