Christopher N Winters

US Patent:

20100036667, Feb 11, 2010

Filed:

Aug 6, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/536696

Inventors:

Roger Graham Byford - Apollo PA, US
David M. Findlay - Freeport PA, US
Michael Laughery - Monroeville PA, US
James R. Logan - Pittsburgh PA, US
Mark B. Mellott - Pittsburgh PA, US
James E. Shearon - Pittsburgh PA, US
Kathleen A. Tellish - Hookstown PA, US
Christopher M. Winters - Pittsburgh PA, US

International Classification:

G10L 21/00
G10L 11/00
G10L 15/00

US Classification:

704270, 704275, 704246, 704E15001, 704E21001

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.