Patent ID: 8451314

Claim:
One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon, that, when executed by a computing device, executes driver commands for a camera hardware device in a patient's room, the method comprising: receiving a request from a clinician to establish contact with a patient at a separate patient location, wherein the request is received from an electronic medical record for the patient while the clinician is accessing the electronic medical record; receiving identification of a patient location having a camera hardware device; determining a driver for the camera hardware device in the patient's location; connecting with the camera hardware device; receiving one or more script requests to execute one or more scripts that are camera hardware device agnostic and are applicable to any camera hardware device to control the camera hardware device, wherein the one or more scripts which are camera hardware agnostic is not committed to a particular camera hardware device and are utilized to manipulate or view video received from any type of camera hardware device at the patient's location; executing the one or more scripts that are applicable to any camera hardware device to control the camera hardware device; converting the one or more scripts to driver commands for the camera hardware device in the patient's location using the driver determined for the camera hardware device; communicating the driver commands to the camera hardware device in the patient's location; and executing the driver commands for the camera hardware device in the patient's location to cause the camera hardware device to perform one or more functions.