Patents by Inventor Mark B. Mellott

Mark B. Mellott 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).

  • Training/coaching system for a voice-enabled work environment
    Patent number: 8386261
    Abstract: A voice assistant system is disclosed which directs the voice Prompts delivered to a first user of a voice assistant to also be communicated wirelessly to the voice assistant of a second user so that the second user can hear the voice Prompts as delivered to the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark B. Mellott, Richard Anthony Bates, Michael Laughery, James R. Logan
  • Voice assistant system
    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
  • TRAINING/COACHING SYSTEM FOR A VOICE-ENABLED WORK ENVIRONMENT
    Publication number: 20100125460
    Abstract: A voice assistant system is disclosed which directs the voice Prompts delivered to a first user of a voice assistant to also be communicated wirelessly to the voice assistant of a second user so that the second user can hear the voice Prompts as delivered to the first user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Mark B. Mellott, Richard Anthony Bates, Michael Laughery, James R. Logan
  • VOICE ASSISTANT SYSTEM
    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