Server for providing intermediary service for therapist of child with developmental disability, and operating method thereof

Abstract

The present invention relates to a server for providing an intermediary service for a therapist of a child with a developmental disability and to an operating method thereof. More specifically, a method for providing an intermediary service for a therapist of a child with a developmental disability, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise the steps of: receiving consultation request data from a user electronic device by a server for providing an intermediary service for a therapist of a child with a developmental disability; designating at least one consultation specialty by analyzing the consultation request data; transmitting a request for a response to test items to the user electronic device on the basis of a pre-stored list of test items related to the consultation specialty; receiving user response data in response to the request for a response to test items from the user electronic device; and matching any one of registered therapist electronic devices on the basis of child information included in the consultation request data, the consultation specialty, and the user response data.

Description

Server providing a service to intermediate therapists for children with developmental disabilities and its operation method

[0001] The present invention relates to a server providing a service for intermediating a therapist for a child with a developmental disability and an operating method thereof.

[0002] Recent statistics show a steady increase in the number of people registered with developmental disabilities worldwide. While developmental disabilities are typically discovered around age 7, research shows that diagnosis occurs four to five years later, around age 12, and registration occurs even later, around age 17. This means that the proportion of children with developmental disabilities is significantly higher than the actual registered population, implying that appropriate treatment and management for these disabilities is not being provided when needed.

[0003] Developmental disabilities broadly refer to disabilities characterized by delayed or distorted development in areas such as intelligence, language, social skills, motor skills, and sensory abilities. Intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) account for a significant proportion of these disorders. Individuals with these disorders and their caregivers often experience difficulties in daily life and seek help from specialized educational or therapeutic institutions. However, the barriers to treatment for developmental disabilities are significantly high due to the high cost of treatment and the lack of specialized treatment facilities. Long wait times at specialized institutions frequently lead to missed treatment opportunities or even abandonment of treatment altogether.

[0004] Despite the fact that many children could benefit from accurate diagnosis and treatment before they develop into adult developmental disabilities, the lack of access to treatment options means they miss out on these opportunities. This is a critical issue that must be addressed. However, before large-scale changes that increase the number of specialized institutions, including medical institutions, there is an urgent need to develop and commercialize a system that allows guardians suspected of having a child with a developmental disability to easily access and receive counseling from professional therapists.

[0005] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a server for providing a service of brokering a therapist for a child with a developmental disability, and an operating method thereof, which allows a user who is a guardian of a child with a developmental disability to easily and freely receive counseling and treatment methods for the child by matching a therapist who matches a counseling request written by the user.

[0006] In addition, the present invention aims to provide a server and its operating method for providing a service for brokering therapists for children with developmental disabilities, which secures the reliability of users and enables therapist matching with higher satisfaction by verifying qualifications for specialized fields based on the therapist's career, background, etc. and excluding unsuitable therapists.

[0007] In addition, the present invention aims to provide a server for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service and its operating method, which facilitates the entry of users lacking specialized knowledge and maintains or continuously improves the quality of counseling services by enabling the sharing of history through therapists' journal writing and users' review writing.

[0008] The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

[0009] A method for providing a service to broker a therapist for a child with a developmental disability according to one embodiment of the present invention may include the steps of: receiving, by a server providing a service to broker a therapist for a child with a developmental disability, consultation request data from a user electronic device; analyzing the consultation request data to designate at least one consultation specialty; transmitting a test item response request to the user electronic device based on a list of test items stored in advance regarding the consultation specialty; receiving user response data according to the test item response request from the user electronic device; and matching any one of registered therapist electronic devices based on child information included in the consultation request data, the consultation specialty, and the user response data.

[0010] In addition, the step of analyzing the consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty may include the steps of: extracting preset field identification keywords from question text data included in the consultation request data; calculating the frequency of use for each specialty based on the classification and frequency of use of the extracted field identification keywords; and designating the specialty with the maximum frequency of use for each specialty as the consultation specialty.

[0011] In addition, the step of analyzing the consultation request data and designating at least one counseling specialty may include the steps of: dividing question text data included in the consultation request data into sentence units; extracting each of a field-identifying keyword from at least one sentence generated by the division; identifying a predicate connected to the field-identifying keyword in each of the sentences; determining the descriptive form of the predicate as either a positive or negative predicate; detecting a test item from the list of pre-stored test items in which the field-identifying keyword, the predicate, the descriptive form, and the sentence structure match each other; and designating a specialty including the detected test item as the counseling specialty.

[0012] In addition, the list of test items is stored and classified according to the specialty and the child's age in months, and the step of transmitting a test item response request to the user electronic device based on the list of test items stored in advance for the consultation specialty includes the step of searching for child age information in the consultation request data; and, if the child's age information is detected as a result of the search, the step of generating the test item response request based on the list of test items matching the detected result, and if the child's age information is not detected as a result of the search, the step of first generating and transmitting a child's date of birth response request to the user electronic device may further include.

[0013] In addition, the method may further include the steps of: receiving a therapist registration request from at least one candidate therapist electronic device; transmitting a request for designating a desired field to the candidate therapist electronic device; receiving desired field information according to the request for designating a desired field from the candidate therapist electronic device; verifying the desired field information based on a pre-stored qualification range by specialty and therapist information included in the therapist registration request; and registering the candidate therapist electronic device as the therapist electronic device when at least some of the desired field information matches the qualification range by specialty as a result of the verification.

