Systems and methods for responding to healthcare inquiries

US10847265B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Curai, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Anitha Kannan · Mountain View, US
• Murali Ravuri · Sunnyvale, US
• Vitor Rodrigues · Los Gatos, US
• Vignesh Venkataraman · Cupertino, US
• Geoffrey Tso · Redwood City, US
• Neal Khosla · Palo Alto, US
• Neil Hunt · Los Altos, US
• Xavier Amatriain · Los Gatos, US
• Manish Chablani · Redmond, US
• David Sontag · Brookline, US
• Viraj Uday PRABHU · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 24, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H80/00
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Techniques for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user, according to a set of instructions stored on a memory of a computing device and executed by a processor of the computing device, the method comprising the steps of: classifying an intent of the user based on the healthcare inquiry; identifying the intent as a need to obtain a dermatological diagnosis or treatment; soliciting, from the user and via the computing device, an image of the user's skin area to be diagnosed or treated; instantiating an image classification system to identify a dermatological disease from the image; and presenting one or more medical recommendations to the user based on the identified dermatological disease.