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Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,284 · App. 17/518,431 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Communication system and method

Inventors: David Rubin (Stamford, CT); George N. Kustas (Poughkeepsie, NY); Michael T. Trombly (Burlington, VT)
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
H04L67/12G06F3/167G06F16/258G06F40/174G06F40/186G10L15/22G16H10/60G16H15/00G16H30/00G16H30/20G16H80/00H04L67/51G10L2015/223G16H10/40G16H30/40G16H50/20
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Patent No.
US 12,192,284
App. No.
17/518,431
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method, computer program product, and computing system for defining a communication computing system within a computing network, wherein the computing network includes a plurality of disparate platforms configured to provide information concerning various topics; enabling a user to issue a verbal command concerning one or more of the plurality of disparate platforms; processing the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command; and providing the platform-useable command to at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system.

Claims (63)

1. A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing system, comprising:

defining, by a processor, a communication computing system within a computing network, wherein the computing network includes a plurality of disparate platforms configured to provide information concerning various topics;

enabling, by the processor, a user to issue a verbal command concerning one or more of the plurality of disparate platforms;

processing, by the processor, the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command; and

providing, by the processor, the platform-useable command to at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system includes receiving the platform-useable command on the communication computing system and broadcasting the platform-useable command to at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms,

wherein in response of an event that the platform-useable command has some ambiguity, the at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system is configured to make a verbal inquiry to the user to clarify the ambiguity.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of disparate platforms includes a plurality of disparate medical platforms.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein the plurality of disparate medical platforms includes one or more of:

a medical imaging platform;

a medical report platform;

a medical analysis platform;

a medical record platform; and

a conversational AI platform.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein the information concerning various topics includes information concerning various patients.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the communication computing system includes a cloud-based communication computing system.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms is executed on a single computing system.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein processing the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command includes:

processing the verbal command via a conversational AI platform to generate the platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the platform-useable command on at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms; and

processing the platform-useable command on the at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms.

9. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

defining a communication computing system within a computing network, wherein the computing network includes a plurality of disparate platforms configured to provide information concerning various topics;

enabling a user to issue a verbal command concerning one or more of the plurality of disparate platforms;

processing the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command; and

providing the platform-useable command to at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system includes receiving the platform-useable command on the communication computing system and broadcasting the platform-useable command to at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms,

wherein in response of an event that the platform-useable command has some ambiguity, the at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system is configured to make a verbal inquiry to the user to clarify the ambiguity.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the plurality of disparate platforms includes a plurality of disparate medical platforms.

11. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the plurality of disparate medical platforms includes one or more of:

a medical imaging platform;

a medical report platform;

a medical analysis platform;

a medical record platform; and

a conversational AI platform.

12. The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the information concerning various topics includes information concerning various patients.

13. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the communication computing system includes a cloud-based communication computing system.

14. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms is executed on a single computing system.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein processing the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command includes:

processing the verbal command via a conversational AI platform to generate the platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising:

receiving the platform-useable command on at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms; and

processing the platform-useable command on the at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms.

17. A computing system including a processor and memory configured to perform operations comprising:

defining, by the processor, a communication computing system within a computing network, wherein the computing network includes a plurality of disparate platforms configured to provide information concerning various topics;

enabling, by the processor, a user to issue a verbal command concerning one or more of the plurality of disparate platforms;

processing, by the processor, the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command; and

providing, by the processor, the platform-useable command to at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system includes receiving the platform-useable command on the communication computing system and broadcasting the platform-useable command to at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms,

wherein in response of an event that the platform-useable command has some ambiguity, the at least the portion of the plurality of disparate platforms via the communication computing system is configured to make a verbal inquiry to the user to clarify the ambiguity.

18. The computing system of claim 17 wherein the plurality of disparate platforms includes a plurality of disparate medical platforms.

19. The computing system of claim 18 wherein the plurality of disparate medical platforms includes one or more of:

a medical imaging platform;

a medical report platform;

a medical analysis platform;

a medical record platform; and

a conversational AI platform.

20. The computing system of claim 18 wherein the information concerning various topics includes information concerning various patients.

21. The computing system of claim 17 wherein the communication computing system includes a cloud-based communication computing system.

22. The computing system of claim 17 wherein at least a portion of the plurality of disparate platforms is executed on a single computing system.

23. The computing system of claim 17 wherein processing the verbal command to generate a platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command includes:

processing the verbal command via a conversational AI platform to generate the platform-useable command based, at least in part, upon the verbal command.

24. The computing system of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving the platform-useable command on at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms; and

processing the platform-useable command on the at least one of the plurality of disparate platforms.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 065578/0676 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2021
From: RUBIN, DAVID; KUSTAS, GEORGE N.; TROMBLY, MICHAEL T.
To: NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058012/0729 →
Continuity (4)
Provisional Application 63129301 · Dec 22, 2020
Provisional Application 63113439 · Nov 13, 2020
Provisional Application 63109219 · Nov 3, 2020
Related Publication 20220137921A1 · May 5, 2022
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