[0014] In addition, the pre-stored qualification range by specialty may include at least one of the therapist's major, whether or not he / she has a license, whether or not he / she has completed education, whether or not he / she has clinical experience, whether or not he / she has a journal in the same field, range of similar career periods, range of available consultation hours, and range of review scores, and when registering the candidate therapist electronic device as the therapist electronic device, at least some of the desired field information that matches the qualification range by specialty may be registered as the therapist specialty of the therapist electronic device.

[0015] In addition, the step of matching any one of the registered therapist electronic devices may include the step of extracting a therapist electronic device having a therapist specialty set as a matching field with the counseling specialty field from among the registered therapist electronic devices; and the step of matching the therapist electronic device having the largest number of journals and reviews in the same field from among the extracted therapist electronic devices.

[0016] In addition, the step of analyzing the consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty may include the step of transmitting a request for examination record information to a preset external agency server based on the child information included in the consultation request data; the step of receiving examination record information matching the child information from the external agency server; and the step of including the examination field included in the examination record information in the consultation specialty.

[0017] According to another embodiment of the present invention, a server for providing a service to broker a therapist for a child with a developmental disability may include: a communication module for receiving consultation request data from a user electronic device; a database for storing therapist pool information including registration information of each registered therapist electronic device; and a processor for matching a therapist electronic device matching the consultation request data based on the therapist pool information, wherein the processor may include: a classification module for analyzing the consultation request data to designate at least one consultation specialty; a testing module for generating a test item response request to be transmitted to the user electronic device based on a list of test items pre-stored in the database with respect to the consultation specialty; and a matching module for matching any one of the registered therapist electronic devices based on child information included in the consultation request data, the consultation specialty, and the user response data when user response data according to the test item response request is provided from the user electronic device.

[0018] According to a server providing a service for brokering a therapist for a child with a developmental disability and its operation method according to one embodiment of the present invention, a therapist matching a consultation request written by a user is matched and brokered, so that a user who is a guardian of a child with a developmental disability can easily and freely receive consultation and treatment methods for the child.

[0019] In addition, according to the server for providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities and its operation method according to one embodiment of the present invention, qualification verification for specialized fields is performed based on the therapist's career, background, etc., and unsuitable therapists are excluded, thereby securing the reliability of users and enabling therapist matching with higher satisfaction.

[0020] In addition, according to the server for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service and its operation method according to one embodiment of the present invention, history is shared through therapists' journal writing and users' reviews writing, thereby facilitating access for users lacking specialized knowledge and maintaining or continuously improving the quality of counseling services.

[0021] However, the various advantageous and beneficial advantages and effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described contents, and will be more easily understood in the course of explaining specific embodiments of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0023] Figure 2 is a conceptual diagram showing how one of the registered therapist electronic devices is matched.

[0024] Figure 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of a server providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service illustrated in Figure 1.

[0025] Figure 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a therapist brokerage service for children with developmental disabilities according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0026] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for registering a candidate therapist electronic device as a therapist electronic device after verification according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the attached drawings. However, the technical concept of the present invention is not limited to or restricted by the embodiments described below, and may be modified and implemented in various ways by those skilled in the art.

[0028] When adding reference signs to components of each drawing, identical components are given the same signs as much as possible even if they are shown on different drawings. However, for clearer understanding, different signs may be given to the extent necessary.

[0029] Throughout the specification, when a part is said to be "connected" to another part, this includes not only cases where they are directly connected, but also cases where they are indirectly connected with other elements in between. Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, this does not mean that other components are excluded, but rather that other components may be included, unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, when describing components of embodiments of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), (b), etc. may be used. These terms are only intended to distinguish the components from other components, and the nature or order of the components are not limited by the terms.

[0030]

[0031] Figure 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically illustrating a system for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] As illustrated in FIG. 1, a system for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service providing server (100), a user electronic device (200), and a therapist electronic device (300). In addition, the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service providing server (100) may further include at least one external organization server (400) as needed. Here, the therapist electronic device (300) refers to a therapist electronic device that has passed verification among the candidate therapist electronic devices described below and has information registered in the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service providing server (100).

[0033] The developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100), user electronic device (200), therapist electronic device (300), and external organization server (400) are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other, and transmit or receive necessary signals or information to each other.

[0034] The server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities may refer to a server that, when a child with a developmental disability or a user who is his or her guardian requests a consultation, matches a suitable therapist who can provide consultation and treatment information in the desired specialty among the therapists registered in the server (100) and brokers the service. In addition, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities may refer to a server that manages a pool of therapists registered according to their qualifications in various specialty fields so that they can be assigned consultation tasks.

[0035] Here, the server may refer to a device that includes a processing unit and memory for processing data. In this case, the service provided by the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100) may be a web- or app-based service that operates when a user inputs or selects a consultation request via a user electronic device (200).

[0036] Next, the user electronic device (200) may refer to an electronic device owned by a user who utilizes a service for therapist matching for children with developmental disabilities. Here, the user may refer to a child with a developmental disability or a guardian who is raising or educating a child with a developmental disability (e.g., a parent, relative, teacher in charge, or caregiver of a child with a developmental disability) who utilizes the therapist matching service to receive counseling regarding the child with a developmental disability and to receive necessary treatment-related information. The user electronic device (200) may be implemented as various types of devices for using the service, such as a smartphone or a PC (Personal Computer).

