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Computerized system and method for simultaneously representing and recording dynamic judgments
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Inventors: Baird, John Charlton; Chawarski, Marek Cezary;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Rovnak; John Edmund
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Devine, Millimet & Branch, PA, Carroll, Esq.; Kevin J.
The computerized system and method represents judgments of a user and records the judgments and the judgment making process. In one embodiment, the computerized method displays multiple concept representations simultaneously, receives a user-manipulated adjustment to one or more of the concept representations to create a judgment representation, and records the judgment representation(s) and user-manipulated adjustment(s). The judgment representations and adjustments are preferably recorded continuously so that the judgment process can be reviewed and evaluated. The concept representations can be displayed relative to other concept representations and/or relative to a rating scale. In another embodiment, the computerized method displays a physical context representation and the judgments are represented and recorded as user designated locations in the physical context. One example of an application for the system and method is to record and evaluate a patient's judgments with respect to pain. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The computerized system for representing and recording judgments, as shown in FIGS.
1 and 2, is preferably implemented using software 12 and a computing device 14 having a user input 16 and a display 18.
In one embodiment, the software 12 resides on a stand-alone general-purpose computer 14 (FIG.
1), such as a PC, which is used by the user to access the software 12.
In another example, the software 12 resides on a server computer 22 (FIG.
2) and is accessed by the user using a computer 14 connected to the server computer 22 over a data network 26, such as the Internet.
The display 18 preferably includes a computer screen or any other similar visual display device known to one skilled in the art.
The user input 16 preferably includes a mouse, keyboard, or any other input device known to one skilled in the art.
The software 12 can be implemented to perform the methods described below using programming techniques known to a programmer of ordinary skill in the art.
For example, the software 12 on the stand-alone computer 14 can be developed using a programming language such as Basic, and the software 12 residing on the server computer 22 can be developed using a programming language such as Java.
In general, the system displays a two-dimensional space within which one can locate concepts represented by words, pictures or some other icon (such as a solid geometric figure) The concepts can be any physical item (e.
g.
, food) or non-physical concept (e.
g.
, feelings or issues) about which a user can express judgment.
Using the user input 16 (e.
g.
, by depressing the mouse button), the user represents one or more relative judgments by locating concept representations in the space relative to other concept representations, a physical context, and/or a scale.
The system can receive user-manipulated adjustments of the concept representations relative to each other, the physical context, and/or the scale.
In response to the user's manipulation of the concept representation(s), the system draws the concept representation at its user-designated location, such as occurs when icons are moved across the screen in computer operating systems
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