Patents by Inventor David M. Findlay

David M. Findlay has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8521538
    Abstract: A system and method of assisting a care provider in the documentation of self-performance and support information for a resident or person includes a speech dialog with a care provider that uses the generation of speech to play to the care provider and the capture of speech spoken by a care provider. The speech dialog provides assistance to the care provider in providing care for a person according to a care plan for the person. The care plan includes one or more activities requiring a level of performance by the person. For the activity, speech inquiries are provided to the care provider, through the speech dialog, regarding performance of the activity by the person and regarding care provider assistance in the performance of the activity by the person. Speech input is captured from the care provider that is responsive to the speech inquiries. A code is then determined from the speech input and the code indicates the self-performance of the person and support information for a care provider for the activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Laughery, Bonnie Praksti, David M. Findlay, James E. Shearon
  • Patent number: 8255225
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to assist a user in the performance of a plurality of tasks are provided. The method may comprise storing at least one care plan in a voice assistant, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed, capturing speech input from the user, determining, from the speech input, a selected interaction with a care plan, and in response to the selected interaction, providing a speech dialog with the user reflective of the care plan. Alternatively, the method may comprise capturing speech input from a user, determining from the speech input, a first weight associated with a resident, associating the first weight with a care plan in turn associated with the resident, comparing the first weight to a second weight associated with the resident and the care plan, and providing a speech dialog regarding reweighting the resident based on the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Graham Byford, David M. Findlay, Michael Laughery, James R. Logan, Mark B. Mellott, James E. Shearon, Kathleen A. Tellish, Christopher M. Winters
  • Publication number: 20110040564
    Abstract: A system and method of assisting a care provider in the documentation of self-performance and support information for a resident or person includes a speech dialog with a care provider that uses the generation of speech to play to the care provider and the capture of speech spoken by a care provider. The speech dialog provides assistance to the care provider in providing care for a person according to a care plan for the person. The care plan includes one or more activities requiring a level of performance by the person. For the activity, speech inquiries are provided to the care provider, through the speech dialog, regarding performance of the activity by the person and regarding care provider assistance in the performance of the activity by the person. Speech input is captured from the care provider that is responsive to the speech inquiries. A code is then determined from the speech input and the code indicates the self-performance of the person and support information for a care provider for the activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: VOCOLLECT HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Laughery, Bonnie Praksti, David M. Findlay, James E. Shearon
  • Publication number: 20100036667
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses to assist a user in the performance of a plurality of tasks are provided. The method may comprise storing at least one care plan in a voice assistant, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed, capturing speech input from the user, determining, from the speech input, a selected interaction with a care plan, and in response to the selected interaction, providing a speech dialog with the user reflective of the care plan. Alternatively, the method may comprise capturing speech input from a user, determining from the speech input, a first weight associated with a resident, associating the first weight with a care plan in turn associated with the resident, comparing the first weight to a second weight associated with the resident and the care plan, and providing a speech dialog regarding reweighting the resident based on the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: Roger Graham Byford, David M. Findlay, Michael Laughery, James R. Logan, Mark B. Mellott, James E. Shearon, Kathleen A. Tellish, Christopher M. Winters
  • Patent number: 4929454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preserving wood material and rendering said wood material resistant to biological deterioration, by impregnating a wood material with a composition comprising an aqueous ammoniacal solution of copper and quaternary ammonium compounds. The invention also embraces the product resulting therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Domtar Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Findlay, deceased, Neil G. Richardson
  • Patent number: 4147626
    Abstract: A technique for removing substantially all the elemental mercury from a mercury containing aqueous media by adjusting the pH of the liquid to the range of 7-13, adding a polysulfide in an amount sufficient to combine with the elemental mercury to form a mercury sulfide which is precipitated and preventing the mercury from being resolublized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Domtar Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Findlay, Ronald A. N. McLean