[0037] A user can input or select a consultation request using a user electronic device (200), and the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can select and match a therapist that meets the user's request. The user can receive information about the matched therapist through the user electronic device (200), and after matching, the user can receive treatment-related information necessary for the child through a consultation service with the therapist.

[0038] In order to implement the above service, the user electronic device (200) may be connected to the server (100) providing the brokerage service for children with developmental disabilities through various communication methods. According to one embodiment, the user electronic device (200) may be connected to the server (100) providing the brokerage service for children with developmental disabilities through wireless communication such as WiFi, LTE, or 3G. In addition, the user electronic device (200) may be connected to the server (100) providing the brokerage service for children with developmental disabilities through wired communication such as LAN.

[0039] Next, the therapist electronic device (300) may refer to an electronic device owned by a therapist registered in the therapist pool of the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100). In addition, the therapist electronic device (300) here may refer to a therapist electronic device that has completed registration by passing the verification process among the candidate therapist electronic devices that have sent a registration request to be registered in the therapist pool within the server (100).

[0040] Here, the term "therapist" may include a professional who performs tasks necessary for the diagnosis and / or treatment of children with developmental disabilities. Therapists may possess different areas of expertise based on their personal information, such as major, qualifications, career history, and resume. The therapist electronic device (300) may be implemented as various types of devices for service use, such as a smartphone or a personal computer (PC).

[0041] The therapist electronic device (300) may be connected to the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provision server (100) via various communication methods to implement the above service. According to one embodiment, the therapist electronic device (300) may be connected to the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provision server (100) via wireless communication such as WiFi, LTE, or 3G. In addition, the applicant electronic device (300) may be connected to the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provision server (100) via wired communication such as LAN.

[0042] According to one embodiment of the present invention, one of the registered therapist electronic devices (300) may be matched based on the consultation request data sent from the user electronic device (200). The concept of such matching is illustrated in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method by which one of the registered therapist electronic devices (300) is matched.

[0043] As illustrated in FIG. 2, a plurality of therapist electronic devices (300-1, 300-2, ..., 300-n) may be registered in a therapist pool within a server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to the present invention. When a user electronic device (200) inputs or selects a consultation request, the consultation request data is transmitted to the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service. In this case, among the plurality of therapist electronic devices, one therapist electronic device (300-k) selected through the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to an embodiment of the present invention may be matched with the user electronic device (200) that provided the consultation request data. The server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may provide matched information to the matched therapist electronic device (300-k), and subsequently, consultation between the user and the matched therapist may be performed through their respective electronic devices (200, 300-k).

[0044] The external agency server (400) may broadly refer to a server that can provide various necessary information, including examination records of children with developmental disabilities, to the developmental disability therapist brokerage service providing server (100) according to the present invention, such as a National Health Insurance Service server or a medical institution server. For example, if the external agency server (400) corresponds to a medical institution server, the developmental disability therapist brokerage service providing server (100) may request the external agency server (400) for all examination records and treatment records of a developmentally disabled child that match the subject of the consultation request of the user electronic device (200). The external agency server (400) may provide information matching the request to the developmental disability therapist brokerage service providing server (100).

[0045] At this time, information on children with developmental disabilities stored in external servers (400), such as the National Health Insurance Corporation server or medical institution server, may be provided only after receiving consent from the user who consents to the provision of personal information. That is, when a request for examination record information of a child with developmental disabilities is received from a server (100) providing a developmental disability therapist brokerage service, the external server (400) may transmit a request for consent to the provision of personal information from the child with developmental disabilities and / or their guardian to the server (100). In addition, after the child with developmental disabilities and / or their guardian perform a user authentication procedure and a consent procedure for the provision of personal information through the user electronic device (200), the requested information may be collected and provided from the external server (400). In this way, by managing the security of information provided from the external server (400), unauthorized use or provision of personal information can be prevented.

[0046]

[0047] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of a server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service illustrated in FIG. 1.

[0048] As illustrated in FIG. 3, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may include a communication module (110), a processor (130), and a database (150).

[0049] The communication module (110) can communicate with the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities and external devices. The communication module (110) can communicate between the user electronic device (200) and the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities. For example, the communication module (110) can receive consultation request data from the user electronic device (200). After matching is completed, the communication module (110) can transmit matching information including information about the matched therapist to the user electronic device (200).

[0050] As another example, the communication module (110) can perform communication between the therapist electronic device (300) and the server (100) providing the mediation service for therapists for children with developmental disabilities. For example, the communication module (110) can transmit matching information to the matched therapist electronic device (300). In addition, the communication module (110) can receive therapist registration requests from multiple candidate therapist electronic devices wishing to be registered in the therapist pool, and transmit registration completion information to the therapist electronic devices (300) that have passed verification and been registered among them.

[0051] The communication module (110) is provided so that the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100) can be directly connected to the outside or connected via a network, and may be a wired and / or wireless communication module. For example, the communication module (110) may be a device that communicates via LAN, WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), WiBro (Wireless Broadband Internet), RF (Radio Frequency) communication, Wireless LAN, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), NFC (Near Field Communication), Bluetooth, infrared communication, etc. However, this is exemplary, and various wired and wireless communication technologies applicable in the relevant technical field may be used depending on the embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

[0052] The processor (130) is electrically connected to the communication module (110) and the database (150), and can execute operations or data processing related to control and / or communication of other components according to commands, programs, or software stored during operation. That is, the execution of the commands, programs, or software can be understood as the operation of the processor (130), and the processor (130) can include at least one or more of a central processing unit (CPU), an application processor (AP), or a communication processor (CP).

