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Publication Number
US-9357238-B2
Publication Date
2016-05-31
Expiration Date
Abstract
A system and method extending mobile video data across multiple display hardware platforms is disclosed. The system incorporates a mobile user interface device (MUD) interacting with a video control unit (VCU) to present display video content (DVC) on a video display unit (VDU). The MUD and VCU coordinate to control their respective display content in real-time based on a specific integrated user interaction context (UIC) provided by the MUD to the VCU. The VCU executes the UIC to control the merging in real-time of primary video content (PVC) and secondary video content (SVC) that are combined to form the DVC. Video content processed by the VCU as PVC/SVC input may be sourced from external video sources (EVS) directly connected to the VCU and/or data sourced from a computer communications network (CCN) via routing through the MUD and/or VCU.
Core Innovation
A video data extension system includes a mobile user device (MUD), a video control unit (VCU), a host computer system (HCS), and a computer communication network (CCN). The MUD retrieves mobile video content (MVC) from the HCS via the CCN and transmits the MVC to the VCU via a wireless communication link (WCL) through a wireless router. The VCU is physically separated from the MUD and accepts primary video content (PVC) from an external video source (EVS) while accepting the MVC as secondary video content (SVC) from the MUD.
The VCU merges the PVC and the SVC to generate a display video context (DVC) and transmits the DVC to a video display unit (VDU) for presentation to a user. A user interaction context (UIC) is defined by the MUD to define the merging of the PVC and the SVC within the VCU, and the MUD transmits the UIC to the VCU so the VCU executes the UIC to generate the DVC in real-time via the merging of the PVC and the SVC.
The VCU executes scripts that interoperate with medical instrumentation devices (MIDs) to collect medical data from a patient and prompt the patient with queries. Responses are accepted to collectively trigger alerts and data messages to remote healthcare personnel serviced by a healthcare web server (HWS). The approach further includes patient healthcare plan (PHP) coordination of UIC activation and medical-instrument integration across the MUD/VCU/VDU presentation workflow.
Claims Coverage
The independent claims are directed to a video data extension system, a corresponding video data extension method, and a tangible non-transitory computer usable medium implementing the method. The main inventive features across the independent claims include mobile-to-host video transfer, physical separation of a VCU, real-time merging of external primary video with mobile secondary video based on a user interaction context, and integration of medical data collection and alert/data messaging using scripts that interoperate with medical instrumentation devices and a healthcare web server.
Video data extension system with separated VCU and real-time merged DVC
A video data extension system comprising a mobile user device (MUD), a video control unit (VCU), a host computer system (HCS), and a computer communication network (CCN), where the MUD retrieves mobile video content (MVC) from the HCS via the CCN; the MUD transmits the MVC to the VCU via a wireless communication link (WCL) through a wireless router; the VCU is physically separated from the MUD; the VCU accepts primary video content (PVC) from an external video source (EVS); the VCU accepts the MVC as secondary video content (SVC) from the MUD; the VCU merges the PVC and the SVC to generate a display video context (DVC); and the VCU transmits the DVC to a video display unit (VDU) for presentation to a user.
User interaction context controlling real-time merging and DVC generation
The MUD defines a user interaction context (UIC) that defines the merging of the PVC and the SVC within the VCU; the MUD transmits the UIC to the VCU via the WCL; and the VCU executes the UIC to generate the DVC in real-time via the merging of the PVC and the SVC.
Medical instrumentation script integration for patient queries and alert/data messaging
The VCU executes scripts that interoperate with medical instrumentation devices (MIDs) to collect medical data from a patient as well as prompt the patient with queries and accept responses to collectively trigger alerts and data messages to remote healthcare personnel serviced by a healthcare web server (HWS).
Video data extension method with selectable UIC and real-time DVC merging
A video data extension method comprising establishing communication between a mobile user device (MUD) and a host computer system (HCS; transferring mobile video content (MVC) from the HCS to the MUD via a computer communication network (CCN); retrieving the MVC from the HCS via the CCN; establishing communication between the MUD and a video control unit (VCU) via a wireless communication link (WCL); transmitting the MVC to the VCU via the WCL; accepting primary video content (PVC) from an external video source (EVS); accepting the MVC as secondary video content (SVC) from the MUD; merging the PVC and the SVC to generate a display video context (DVC); transmitting the DVC to a video display unit (VDU) for presentation to a user; defining a user interaction context (UIC) that defines the merging of the PVC and the SVC within the VCU; selecting the UIC on the MVC; transmitting the UIC along with the MVC as the SVC to the VCU using the WCL; and with the VCU, merging the PVC and SVC in real-time to form the DVC based on the UIC and executing the UIC to generate the DVC in real-time via the merging of the PVC and the SVC.
Tangible non-transitory computer usable medium embodying the video data extension method
A tangible non-transitory computer usable medium having computer-readable program code means embodied thereon comprising a video data extension method, where the method includes establishing communication between a mobile user device (MUD) and a host computer system (HCS); transferring and retrieving mobile video content (MVC); establishing communication with a video control unit (VCU) via a wireless communication link (WCL); transmitting the MVC to the VCU; accepting primary video content (PVC) from an external video source (EVS); accepting the MVC as secondary video content (SVC) from the MUD; merging the PVC and the SVC to generate a display video context (DVC); transmitting the DVC to a video display unit (VDU); defining, selecting, and transmitting a user interaction context (UIC) with the MVC to the VCU; merging the PVC and SVC in real-time based on the UIC and executing the UIC to generate the DVC in real-time; executing scripts interoperate with medical instrumentation devices (MIDs) to collect medical data and prompt the patient with queries and accept responses to trigger alerts and data messages to remote healthcare personnel serviced by a healthcare web server (HWS); and presenting the DVC to the user on the VDU.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage centers on a physically separated VCU that accepts primary video from an external video source and mobile secondary video from a MUD, merges the two according to a user interaction context provided by the MUD, and generates a display video context for presentation on a VDU in real-time. The system and method further incorporate VCU-executed scripts that interoperate with medical instrumentation devices to collect medical data, prompt patient queries, and trigger alerts and data messages to remote healthcare personnel via a healthcare web server.
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