Patents by Inventor Kathleen A. Tellish

Kathleen A. Tellish 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: 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: 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