[0053] A processor (130) according to an embodiment of the present invention can match one therapist electronic device (300) that matches the consultation request data among the therapist electronic devices (300) registered in the therapist pool. More specifically, the processor (130) can match the therapist electronic device (300) through the operations of a classification module (131), an inspection module (133), and a matching module (135).

[0054] The classification module (131) receives the consultation request data received through the communication module (110), analyzes the consultation request data, and can designate at least one consultation specialty. Here, the consultation specialty may mean one or more specialty fields determined to match the contents of the user's consultation request among various specialty fields related to developmental disabilities in order to provide highly accurate consultation and treatment information for children with developmental disabilities. In other words, the consultation specialty field may mean a specialty field designated according to the contents entered in the consultation request by the user among multiple specialty fields stored in the server (100) providing the service of brokering therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

[0055] For example, a counseling specialty may include at least one of the following: movement therapy, cognition therapy, language therapy, social skills therapy, and psychology. Furthermore, for example, a counseling specialty may include at least one of the following: exercise therapy, physical therapy, cognitive learning therapy, speech therapy, play therapy, art therapy, sensory therapy, and music therapy.

[0056] By designating a counseling specialty through the classification module (131), a therapist who can provide a more accurate diagnosis of the current condition of the child with a developmental disability who is the subject of counseling and relevant treatment information can be assigned.

[0057] The inspection module (133) may generate a request for a response to an inspection item to be transmitted to the user electronic device (200) based on a list of inspection items previously stored for the consultation specialty designated by the classification module (131). According to one embodiment of the present invention, a list of inspection items may be previously stored in the database (150) for each specialty, and further, a list of inspection items may be stored separately for each specialty by the child's age.

[0058] The inspection module (133) can retrieve a list of inspection items stored in a counseling specialty that matches the user's consultation request, and can generate an inspection item response request by combining at least one inspection item included in the list of inspection items. Here, the inspection item list may be a concept that includes inspection items in the form of a questionnaire that assists in determining the degree of developmental disability in a child by diagnostic field.

[0059] For example, with respect to the 'movement field' among the counseling specialties, a list of test items consisting of multiple test items for examining the developmental level of a child's 'gross motor skills' may be included. In addition, with respect to the 'movement field', a list of test items including multiple test items for examining the developmental level of a child's 'fine motor skills' may be further included. If the designated counseling speciality based on the user's counseling request data corresponds to the 'movement field', the test module (133) may retrieve a list of test items for examining the developmental level of 'gross motor skills' and a list of test items for examining the developmental level of 'fine motor skills'. In addition, the test module (133) may generate a test item response request in the form of a questionnaire that sequentially asks questions about the test items included in the retrieved test item list. The test item response request generated by the test module (133) may be transmitted to the user's electronic device (200) and provided to the user as text content in the form of a questionnaire.

[0060] When the matching module (135) receives user response data according to a request for a response to a test item from the user electronic device (200), it can match any one of the registered therapist electronic devices (300) based on the child information, counseling specialty, and user response data included in the counseling request data. That is, when the communication module (110) receives user response data in the form of a response sheet selected by the user from the user electronic device (200), the communication module (110) can transmit the received user response data to the matching module (135). The matching module (135) can match an appropriate therapist electronic device (300) by considering the received user response data together with information about the child who is the subject of counseling. Here, the information about the child may include personal information such as the child's age or monthly age information, gender information, height and weight information, examination history information, and treatment history information, as well as information about the counseling specialty specified in the classification module (131).

[0061] There may be various ways in which the matching module (135) matches a suitable therapist electronic device (300) based on child information, counseling specialty, and user response data, and specific examples will be described in detail in FIGS. 4 and 5 described below.

[0062] The database (150) can store all of the contents and details of data transmitted and received from the user electronic device (200), the therapist electronic device (300), and the external organization server (400). The data stored in the database (150) can be updated regularly according to a pre-specified cycle, and can be updated periodically when new data is input through each external device.

[0063] The database (150) can be implemented as a storage device of various types capable of inputting and outputting information, and can be installed inside the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service as shown in FIG. 3, or can be installed in a separate external device.

[0064] For example, the database (150) according to an embodiment of the present invention may store therapist pool information including registration information of each registered therapist electronic device (300). In addition, the database (150) may pre-store information and classification criteria regarding multiple specialties required to designate a user's counseling specialty. In addition, the database (150) may pre-store criteria for verifying and distinguishing therapist electronic devices (300) registered in the therapist pool from among multiple candidate therapist electronic devices transmitting registration requests, such as qualification ranges by specialties.

[0065]

[0066] In the following, the present specification describes a method for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service according to various embodiments of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

[0067] Figure 4 is a flowchart schematically illustrating a method for providing a therapist brokerage service for children with developmental disabilities according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0068] Referring to FIG. 4, the server (100) providing a service to provide a therapist for children with developmental disabilities can receive consultation request data from a user's electronic device (200) (S410). Here, the consultation request data may include data input or selected by the user when accessing the application for providing a service to provide a therapist for children with developmental disabilities of the present invention through the user's electronic device (200). For example, the consultation request data may include text question data, which is a result of digitizing the content of a question the user wishes to consult about in a text format consisting of at least one sentence.

