US5146562A
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Patient care communication system
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1991-09-23
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Granted: 1992-09-08
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Expires: 2011-09-23
Abstract
Abstract A patient care facility communication system with a plurality of communication terminals operatively coupled together for the transmission and receipt of messages, includes a program providing a message composition facility by which an operator may select one or more common items from a plurality of data screens, such as patient lists, address lists, work-item lists, and common message lists, to be included in messages frequently required to be sent for the efficient operation of the patient care facility.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert W. Kukla
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 15:10
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F3/04895; G16; G16H; G16H40/00; G16H40/20; G16Z; G16Z99/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A process for selectively and electronically composing and displaying for transmission messages at a communication station in a communications system which includes a plurality of display terminals connected to a central computer, said communication station being one of said display terminals and displaying screens containing reference data items stored in said central computer, the process comprising the steps of: displaying the reference data items in a screen on said communication station for selection by an operator; saving the reference data items selected by the operator in a temporary storage; composing a message made up of operator-selected items; and displaying the composed message for review and correction prior to transmission to another communications station in the communication system, displaying a second screen containing a list of possible addresses to whom the message may be sent for selection by the operator; and saving in said temporary storage the addresses selected by the operator from said second screen, said composed message also including the addresses selected from said second screen.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
167 words
A process for selectively and electronically composing and displaying for transmission messages at a communication station in a communications system which includes a plurality of display terminals connected to a central computer, said communication station being one of said display terminals and displaying screens containing reference data items stored in said central computer, the process comprising the steps of: displaying the reference data items in a screen on said communication station for selection by an operator; saving the reference data items selected by the operator in a temporary storage; composing a message made up of operator-selected items; and displaying the composed message for review and correction prior to transmission to another communications station in the communication system, displaying a second screen containing a list of possible addresses to whom the message may be sent for selection by the operator; and saving in said temporary storage the addresses selected by the operator from said second screen, said composed message also including the addresses selected from said second screen.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A process as in claim 1 further comprising the step of displaying as one of said screens a list of predefined commonly used messages as part of a screen format.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
A process as in claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving at the communication station text input by the operator from a keyboard, said composed message being composed at least partially from said text entered by the operator from a keyboard.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
61 words
A process as in claim 1 further comprising the steps of: displaying as one of said screens a list of predefined commonly used messages as part of the screen format; and receiving at the communication station text input by the operator from a keyboard, said message being composed at least partially from said text entered by the operator from a keyboard.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The process as in claim 1 and further including the steps of; displaying an input message screen for allowing the operator to input data other than the items on the screen; and saving in said temporary storage the data input by the operator, said composed message also containing the data input by the operator.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process as in claim 1 wherein the step of displaying includes displaying in at least one of said screens data from existing files in the communications system.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The process as in claim 1 wherein the step of displaying includes displaying in at least one of said screens data from individually coded screen formats.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
67 words
The process as in claim 1 further including the steps of: displaying a third screen, said third screen containing a plurality of data items for selection of one or more of said data items by the operator; and saving in said temporary storage the data items selected by the operator from the third screen, said composed message also containing the data items selected from the third screen.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
The process as in claim 8 wherein the step of displaying the third screen includes displaying a list of predefined commonly used messages.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
The process as in claim 8 and further including the steps of: displaying an input message screen for allowing the operator to input data other than the items on the screen; and saving in said temporary storage the data input by the operator, said composed message also containing the data input by the operator.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
67 words
The process as in claim 10 and further including the steps of: displaying fourth screen containing items related to requests for services to be rendered for selection of one or more of said fourth screen items by the operator; and saving in said temporary storage the items selected by the operator from the fourth screen, said composed message also containing the items selected from the fourth screen.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process as in claim 11 further comprising the step of receiving a user input selection from one of said screens by means of a light pen.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
68 words
The process as in claim 11 and further including the steps of: receiving an operator input selection of one of the items from the first, second , third and fourth screens and data input one the message screen by means of a keyboard; and receiving an operator input selection of one of the items from the first, second, third and fourth screens by means of a light pen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
130 words
A process for selectively and electronically composing and displaying for transmission messages at a communication station in a communications systems which includes a plurality of display terminals connected to a central computer, said communication station being one of said display terminals and displaying screens containing reference data items stored in said central computer, the process comprising the steps of: displaying the reference data items in a screen on said communication station for selection by an operator; saving the reference data items selected by the operator in a temporary storage; composing a message made up of operator-selected items; and displaying the composed message for review and correction prior to transmission to another communications station in the communication system, and further including the step of transmitting the composed message to selected destinations.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
130 words
A process for selectively and electronically composing and displaying for transmission messages at a communication station in a communications systems which includes a plurality of display terminals connected to a central computer, said communication station being one of said display terminals and displaying screens containing reference data items stored in said central computer, the process comprising the steps of: displaying the reference data items in a screen on said communication station for selection by an operator; saving the reference data items selected by the operator in a temporary storage; composing a message made up of operator-selected items; and displaying the composed message for review and correction prior to transmission to another communications station in the communication system, and further including the step of transmitting the composed message to selected destinations.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process as in claim 14 further including the step of printing the composed message at printers located at the selected destinations.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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