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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Applicant:
John C. Ryan, Boston, MA (US);
Inventor:
John C. Ryan, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 50/00 (2012.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a medical communication method, two or more persons are identified as having a selected medical condition or characteristic. At the residence of each identified person, a video conference-enabling unit () is operatively connected with a consumer electronics device () disposed in the identified person's residence. A video conference is conducted between at least two of the two or more identified persons using their respective consumer electronics devices () and video conference-enabling units ().