[0069] In addition, the consultation request data may include personal information data regarding the consultation target, i.e., the child with a developmental disability, stored in the application for providing a service to broker a therapist for children with developmental disabilities according to the present invention, regarding the user's electronic device (200). That is, even if the user does not directly input information regarding the child with a developmental disability who is the consultation target each time he or she sends a consultation request, the information stored regarding the child with a developmental disability can be read by the account information recognized through the connection of the user's electronic device (200). In addition, the read information can be included in the consultation request data and provided to the server (100) for providing a service to broker a therapist for children with developmental disabilities.

[0070] Next, the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100) analyzes the consultation request data to designate at least one counseling specialty (S420). While the method for designating a counseling specialty based on the analysis of the consultation request data may vary, the following description exemplifies two representative examples.

[0071] First, as an example, the frequency with which keywords that determine the field of expertise are used in the consultation request data can be checked, and the field of expertise with the most keywords among them can be designated as the field of expertise for consultation. More specifically, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities can extract preset field identification keywords from the question text data included in the consultation request data. Here, the field identification keywords may mean keywords that the user is likely to use in the question text data in advance and store for each field of expertise necessary for understanding and treating the condition of children with developmental disabilities. By determining the field of expertise for consultation through the field identification keywords, the symptoms, condition, behavior, etc. of children with developmental disabilities can be divided into detailed fields of expertise, so that the user can receive consultation from a therapist with more specialized knowledge and experience.

[0072] For example, for the specialized field of 'cognitive field', field identification keywords such as "distinction", "memory", "number", "phone number", and "date" may be preset. In addition, for the specialized field of 'language field', field identification keywords such as "word", "answer", "word chain game", and "dictation" may be preset. Meanwhile, in a consultation request in the form of a question text entered by a user through a user electronic device (200), the above-mentioned field identification keywords related to the cognitive field and language field may be repeatedly used in the entire text content. In this case, all of the preset field identification keywords may be extracted from the question text data included in the consultation request data.

[0073] Then, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can calculate the frequency of use for each specialized field based on the classification and frequency of use of the extracted field identification keywords. For example, if the words “distinction,” “memory,” and “date” are each used twice in the user’s question text data, and the words “word” and “answer” are each used once, the frequency of use for the “cognitive field” among specialized fields can be calculated as “6,” and the frequency of use for the “language field” among specialized fields can be calculated as “2.”

[0074] At this time, the server (100) providing the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can designate the specialty with the highest frequency of use as the counseling specialty. For example, the "cognitive field" with the highest frequency of use can be designated as the user's counseling specialty. In this case, the likelihood of the user's main counseling request being matched with a therapist related to the "cognitive field" increases. Meanwhile, even if the frequency of use by specialty does not reach the maximum, it is possible to designate additional counseling specialty fields for specialty fields that exceed a specified frequency of use.

[0075] Next, as another example, the relationship between keywords and their descriptors that determine the field of expertise in consultation request data can be identified to analyze sentences entered as consultation requests in more detail, and fields of expertise that include test items with matching sentence structure can be designated as consultation fields of expertise. More specifically, the server (100) providing a service to provide developmentally disabled children's therapists can segment the question text data included in the consultation request data into sentence units. Then, field-identifying keywords can be extracted from each segmented sentence.

[0076] For example, if a user writes a question text containing multiple sentences in a consultation request, the question text is segmented into individual sentences, and the aforementioned field-identifying keywords, such as “distinction,” “memory,” “number,” “phone number,” and “date,” can be individually identified for each sentence. That is, the keyword “distinction” can be identified in the first sentence, the keyword “number” can be identified in the second sentence, and the keyword “phone number” can be identified in the third sentence.

[0077] Then, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities can identify predicates associated with the domain-identifying keywords in each sentence. Furthermore, the predicate's descriptive form can be determined as either a positive or negative predicate. For example, the predicate associated with the domain-identifying keyword "division" extracted from the first sentence can be identified as "cannot be done"; the predicate associated with the domain-identifying keyword "number" extracted from the second sentence can be identified as "cannot be counted"; and the predicate associated with the domain-identifying keyword "phone number" extracted from the third sentence can be identified as "forget". These predicates can be determined as negative predicates based on their relationships with the respective domain-identifying keywords.

[0078] Then, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities can detect test items whose field identification keywords, predicates, and descriptive forms and sentence structures match each other from the list of pre-stored test items. Here, the list of test items may refer to a list of pre-stored test questionnaires for use when matching therapists by more specifically identifying the condition of children with developmental disabilities, as illustrated in step S430 of FIG. 4. For example, the list of test items may include a list of test items by specialty according to infant and toddler development screening tests commonly used in the technical field to which the present invention pertains. In this case, the test item "Can distinguish between one's left and right sides," which combines the word "distinguish" with the predicates "can" and / or "cannot", may be detected from the list of pre-stored test items. In the above test items, if a negative statement like "can't" is recognized, it may be pre-determined as a problem factor in "cognitive" ability. Therefore, the above test items can be identified as having a sentence structure that matches the first sentence written by the user. Accordingly, the specialized field that includes the detected test item can be designated as a counseling specialty, and thus, "cognitive field" can be designated as a counseling specialty.

[0079] Meanwhile, when step S420 illustrated in FIG. 4 is performed, in order to designate a counseling specialty through a more clear analysis, data other than the user-entered question text data included in the counseling request data may be further utilized.

[0080] For example, when a server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service receives consultation request data, it may transmit a request for examination record information to a pre-configured external organization server (400) based on the child information (personal information such as name and resident registration number) included therein. Then, examination record information matching the child information may be received from the external organization server (400), and the examination field included in the examination record information may be included in the consultation specialty field.

