Patent ID: 11881302
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A computer-implemented method comprising:
providing, by a processer of a host device, a graphical user interface displaying a virtual clinical assistant, wherein the virtual clinical assistant is hosted at least in part by a server connected to a network;
receiving, using a dialog component of the host device via a microphone, free-form speech input from a medical professional;
transmitting, by the host device via the network, the free-form speech input to an automatic speech recognition component f©r speech processing, wherein the automatic speech recognition component is implemented on the server and is configured to perform the speech processing: including automatic speech recognition based on at least one statistical model;
receiving, by the host device from the automatic speech recognition component, recognized free-form speech instruction from the free-form speech input;
providing the recognized free-form speech instruction to a natural language understanding component implemented on the host device to assist in automatically identifying from the recognized free-form speech instruction at least one medical task to be performed and an associated instruction to perform the medical task;
identifying medical information relating to content of the recognized free-form speech instruction and the at least one medical task to be performed;
obtaining the identified medical information from a medical information resource via the network; and
establishing, using the dialog component, a dialogue between the virtual clinical assistant and the medical professional at least by:
providing, via a speaker of the host device, at least one query spoken to the medical professional by the virtual clinical assistant regarding the free-form speech instruction prior to the at least one medical task being performed;
displaying the at least one query on the graphical user interface; and
responsive to the at least one query spoken by the virtual clinical assistant, receiving first information from the medical professional to improve safety of performing the at least one medical task.