Voice assistant system

摘要

Methods and apparatuses to assist a user in the performance of a plurality of tasks are provided. The invention includes storing at least one care plan for a resident, the care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed for providing care to the resident. Capturing speech inputs from the user, and providing speech outputs to the user to provide a speech dialog with the user reflective of the care plan. Information is captured with a contactless communication interface and is used for engaging the care plan.

主权项

1. A method of caring for a resident using at least one mobile device comprising:
maintaining stored individualized care plans for a plurality of residents in a voice transaction manager accessed on a network, a care plan defining a plurality of tasks to be performed by a user for providing care to the resident; capturing speech input from the user through the mobile device; providing speech output to a user through the mobile device; using the speech input and speech output and providing a speech dialog with the user through the mobile device, the speech dialog being reflective of a care plan for a resident; capturing non-spoken information from an item with a contactless communication interface; using the non-spoken captured information for associating the item with a resident and to initiate the speech dialog such that the speech dialog is related to the captured information; controlling a peripheral apparatus across a distributed computing system on the network with the mobile device by using the non-spoken captured information apart from the voice transaction manager.