[0081] In this case, the external institution server (400) may correspond to, for example, a medical institution server previously visited by a child with a developmental disability identified through child information as described above. Furthermore, when receiving medical examination records from the medical institution server, the user's consent procedure for providing personal information, as described above, may be additionally performed to ensure information security.

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[0083] Continuing with reference to FIG. 4, when a counseling specialty is designated, the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100) can transmit a test item response request to the user electronic device (200) based on a list of test items pre-stored for the counseling specialty (S430). That is, for example, when 'cognitive field' is designated as the counseling specialty, the list of test items for examining the 'cognitive field' pre-stored in the database (150) can be read, and a test item response request consisting of a questionnaire that can more closely examine the condition of the developmentally disabled child subject to counseling by combining the test items included in this list can be generated. The generated test item response request can be transmitted to the user electronic device (200) and provided to the user as text content in the form of a questionnaire.

[0084] Next, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can receive user response data in response to a test item response request from the user electronic device (200) (S440). That is, user response data can be generated by the user inputting or selecting all answers to the questionnaire included in the test item response request through the user electronic device (200), and this can be transmitted to the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service.

[0085] Next, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can match any one of the registered therapist electronic devices (300) based on the child information, counseling specialty, and user response data included in the counseling request data (S450). That is, for example, the fact that the counseling specialty is designated as 'cognitive field', the fact that the child has a history of receiving treatment at a previous medical institution in the same specialty field, and the fact that user response data that can determine that the state of the cognitive field is poor for a number of questions in response to additionally provided test item responses are provided may be taken into consideration, and thus the current state of the 'cognitive field' of the child with a developmental disability who is the subject of counseling may be determined to be a 'dangerous state'. Accordingly, the therapist electronic device (300) of a therapist with advanced treatment experience in the 'cognitive field' may be matched.

[0086] Meanwhile, when providing a test item response request generated based on the test item list as described above to the user electronic device (200), the test item list may be categorized by the child's age (i.e., number of months after birth). That is, since children's conditions, symptoms, and behaviors may vary significantly depending on their respective specialties depending on their age, differentiation between test items according to age may enable a more clear understanding of the child's condition. In this case, the test item list may be stored separately by speciality and child's age.

[0087] Then, when generating a test item response request based on a list of test items stored in advance for a counseling specialty, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can search for the child's age information in the counseling request data. If the child's age information is detected as a result of the search, the test item response request can be generated based on a list of test items that matches the detected result. For example, if the child's age information of "30 months" is detected in the question text data entered by the user included in the counseling request data, the test item response request can be generated immediately based on the list of test items to which a child of "30 months" belongs.

[0088] On the other hand, if the child's age information is not detected as a result of the search, a child's date of birth response request can be first generated and transmitted to the user electronic device (200). Then, if the child's date of birth response is provided from the user electronic device (200), the corresponding age can be calculated, and then a test item response request can be generated based on the list of test items to which the corresponding age belongs.

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[0090] FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method in which a candidate therapist electronic device is verified and registered as a therapist electronic device (300) according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0091] A candidate therapist can input or select a therapist registration request through the candidate therapist electronic device, and upon completion of verification of the therapist registration request, the candidate therapist can be registered in the therapist pool of the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100). Furthermore, the registered therapist can be selected and matched as a person who meets the user's consultation request by the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100).

[0092] More specifically, referring to FIG. 5, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may receive a therapist registration request from at least one candidate therapist electronic device (S510). Then, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may transmit a request for designating a desired field to the candidate therapist electronic device that sent the therapist registration request (S520).

[0093] Here, the desired field may refer to a specialized field in which the candidate therapist, upon registering in the therapist pool, determines that he or she is capable of counseling children with developmental disabilities and / or their guardians based on his or her qualifications, history, and career, and thus wishes to provide counseling and treatment method suggestion services within the server (100). The candidate therapist may perform an input or selection step regarding the desired field for which a designation request has been made through the candidate therapist's electronic device. Then, the server (100) providing the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may receive information on the desired field in response to the request for designation of the desired field from the candidate therapist's electronic device (S530).

[0094] Next, the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider server (100) can verify the desired field information based on the pre-stored qualification scope for each specialty and the therapist information included in the therapist registration request (S540). In other words, rather than the information entered or selected by the candidate therapist as the desired field being accepted as is and registered in the therapist pool, only the candidate therapists and conditions that have passed the verification process can be registered in the therapist pool.

[0095] Here, the qualifications for each specialty may include at least one of the following: therapist major, certification, relevant license, education completion, clinical experience, possession of a journal in the same field, range of similar experience periods, range of available consultation hours, and range of review scores. For example, if the desired field is "exercise therapy," the qualifications may include "at least 3 years of experience in pediatric exercise therapy." As another example, if the desired field is "art therapy," the qualifications may include possession of an art-related major or certification, completion of education, and experience in pediatric art therapy.

[0096] Here, possession of a journal in the same field may refer to whether a therapist has written and stored a journal in the form of a report within this server (100) after providing counseling to a child with a developmental disability in the same specialty. Furthermore, the review score range may refer to the cumulative review score based on the submission of reviews or evaluations within this server (100) by multiple users after receiving counseling or treatment from a therapist.

