US 11,837,363 B2
Remote management of patient environment
Kirsten M. Emmons, Batesville, IN (US); Richard H. Heimbrock, Batesville, IN (US); Phillip Kuhn, Rushville, IN (US); David L. Ribble, Indianapolis, IN (US); Sandra Shuster, Chicago, IL (US); Dan R. Tallent, Hope, IN (US); Pauline Wong, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); and Lori Ann Zapfe, Milroy, IN (US)
Assigned to Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed by Hill-Rom Services, Inc., Batesville, IN (US)
Filed on Nov. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/453,227.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,585, filed on Nov. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0139549 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 40/67 (2018.01) [G16H 10/60 (2018.01); G16H 80/00 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device for remotely managing a patient environment, the computing device comprising:
at least one processing device; and
at least one computer readable data storage device storing software instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing device, cause the computing device to:
display a video feed of the patient environment; and
provide user inputs that, when selected, allow a caregiver to remotely change a condition in the patient environment, wherein access to the user inputs is restricted based on at least one of a distance between the computing device and the patient environment, credentials of the caregiver, and a current condition of a patient in the patient environment, wherein:
the access to the user inputs includes a first set of user inputs when the distance between the computing device and the patient environment is less than a predetermined distance,
the access to the user inputs is restricted to a second set of user inputs when the distance between the computing device and the patient environment exceeds the predetermined distance, wherein the second set of user inputs includes at least one control for controlling an operation of a device in the patient environment, and the first set of user inputs includes the at least one control and one or more additional controls.