Method and system for global log on in a distributed system

• US 20020046278A1
• Filed: 02/13/2001
• Published: 04/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lifeclinic.com Corp. (CardioTech International LLC)
• Original Assignee: Lifeclinic.com Corp. (CardioTech International LLC)
• Inventors: Hays, Roy, Hensley, Billy Wayne
• Application Number:
  US09/782,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20020046278A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A distribution system for distributing content for a medical information collection system. The collection system comprises a collection server and multiple collection kiosks. A collection kiosk is a computer system attached to various devices for collecting medical information. The collection kiosks may be located at various locations, such as in drug stores or pharmacies. A person can use the collection kiosks to collect and store their medical information. The collection kiosks may have a user interface through which a person can enter a user identifier and password to obtain access to their stored medical information. Whenever a user wants to collect current medical information, the user would go to a collection kiosk, log on to the kiosk, and have their medical information collected and then stored.

Claims

1. A method in a computer system for distributing user information for registered users from the computer system to collection kiosks, the method comprising:

providing user information for registered users;

receiving updates to the user information;

generating update user information;

for each of the collection kiosks,

receiving a request from the collection kiosk for the generated update user information;

sending to the requesting collection kiosk the update user information

wherein the collection kiosks use the update user information to verify whether a user is registered.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the collection kiosks operate as FTP clients and the computer system operates as an FTP server.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the received update user information includes indications of whether to add a registered user, delete a registered user, or change information relating to a registered user.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein a collection kiosk sends a request for the generated update user information once a day.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the user information includes a user identifier and a password.

6. A method in a collection kiosk for retrieving updated user information, the method comprising:

providing user information for registered users;

sending a request for updated user information;

in response to sending the request, receiving the updated user information; and

updating the provided user information for the registered user in accordance with the received updated user information so that the collection kiosk can verify whether a user of the collection kiosk is registered.

7. An information collection system comprising:

a central computer system for a web site, the central computer system providing a repository for the information, web pages for registering users of the web site, and for accessing the information; and

a plurality of collection kiosks for collecting information about users, for verifying whether a user is registered at the web site, and for sending the collected information to the central computer system when the user is registered.

8. The information system of claim 7 wherein the information is medical information.

9. A computer-based method for collecting medical information of users of a web site, the method comprising:

registering the users at the web site when information about a user is collected at one of a plurality of collection kiosks,

determining whether the user is registered at the website; and

when registered, sending the collected information to a computer system so that the collected information is accessible to the user through the web site.