[0097] The developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider (100) may register the candidate therapist electronic device as a therapist electronic device (300) if, as a result of verification, at least some of the desired field information satisfies the qualification scope for each specialty (S550). That is, the candidate therapist electronic device (300) may be registered in the therapist pool stored in the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service provider (100). At this time, at least some of the desired field information satisfies the qualification scope for each specialty may be designated as the therapist specialty of the therapist electronic device (300) and registered.

[0098] For example, if a candidate therapist's desired areas of expertise are "exercise therapy" and "art therapy," the therapist's information can be verified to include relevant majors, certifications, clinical experience, journal entries in the same field, and similar career history. Furthermore, for a candidate therapist without a background or experience in art therapy, only the "exercise therapy" area among the desired areas can be designated and registered as a therapist specialty.

[0099] By ensuring that each therapist is verified and then registered in the therapist electronic device (300), only therapists verified by specialty can provide consultation and treatment within this server (100), thereby ensuring user trust and security. Furthermore, when matching users with therapists, the therapist's specialty designated in the therapist electronic device (300) is aligned with the consultation specialty requested by the user, thereby increasing the accuracy and satisfaction of the consultation.

[0100] More specifically, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may, when matching any one of the registered therapist electronic devices (300), first extract the therapist electronic device (300) that has a therapist specialty set as the counseling specialty and matching specialty among the registered therapist electronic devices (300). For example, if the user's counseling specialty is designated as 'exercise', and the specialty fields preset as the 'exercise' and matching fields correspond to 'exercise therapy' and 'rehabilitation therapy', the therapist electronic device (300) that has exercise therapy designated as the therapist specialty may be extracted.

[0101] And as an example, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities can match the therapist electronic device (300) with the largest number of journal entries and reviews in the same field among the extracted therapist electronic devices (300). After the therapist's specialty is matched in this way, a therapist is matched based on the number of journal entries and reviews in the same field, thereby enabling the matching of a therapist with a large number of consultation records in the same specialty and who is most frequently selected by a large number of users.

[0102] Meanwhile, in the aforementioned therapist electronic device (300) matching method, instead of the number of journals and reviews in the same field, the therapist's review score may be directly used for matching. That is, the server (100) providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service may match the therapist electronic device (300) with the highest accumulated review score stored in the server (100) among the therapist electronic devices (300) extracted so that the therapist's specialty is matched with the counseling specialty. The review score used for matching may correspond to the sum of the review scores for all therapist specialties assigned to the therapist, or may correspond only to the accumulated review score for the therapist's specialty itself that attempts to be matched with the counseling specialty, if necessary.

[0103] Additionally, as described above, many users who utilize the developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service can, after receiving consultation or treatment from a therapist, submit a review or evaluation form to the server (100) using an application according to an embodiment of the present invention. Furthermore, such review or evaluation form may include a review score assigned by each user.

[0104] At this time, according to an additional embodiment of the present invention, the counseling specialty in which each user's counseling and / or treatment was provided, the therapist's specialty related to the counseling and / or treatment of the matched therapist, and the review score of the evaluation sheet written upon completion of the counseling and / or treatment may be stored in the database (150) as service use completion data. In addition, when counseling request data is received from a new user electronic device (200) according to an embodiment of the present invention, the service use completion data may be further utilized to designate a counseling specialty in addition to the method described in FIG. 4 described above. That is, the counseling specialty may be designated by extracting a field identification keyword from the question text data provided through the user electronic device (200), but in addition, the counseling specialty may be designated or changed by taking into account the reviews and review scores of actual service users according to the service use completion data.

[0105] For example, if a user determines during a consultation that the condition of the child with a developmental disability being consulted and the specialty of the consultation do not match, new consultation review data can be transmitted to the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities. In this case, the server (100) providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities can designate the newly changed specialty by utilizing a method for designating a specialty based on service use completion data. Then, a specialty that has received excellent reviews for children with developmental disabilities with similar symptoms or conditions can be connected to the user. Accordingly, a therapist electronic device (300) having a therapist specialty that matches the newly changed specialty can be matched to the user first, thereby allowing for similar recommendations of highly satisfactory consultations and treatments experienced by other users for children with developmental disabilities with essentially the same symptoms or conditions.

[0106] Just as with user reviews, therapist-written reviews can also be utilized in counseling specialty matching, as described above. Furthermore, if necessary, analysis can be performed based on data crawled from various external servers, such as a community server for parents of children with developmental disabilities, and counseling specialty matching can be performed based on this analysis.

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[0108] As described above, according to the server providing a service for brokering a therapist for a child with a developmental disability and the method of operation thereof according to one embodiment of the present invention, a therapist matching a consultation request written by a user is matched and brokered, so that a user who is a guardian of a child with a developmental disability can easily and freely receive consultation and treatment methods for the child.

[0109] In addition, according to the server for providing a service to broker therapists for children with developmental disabilities and its operation method according to one embodiment of the present invention, qualification verification for specialized fields is performed based on the therapist's career, background, etc., and unsuitable therapists are excluded, thereby securing the reliability of users and enabling therapist matching with higher satisfaction.

[0110] In addition, according to the server for providing a developmentally disabled child therapist brokerage service and its operation method according to one embodiment of the present invention, history is shared through therapists' journal writing and users' reviews writing, thereby facilitating access for users lacking specialized knowledge and maintaining or continuously improving the quality of counseling services.

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[0112] Meanwhile, the various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or a combination thereof. For example, the various embodiments may be implemented in one or more application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions presented herein, or a combination thereof.

