WO1994017501A1 - Systeme generant des messages de rappel a la memoire - Google Patents

Systeme generant des messages de rappel a la memoire Download PDF

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WO1994017501A1
WO1994017501A1 PCT/US1994/000530 US9400530W WO9417501A1 WO 1994017501 A1 WO1994017501 A1 WO 1994017501A1 US 9400530 W US9400530 W US 9400530W WO 9417501 A1 WO9417501 A1 WO 9417501A1
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Lawrence G. Treadgold
Neil A. Hersh
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/18—Service support devices; Network management devices
    • H04W88/185—Selective call encoders for paging networks, e.g. paging centre devices

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  • This invention relates in general to a system for providing reminders.
  • This system has many applications, including being an assistant to busy people and in medical-related applications such as in assisting certain disabled persons.
  • the system of this invention enables a reminder sequence to be loaded beforehand, specifying one or more reminder messages that are to be sent at one or more predetermined times.
  • the message is sent to a transmitter, causing the transmitter to transmit to a personal receiver.
  • the personal receiver then sends the reminder message from the transmitter to the user to refresh the user's memory.
  • the user need not remember to check any notebook or time scheduler or their electronic equivalents, or how to use these devices.
  • the preloaded reminder sequence will automatically cause the preset messages to be sent to the user at predetermined times.
  • the method of this invention is for providing reminders to at least one user employing a system controller.
  • a reminder sequence is loaded into the system controller where the sequence specifies at least one reminder message that is to be sent to said at least one user at at least one predetermined time, and causing the system controller to generate and send to a transmitter a signal containing information on said reminder message at said at least one predetermined time.
  • the method further comprises the steps of causing the transmitter to transmit to a personal receiver a signal containing information on said reminder message in response to a signal from the system controller containing information on the reminder message, and causing the personal receiver to send said reminder message to the at least one user in response to the signal from the transmitter containing information on said reminder message.
  • Another aspect of the invention is directed towards a system for providing reminders according to a predetermined sequence to at least one user through a transmitter that transmits at least one message to at least one user who responds to an information signal received, where the message contains information in the information signal.
  • the system comprises a system controller that stores said sequence, generates reminder information according to said store sequence, and sends the signal containing reminder information generated to said transmitter.
  • the transmitter transmits a message containing said reminder information in response to said signal from the system controller.
  • the system further comprises a personal receiver for the at least one user that generates a user-recognizable signal in response to said message from the transmitter.
  • Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a system for providing reminders to illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a flow chart illustrating the operation of the system of Fig. 1.
  • system 10 for providing reminders includes a system controller 12 (such as a computer) which stores a predetermined sequence of reminders in a memory (not shown separately) and sends a signal containing information concerning one or more reminder messages to a paging terminal 14 through a modem 16.
  • the paging terminal also employs a modem 18 used to receive signals from modem 16.
  • Information from the paging terminal 14 is transmitted in a signal by a transmitter 20 to a pager or personal receiver 22.
  • Personal receiver 22 then sends the message to the user carrying the personal receiver. If a response is called for by the message in the predetermined sequence stored in system controller 12, the user may then use a telephone 24 to transmit a response to system controller 12 through modem 16 through a phone line 26.
  • the reminder sequence may be entered in system controller 12 through a keyboard 32, or remotely through a telephone 34 and line 36 and modem 16.
  • Personal receiver 22 is of the type which displays written messages and alarms or sends audio messages and alarms.
  • One type of personal receiver or pager that may be used for displaying written messages and alarms is Model Advisor by Motorola. In the above- referenced alpha-numeric personal receiver from Motorola, the screen is large and allows four lines of print. Longer messages involve one button press for one new screen of information.
  • the paging terminal is typically located at the headquarters of a paging company such as Pagemart or Mobilnet or the user's own transmitter.
  • the operation of the system 10 in Fig. 1 will now be described by reference to the flow chart in Fig. 2.
  • the system 10 of Fig. 1 works in two modes.
  • the open loop operation involves transmission of reminders where the person being reminded is not required to respond.
  • the closed loop system requires the person being reminded to send to system controller 12 a response to the reminder.
  • a reminder sequence is first stored in system controller 12 by means of a keyboard 32, or remotely through telephone 34, phone line 36, and modem 16.
  • the reminder sequence specifies at least one message to be sent at at least one predetermined time, or two or more messages at two or more predetermined times.
  • system controller 12 generates a signal indicating the reminder message or information that is to be sent, and sends such signal through modem 16 to the paging terminal 14 through modem 18.
  • the paging terminal 14 in turn sends a signal containing the information to a personal receiver or personal receiver 22 through a transmitter 20 (block 58) .
  • Personal receiver 22 displays or sounds the information that is transmitted by transmitter 20.
  • the person carrying personal receiver 22 is thereby reminded.
  • the reminder sequence stored in system controller 12 does not call for a response by the person carrying the personal receiver 22. In such event, system controller 12 will not check for responses and simply stores a history of the operation just described.
  • System controller 12 by means of keyboard 32 or phone 34 and phone line 36, parameters of future activities are entered, such as the type of reminder messages to be sent, the times at which the message is to be sent, and whether a response is called for (block 50) .
  • System controller 12 then creates scheduling databases from the sequence entered and stores the databases in a memory (block 52) .
