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Computer-based patient record and message delivery system

US6216104A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 1998
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG16H80/00
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A Computer-based Patient Record (CPR) system includes user equipment devices which are configured for speech synthesis in response to speech markup language text and which are connected via a network to a middle tier of a server system. The CPR system further includes a message delivery facility for delivery of textual messages to any of pager, electronic mail, or voice mail (after text-to-speech synthesis) message delivery vehicles. The server system accesses a user specific data store containing speech synthesis profiles which include prosodic information of the voices and speech of users, and message delivery profiles which specify which of the aforementioned message delivery vehicles are to be used and in what order. The stored speech synthesis information associated with an originator of a message and the stored message delivery information associated with the recipient of message are provided by the server to user equipment or a reminder generator to produce speech markup files containing information needed to synthesize the vocal and speech characteristics of the originator accompanied by delivery instructions reflecting the message delivery preferences of the recipient.

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