Patent Issued for Automated Dynamic Content Scheduler (USPTO 10,956,441)
2021 APR 07 (NewsRx) -- By a
Patent number 10,956,441 is assigned to
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “In applications associated with distributed communication networks, it may be important to help facilitate and/or determine when one or more communication devices transition from a second state back into a first state. Such information can, for example, be used to take remedial steps to hasten the communication device’s return to the first state and/or allow an enterprise to take other steps in anticipation of the communication device not returning to the first state in the near future. Facilitating a return to the first state, however, can be a time consuming and error prone task--especially when there are a substantial number of communication devices. It would therefore be desirable to provide systems and methods to facilitate a communication device’s ability to transition back to a first state.”
In addition to the background information obtained for this patent, NewsRx journalists also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent: “A system is disclosed wherein a selection server is in communication with a potential communication device database and a currently participating device database, the potential communication device database storing information about communication devices associated with a transition from a first state to a second state, including at least one communication address associated with each communication device. The selection server may automatically identify a communication device as meeting a pre-determined criteria and copy information about the identified communication device from the potential communication device database to the currently participating device database. A scheduling server may automatically schedule a series of communication events between a monitoring device and the identified communication device and arrange for a communication link to be established for each of the scheduled series of communication events until a transition from the second state back to the first state is detected for the identified communication device.
“By facilitating a communication device’s ability to transition back to a first state, embodiments may provide improved data exchange over a distributed communication network.
“With these and other advantages and features of the invention that will become hereinafter apparent, the invention may be more clearly understood by reference to the following detailed description of the invention, the appended claims, and the drawings attached hereto.”
The claims supplied by the inventors are:
“What is claimed is:
“1. A system for improved device selection and data exchange over a distributed communications network, comprising: (a) a potential communication device database storing information about a plurality of communication devices associated with workers, of an employer, who transition from a first state to a second state as a result of a work-related physical injury, including at least one communication address associated with each communication device; (b) a currently participating device database; © a predictive model platform component to automatically generate a selection algorithm indicating that the communication device is associated with a worker who has been in the second state for at least a threshold period of time and that the worker associated with the communication device exhibits a set of behavioral characteristics; (d) a selection server, in communication with the potential communication device database and the currently participating device database, programmed to: (i) access information in the potential communication database, (ii) automatically identify a communication device as meeting the selection algorithm generated by the predictive model platform component, and (iii) copy information about the identified communication device from the potential communication device database to the currently participating device database; (e) an activity tracking device to measure movement data and sleep quality and transmit the movement data and sleep quality to a software application, executing on the identified communication device, to facilitate a detection that the worker associated with the identified communication device has transitioned from the second state back to the first state; and (f) a scheduling server of an insurer providing workers’ compensation benefits for the employer, coupled to the currently participating device database, programmed to: (iv) automatically schedule a series of communication events between a monitoring device and the identified communication device, using the communication address, via the distributed communication network, and (v) arrange for a communication link to be established in accordance with each of the scheduled series of communication events until the transition from the second state back to the first state is detected for the worker associated with the identified communication device; wherein information about the identified communication device, the automatically scheduled series of communication events, the movement data and sleep quality measured by the activity tracking device, the work-related physical injury, at least one workers’ compensation insurance claim, and the transition from the from the second state back to the first state are all transmitted to the predictive model platform component to improve the selection algorithm.
“2. The system of claim 1, wherein the distributed communication network is associated with at least one of a public switched telephone network, the Internet, and a web portal.
“3. The system of claim 1, wherein the identified communication device is associated with at least one of: a telephone, a personal computer, a smartphone, a smartwatch, a table computer, and a chat interface.
“4. The system of claim 3, wherein the scheduling server is further programmed to: (vi) automatically arrange for a physical item to be delivered to a postal address associated with the communication device in connection with at least some of the scheduled series of communication events.
“5. The system of claim 4, wherein the scheduling server automatically arranges for a physical workbook to be delivered in connection with a first of the scheduled series of communication events.
“6. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one physical item is associated with at least one of: an activity tracking device, a water bottle, a wrist band, a stress ball, a sleeping mask, a cap or visor, training media, and a certificate of completion.
“7. The system of claim 3, wherein the identified communication device is associated with an ill or injured worker, the first state is associated with an “at work” or “fully functional” status, and the second state is associated with a “not at work” or “non-fully functional” status.