  • System controller 12 monitors the time (diamond 54) and continues in the loop 56 until it is time to send the message specified in the reminder sequence. At such time, a message is sent containing the information of the reminder (block 58) .
  • System controller 12 then checks to see whether a response is specified in the reminder sequence entered in block 50. See diamond 60. In the open loop operation, no response is specified and system controller 12 simply creates a log of what has transpired and stores such history in the memory (block 62) .
  • a response is called for in the reminder sequence specified in block 50. If such is the case, system controller 12 then checks to see whether a response has been received by modem 16 (diamond 64) . If the response has indeed been received, system controller 12 then returns to create a history of the transmission as before in the open loop system (block 62) . However, if a response has not been received, system controller 12 checks to see whether a time has been specified for the next reminder (diamond 66) . It will return to diamond 64 if it is not yet time to send the next reminder. At the next predetermined time specified in the reminder sequence, system controller 12 checks to see whether the reminder specified in the sequence is the last reminder (diamond 68) . If it is not the last reminder, the controller sends the reminder (block 70) and returns to diamond 64.
  • system controller 12 If it is the last reminder, it sends the last reminder and checks for a response to the last reminder. If a response to the last reminder has not been received within a specified time (diamond 74) , system controller 12 causes an alert message to be sent to the prescribed individuals entered (block 50) in system controller 12 through the keyboard 32 or phone 34, line 36. See block 76. Again, system controller 12 creates a history of the transmission (block 62) . In other words, if no response is received after a pre-specified time in the sequence after the last reminder checked in diamond 74, the system controller 12 sends an alert message to prescribed individuals.
  • the reminder sequence specifies that one or more messages are to be sent to a group of users, each of the users in the group having a corresponding personal receiver.
  • the above-described operation will function essentially as described above, except that the transmitter will transmit the signal containing reminder information to the corresponding personal receiver of each of said group of users, causing each personal receiver to send the reminder message contained in the signal received from the transmitter to the corresponding user in the group.
  • the above operation described will now be illustrated by reference to a patient who needs reminders to take Tegretol as medication. Assume, for example, that the reminder sequence entered specifies that at 11:00 a.m., the reminder message is to be sent to the patient carrying the personal receiver that he or she is to take Tegretol. Thus, at 11:00 a.m., system controller 12 causes a signal containing the message "Take Tegretol" to be sent to the paging terminal 14 which in turn causes another signal containing the message "Take Tegretol" to be transmitted by transmitter
  • the personal receiver 22 which displays the message on its screen or gives a voice message.
  • a real life closed loop operation may, for example, be as follows: Receiver signal [Beep]
  • Receiver readout Take your 11am eds. Call 123-4567 to confirm Patient ignores
  • Receiver readout Have you taken your 11am eds? Call 123-4567 to confirm Patient contacts computer by phone and "confirms"
  • the system controller may be programmed to notify a third party with a warning. For example, in the case of a patient who does not confirm after three attempts that he/she has taken his medication, a call to the nursing desk will automatically occur.
  • the Modified Open Loop System comprises an open loop system utilizing a human interface between the user providing feedback and the system controller.
  • Receiver readout Take your 11am meds. Call 123-4567 to confirm
  • the above-described system is easy to learn, extremely portable, minimally challenging in terms of motor abilities, unlimited in number of cues and extremely precise insofar as it will cue by means of alarm and vocal or written descriptive message.
  • the system does not require a high degree of cooperation or motivation; it is active as opposed to passive. It will not only remind the non-cooperative person, but it can be set to double check or even demand confirmation of cooperation at some preset interval. It can be programmed to cue specific activities ("MD APPOINTMENT AT 1:15 PM") or very general activities ("did you return all of your phone calls today?") . It can even be utilized to encourage the use of other memory aids ("check your calendar for appointments tomorrow") . As indicated above, the population with brain disfunctions forgets appointments, medications, and forgets to carry memory aids, and when aids are available, they forget how to use them or are distracted by other activities during their use.
  • the above- described system can be programmed to be quite
  • system controller 12 utilizes a telephone line and modems for system controller 12 to transmit signals to the paging terminal
  • a cable, an optical fiber or wireless channel may be used instead.
  • the user being reminded and the remote programming function may all be communicated to system controller 12 through other means such as cables, optical fibers or wireless communication channels instead of telephone lines.
  • the programming and logging system controller may be located at the site of the paging terminal, in which case the paging terminal may simply be programmed as described above for system controller 12 and the need for a separate system controller 12 is thereby eliminated. All such and other variations are within the scope of the invention. The invention is to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.

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Une séquence de messages de rappels à la mémoire est enregistrée dans un contrôleur de système (12) qui génère des messages de rappel à la mémoire à des moments prédéterminés spécifiés dans la séquence. A chacun de ces moments prédéterminés, le contrôleur de système (12) génère un message de rappel à la mémoire et l'envoie à un terminal de recherche de personnes (14) qui, à son tour, fait transmettre à un émetteur (20) un message de rappel à la mémoire à un récepteur personnel (22) porté par un utilisateur pour lui rappeler quelque chose à la mémoire. Si une réponse est spécifiée dans la séquence de rappel à la mémoire, le contrôleur de système (12) vérifie si une réponse au message de rappel à la mémoire a été reçue par l'utilisateur.
PCT/US1994/000530 1993-01-29 1994-01-20 Systeme generant des messages de rappel a la memoire WO1994017501A1 (fr)

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