Record system
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1. A records system comprising:
- a computer; and
a records database maintained on the computer comprising records including an electronic document image having an encrypted visual watermark thereon providing information about the document image.
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Abstract
A system and process for providing a computerized medical and biographical records database and diagnostic information. A medical records database and diagnostic program is stored on a central computer that is accessible to individuals using remotely situated computers connected to a computer network. Individual patient medical and biographical records are owned by individual patients who can enter information in their record as well as grant or deny authorization to others, such as health care professionals, insurance providers and other entities, to review part or all of their record.
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1. A records system comprising:
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a computer; and
a records database maintained on the computer comprising records including an electronic document image having an encrypted visual watermark thereon providing information about the document image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A document comprising an image having an encrypted visual watermark thereon providing information about the image.
- 18. A label adapted to be applied to a document comprising an encrypted visual watermark providing information about the document.
- 23. A method for maintaining an electronic document image of a document in a records database comprising positioning an encrypted visual watermark on the document image to provide information about the document image.
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27. A method for identifying a document type from a scanned document image comprising:
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detecting edges within the image;
determining locations of vertices of the edges thereby creating a vertex map for the document image; and
selecting an image template from a library of image templates having a vertex map most closely matching the vertex map of the scanned document image, said selected image template corresponding to a particular document type. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A method for indexing scanned document images comprising:
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selecting an image template of a scanned document image, said template including information regarding a location of a datum of interest within the document image;
analyzing the location of the scanned document image corresponding to the datum of interest to determine the value of the datum; and
storing the value of the datum in a record corresponding to the image. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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