“8. The system of claim 7, wherein at least one intermediate state exists between the “at work” or “fully functional” and “not at work” or “non-fully functional” states, including a “modified work duty” or “partially functional” state.
“9. The system of claim 7, wherein the monitoring device is associated with a recovery coach to encourage all of: physical activity, social activity, and cognitive activity.
“10. The system of claim 7, wherein the software application executing at the identified communication device is associated with at least one of: workbook materials, training media, activity tracking features, and goal tracking functionality.
“11. The system of claim 10, wherein information measured by the activity tracking device and information about the ill or injured worker’s activity are accessible by the ill or injured worker and the recovery coach via a web portal.
“12. The system of claim 7, wherein the selection algorithm is further based on all of: a geographic location, a type of injury, whether the ill or injured worker’s attorney approval is required, a language spoken, and a risk score.
“13. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of behavioral characteristics includes all of: an expectation, a belief, catastrophic thinking, fear, perceived injustice, passivity, a lack of coping skills, unfairness, anger, sleep issues, and stress.
“14. A computer-implemented method for improved device selection and data exchange over a distributed communications network, comprising: automatically generating, by a predictive model platform component, a selection algorithm to indicate that a worker associated with a communication device has been in a “not at work” or “not fully functional” status for at least a threshold period of time and that the worker associated with the communication device exhibits a set of behavioral characteristics, wherein the set of behavioral characteristics includes all of: an expectation, a belief, catastrophic thinking, fear, perceived injustice, passivity, a lack of coping skills, unfairness, anger, sleep issues, and stress; accessing, by a selection server, information in a potential communication database, the potential communication device database storing information about a plurality of communication devices associated with workers, of an employer, who transition from an “at work” or “fully functional” status to the “not at work” or “not fully functional” status as a result of a work-related physical injury, including at least one communication address associated with each communication device; automatically identifying, by the selection server, a communication device as meeting the selection algorithm generated by the predictive model platform component, wherein the identified communication device is associated with an ill or injured worker; copying, by the selection server, information about the identified communication device from the potential communication device database to a currently participating device database; measuring, by an activity tracking device associated with a recovery coach, movement data and sleep quality of a worker, wherein the recovery coach is to encourage all of: physical activity, social activity, and cognitive activity; transmitting the movement data and sleep quality from the activity tracking device to a software application, executing on the identified communication device, to facilitate a detection that the identified communication device is associated with a worker who has transitioned from the “not at work” or “not fully functional” status back to the “at work” or “fully functional” status; arranging for information measured by the activity tracking device and information about the ill or injured worker’s activity to be accessible by the ill or injured worker and the recover coach via a web portal; automatically scheduling, by a scheduling server, a series of communication events between a monitoring device and the identified communication device, using the communication address, via the distributed communication network, wherein information measured by the activity tracking device is accessible by the ill or injured worker and the recovery coach via a web portal; arranging, by the scheduling server, for physical item to be delivered to a postal address associated with the communication device in connection with at least some of the scheduled series of communication events; arranging, by the scheduling server of an insurer providing workers’ compensation insurance for the employer, for a communication link to be established in accordance with each of the scheduled series of communication events until a transition from the “not at work” or “not fully functional” status back to the “at work” or “fully functional” status is detected for the worker associated with the identified communication device; and transmitting information about the identified communication device, the automatically scheduled series of communication events, the movement data and sleep quality measured by the activity tracking device, the work-related physical injury, at least one workers’ compensation insurance claim, and the transition from the from the “not at work” or “not fully functional” status back to the “at work” or “fully functional” status to the predictive model platform component to improve the selection algorithm.
“15. The method of claim 14, wherein the distributed communication network is associated with at least one of a public switched telephone network, the Internet, and a web portal.
“16. The method of claim 14, wherein the identified communication device is associated with at least one of: a telephone, a personal computer, a smartphone, a smartwatch, a tablet computer, and a chat interface.
“17. The method of claim 14, wherein the software application executing on the identified communication device is associated with at least one of: workbook materials, training media, activity tracking features, and goal tracking functionality.
“18. The method of claim 14, wherein the selection algorithm is further based on all of: a geographic location, a type of injury, whether the ill or injured worker’s attorney approval is required, a language spoken, and a risk score.”
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