[0113] Additionally, for example, various embodiments may be embodied or encoded in a computer-readable medium containing instructions. Instructions embodied or encoded in the computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform a method according to the embodiments. The computer-readable medium includes a computer storage medium, and the computer storage medium may be any available medium that can be accessed by a computer. For example, such a computer-readable medium may include a RAM, a ROM, an EEPROM, a CD-ROM or other optical disk storage medium, a magnetic disk storage medium, or other magnetic storage devices.

[0114] Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described as “units” in the present invention may be implemented together or individually as separate but interoperable logic devices. The depiction of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to highlight different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be realized by separate hardware or software components. Rather, the functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components, or integrated into common or separate hardware or software components.

[0115] Although the drawings depict operations in a specific order, it should not be understood that these operations must be performed in the specific order depicted or in any sequential order to achieve the desired results. Furthermore, not all operations depicted in the drawings are necessarily required. In certain environments, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Furthermore, the distinction between the various components in the embodiments described above should not be construed as requiring such distinction in all embodiments, and it should be understood that the components depicted may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products.

[0116] As described above, the best embodiments have been disclosed in the drawings and specifications. While specific terminology has been used herein, it is solely for the purpose of describing the present invention and is not intended to limit the meaning or scope of the invention as described in the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible.

Claims

1. By the server providing the developmental disability child therapist brokerage service, A step of receiving consultation request data from a user's electronic device; A step of analyzing the above consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty area; A step of transmitting a test item response request to the user electronic device based on a list of test items stored in advance for the above-mentioned counseling specialty; A step of receiving user response data according to the inspection item response request from the user electronic device; and A step of matching one of the registered therapist electronic devices based on the child information included in the above consultation request data, the above consultation specialty, and the above user response data. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

2. In paragraph 1, The step of analyzing the above consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty area is: A step of extracting preset field identification keywords from question text data included in the above consultation request data; A step of calculating the frequency of use for each specialized field based on the classification and frequency of use of the extracted field identification keywords; and Including a step of designating the specialized field with the highest frequency of use as the consulting specialized field. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

3. In paragraph 1, The step of analyzing the above consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty area is: A step of dividing the question text data included in the above consultation request data into sentence units; A step of extracting each field identification keyword from at least one sentence generated by the above division; A step of identifying a predicate associated with the field identification keyword in each of the above sentences; A step of determining whether the descriptive form of the above predicate is either a positive description or a negative description; A step of detecting an inspection item among the list of inspection items stored in advance, wherein the field identification keyword, the description word, and the description form and sentence structure match each other; and Including a step of designating a specialized field including the above-detected inspection items as the above-detected consultation specialized field. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

4. In paragraph 1, The above list of inspection items is stored and categorized by specialty and child age. The step of transmitting a request for a response to an examination item to the user's electronic device based on a list of examination items stored in advance for the above-mentioned consulting specialty area is as follows: Step of searching for child age information from the above consultation request data; and In the case where the child's monthly age information is detected as a result of the above search, a step of generating a test item response request based on a list of test items matching the detected result is included. If the child's monthly age information is not detected as a result of the above search, the method further includes a step of first generating and transmitting a child's date of birth response request to the user's electronic device. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

5. In paragraph 1, A step of receiving a therapist registration request from at least one candidate therapist electronic device; A step of transmitting a request for designation of a desired field to the electronic device of the above candidate therapist; A step of receiving information on desired fields from the electronic device of the above-mentioned candidate therapist according to the request for designation of desired fields; A step of verifying the above desired field information based on the pre-stored qualification scope for each specialty and the therapist information included in the therapist registration request; and If at least some of the information on the desired field of study meets the qualification scope of the specialized field as a result of the verification, the step of registering the candidate therapist electronic device as the therapist electronic device is further included. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

6. In paragraph 5, The above pre-saved qualification range by specialty includes at least one of the following: therapist major, qualification, related license, education completion, clinical experience, possession of a journal in the same field, similar career period, consultation available time range, and review score range. In registering the above candidate therapist electronic device as the above therapist electronic device, at least some of the desired field information that meets the qualification scope of each specialty is registered as the therapist specialty of the therapist electronic device. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

7. In paragraph 1, The step of matching any one of the above registered therapist electronic devices is: A step of extracting a therapist electronic device having a therapist specialty set as a matching field with the counseling specialty among the registered therapist electronic devices; and A step of matching the therapist electronic device with the largest number of diaries and reviews in the same field among the above extracted therapist electronic devices is included. Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

8. In paragraph 1, The step of analyzing the above consultation request data and designating at least one consultation specialty area is: A step of transmitting a request for examination record information to a preset external organization server based on the child information included in the above consultation request data; A step of receiving examination record information matching the child information from the external organization server; and Including the step of including the examination field included in the above examination record information in the above consultation specialty field Method for providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

9. A communication module that receives consultation request data from a user's electronic device; A database storing therapist pool information including registration information for each registered therapist electronic device; and A processor for matching a therapist electronic device that matches the consultation request data based on the therapist pool information, The above processor, A classification module that analyzes the above consultation request data and designates at least one consultation specialty; An inspection module that generates an inspection item response request to be transmitted to the user electronic device based on a list of inspection items pre-stored in the database for the above-mentioned consulting specialty; and When receiving user response data according to the test item response request from the user electronic device, a matching module is included that matches one of the registered therapist electronic devices based on the child information included in the consultation request data, the consultation specialty, and the user response data. A server providing mediation services for therapists for children with developmental disabilities.

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