Personalized Speech Interaction Model for Medical Care Instructions

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional interactive speech systems fail to provide adequate personalization and interactivity for user-specific medical care instructions, leading to confusion and increased risk of adverse events due to static and generic documents that patients struggle to interpret.

Innovation Solution

A system that utilizes a network interface, natural language processing, and personalized interaction models to generate accurate and natural responses to user queries, integrating with user devices to provide voice-based or text-based interactions tailored to individual patient needs, including medication reminders and conflict detection for adverse interactions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If conventional interactive speech systems use static and generic documents for medical care instructions, then device complexity is reduced, but patient understanding and adherence deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesystem complexityVSAvoidpatient understanding
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system dynamically adapts medical care instructions based on patient feedback, preferences, and comprehension levels. The interaction model evolves from static documents to dynamic, personalized guidance that adjusts content presentation, depth, and format based on real-time patient responses and understanding assessments.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes multiple parameters including personalization level, interaction depth, content format, and guidance specificity based on patient characteristics and needs. These parameter adjustments transform generic medical instructions into tailored care plans that match individual patient comprehension and preferences.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If conventional systems provide generic medical instructions, then personalization is reduced, but interactivity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovepersonalizationVSAvoidinteractivity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-assessing patient preferences, comprehension levels, and personal characteristics before delivering medical instructions. This advance personalization setup enables the system to tailor interactions proactively, reducing the need for extensive back-and-forth adjustments during actual medical guidance delivery.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements continuous feedback loops where patient responses, comprehension indicators, and interaction patterns are monitored and fed back into the personalization model. This feedback mechanism dynamically refines the level of personalization and adjusts interactivity requirements, creating an adaptive system that learns from each patient interaction.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Reliability

If static documents are used for medical care instructions, then information accuracy is maintained, but patient adherence deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation accuracyVSAvoidpatient adherence
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system maintains information accuracy through dynamic adaptation rather than static presentation. Medical instructions are delivered with consistent core information while adapting presentation style, examples, and reinforcement strategies to match patient comprehension and engagement levels, thereby improving adherence without compromising accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different quality levels to different portions of medical instructions based on patient needs. Critical safety information maintains high precision and clarity, while supplementary guidance adapts its detail and complexity to match individual patient comprehension, ensuring both accuracy and understandability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11056119B2Methods and systems for speech signal processing
Publication Date: 2021.07.06 FRONTIVE INC
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AI summary

Methods and systems for speech signal processing an interactive speech are described. Digitized audio data comprising a user query from a user is received over a network in association with a user identifier. A protocol associated with the user identifier is accessed. A personalized interaction model associated with the user identifier is accessed. A response is generated using the personalized interaction model and the protocol. The response is audibly reproduced by a voice assistance device.