Personal information system

• US 20020046061A1
• Filed: 02/12/2001
• Published: 04/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Guardia, Chet La, Wright, Kenneth L., Duma, Christopher M.
• Application Number:
  US09/781,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20020046061A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2104 for one or a few pictures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3267 of motion picture signals, e.g. video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods to realize the potential benefit of portable storage devices by taking advantage of standard PCs including an optical disk drive capable of reading an optical disk, such as a CD or a DVD, cost effective optical disks, and the Internet.

In a preferred embodiment, an individual patient provides personal data to a healthcare service center. The healthcare service center then creates a portable optical disk for the patient to carry, if he/she so desires. The personal data that is written onto the portable optical disk is stored on a database management server database and is readable and updateable by the individual patient using his/her PC with an optical disk drive and connected to the Internet. The individual patient can choose to update his/her personal data on the portable optical disk and can receive a new portable optical disk that includes the update. The new portable optical disk containing the latest update is created and delivered to the patient by the database management server.

Claims

1. A personal information system, comprising:

a subscriber computer with an optical disk drive;

a portable optical disk readable by the optical disk drive;

a database management server comprising a database including personal data and an optical disk writer wherein the optical disk writer writes the personal data to the portable optical disk said personal data being viewable and downloadable by the subscriber computer; and

a subscriber interface comprising an Internet web browser wherein the Internet browser is used to view personal data on the portable optical disk and to update the personal data stored on the database management server.

2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the personal data to be stored on the portable optical disk is selectable using the subscriber interface.

3. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the personal data is transferred between the subscriber computer and the database management server in an HIPAA-compliant mode.

4. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the transfer of personal data between the subscriber computer and the database management server can be initiated by either the subscriber computer or the database management server said data transfer occurring either in a real-time mode or a batch mode.

5. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the personal data comprises text, image, audio, and video data.

6. A method of maintaining personal data on a portable optical disk, the method comprising:

entering personal data onto a database management server wherein the personal data is stored in the database management server;

writing the personal data onto the portable optical disk wherein the portable optical disk is readable from an optical disk drive using an Internet web browser interface; and

delivering the portable optical disk to a subscriber.

7. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein the personal data residing on the database management server can be updated using the Internet web browser interface;

8. The method as defined in claim 7, wherein the personal data to be updated is selectable by the subscriber.

9. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein entering, writing, and updating the personal data are in an HIPAA-compliant mode.

10. The method as defined in claim 6, further comprising using the portable optical disk at any healthcare service center to prevent repetitious registration process at different healthcare service center sites.

11. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein the portable optical disk is created at the health care service center site.

12. A system for maintaining personal data, the system comprising:

entering means for entering personal data;

storing means for storing the personal data;

accessing means for accessing the stored personal data wherein the accessing means comprises a PC with an optical disk drive and an Internet web browser;

transferring means for transferring the stored personal data between the entering means and the storing means in a secure mode; and

updating means for updating the stored personal data wherein the updating means comprises using the Internet web browser.

13. A portable optical disk comprising personal data, wherein said personal data comprises demographics, medical data, living will, power of attorney, and conditions of admission in formats including text, images, audio, and video wherein the portable optical disk is readable from an optical disk drive using an Internet web browser interface.

14. A personal data management system comprising:

a portable optical disk comprising demographics, medical data, living will, power of attorney, and conditions of admissions in formats including text, images, audio, and video wherein the portable optical disk is readable from an optical disk drive using an Internet web browser; and

a database management server comprising an optical disk writer and a database wherein the database contains the personal data to be written to the portable optical disk using the optical disk writer.