Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, storage medium, and program

• US 20050086720A1
• Filed: 10/20/2004
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Sako, Tsukasa, Tanaka, Shinya, Shimizu, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 7,450,742 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/27
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus which transfers target information to an external data processing device to process the information, and saves the processed information, a data management unit stores second identification information corresponding to the target information in association with the target information to which first identification information is attached. The first changing unit deletes the first identification information from the target information and adds the corresponding second identification information to the target information in the data management unit. The transfer unit transfers the target information processed by the first changing unit to the external data processing device.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus which externally transfers target information to process the information, and saves the processed information, comprising:

storage means for storing second identification information corresponding to the target information in association with the target information to which first identification information is attached;

first changing means for deleting the first identification information and adding the corresponding second identification information to the target information in said storage means;

transfer means for externally transferring the target information processed by said first changing means; and

saving means for saving the target information processed at an external transfer destination to which the information is transferred by said transfer means.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising second changing means for retrieving information from said storage means on the basis of the second identification information added to the target information processed at the external transfer destination and deleting the second identification information corresponding to the retrieved information from said storage means.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising second changing means for retrieving information from said storage means on the basis of the second identification information attached to the target information processed at the external transfer destination, and adding the information to the target information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first changing means deletes arbitrary information contained in the target information.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said first changing means adds third identification information generated by a predetermined algorithm based on the second identification information to the target information, and

the third identification information contains information used for check processing at the external transfer destination to check whether the third identification information coincides with fourth identification information generated by the algorithm based on the second identification information of the target information.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein

the algorithm comprises an algorithm using the second identification information and processing time information, and

the check processing comprises checking whether the third identification information coincides with a fourth identifier generated within a predetermined period of time before and after a processing time.

7. An information processing system in which a data saving side is communicatively connected to a data processing side which processes data transferred from

the data saving side, wherein

the data saving side comprises storage means for storing second identification information corresponding to the target information in association with the target information to which first identification information is attached,

first changing means for deleting the first identification information and adding the corresponding second identification information to the target information in said storage means,

transfer means for externally transferring the target information processed by said first changing means, and

saving means for saving the target information processed at an external transfer destination to which the information is transferred by said transfer means.

8. An information processing method of externally transferring target information to process the information, and saving the processed information, comprising:

a storage step of storing, in a storage medium, second identification information corresponding to the target information in association with the target information to which first identification information is attached;

a changing step of deleting the first identification information and adding the corresponding second identification information to the target information stored in the storage medium in the storage step;

a transfer step of externally transferring the target information processed in the changing step; and

a saving step of saving the target information processed at an external transfer destination to which the information is transferred in the transfer step.

9. An information processing method of transferring target data managed on a data saving side to a data processing side upon attaching an identifier to the data, and receiving and saving the data processed on the data processing side, wherein

a processing step on the data saving side comprises

a first identifier attaching step of generating, as supplementary information, a first identifier for identifying the target data to be transferred to the data processing side, and attaching the supplementary information to the target data,

a second identifier generating step of generating a second identifier different from the first identifier,

a change storage step of storing the second identifier as supplementary information of the target data in a storage medium,

a first changing step of deleting the first identifier from the supplementary information of the target data concurrently with storage of the second identifier in the storage medium in the change storage step, and attaching the second identifier to the target data,

a transfer step of transferring the target data processed in the first changing step to the data processing side,

a reception step of receiving the target data after data processing by the data processing side, and

a saving step of saving the target data received in the reception step.

10. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the processing step on the data saving side further comprises a second changing step of retrieving data from management data on the basis of the second identifier of the target data after the target data is saved in the saving step, and deleting the second identifier corresponding to the retrieved data from the information stored in the change storage step.

11. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the first changing step comprises a step of deleting the first identifier, including partial information of the supplementary information of the target data in deleting the first identifier.

12. The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein

the processing step on the data saving side further comprises a third identifier generating step of generating a third identifier according to a specific algorithm using the second identifier,

the first changing step comprises a step of attaching the third identifier obtained in the third identifier generating step as supplementary information to the target data, and

the processing step on the data processing side comprises an authentication step of checking whether a fourth identifier generated according to the algorithm using the second identifier of the target data from the data saving side coincides with the third identifier.

13. The information processing method according to claim 12, wherein

the specific algorithm comprises an algorithm using the second identifier and Greenwich time, and

the authentication step comprises a step of checking whether the third identifier coincides with the fourth identifier generated within a predetermined period of time before and after the current Greenwich time.

14. A program for causing a computer to function as an information processing apparatus which externally transfers target information to process the information, and saves the processed information, comprising:

storage means for storing second identification information corresponding to the target information in association with the target information to which first identification information is attached;

first changing means for deleting the first identification information and adding the corresponding second identification information to the target information in the storage means;

transfer means for externally transferring the target information processed by the first changing means; and

saving means for saving the target information processed at an external transfer destination to which the information is transferred by the transfer means.

16. A computer-readable storage medium recording a program defined in claim 14.

15. A program for causing a computer to execute information processing transferring target data managed on a data saving side to a data processing side upon attaching an identifier to the data, and receiving and saving the data processed on the data processing side, where in

a processing step on the data saving side comprises

a first identifier attaching step of generating, as supplementary information, a first identifier for identifying the target data to be transferred to the data processing side, and attaching the supplementary information to the target data,

a second identifier generating step of generating a second identifier different from the first identifier,

a change storage step of storing the second identifier as supplementary information of the target data in a storage medium,

a first changing step of deleting the first identifier from the supplementary information of the target data concurrently with storage of the second identifier in the storage medium in the change storage step, and attaching the second identifier to the target data,

a transfer step of transferring the target data processed in the first changing step to the data processing side,

a reception step of receiving the target data after data processing by the data processing side, and

a saving step of saving the target data received in the reception step.

17. A computer-readable storage medium recording a program defined in claim 15.

18. An information processing apparatus which is connected, through a network, to a requesting terminal which generates diagnosis request data and a diagnosing terminal which input diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data, comprising:

first reception means for receiving, through the network, diagnosis request data to which a specific examination number is attached from the requesting terminal;

conversion means for converting the examination number attached to the diagnosis request data into an examination request number;

first transmission means for transmitting, to the diagnosing terminal through the network, the diagnosis request data to which the examination request number is attached;

second reception means for receiving the diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data from the diagnosing terminal through the network; and

second transmission means for inversely converting the examination request number attached to the diagnosis result data into the examination number and transmitting the diagnosis result data to the requesting terminal through the network.

19. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the examination number comprises a patient ID for specifying a patient.

20. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said conversion means converts the examination number into the examination request number on the basis of a facility number representing a facility to which the requesting terminal belongs and the examination number.

21. The information processing apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said conversion means converts the examination number into the examination request number on the basis of a unique number of an image contained in the examination request data and the examination number.

22. An information processing system formed by mutually connecting, through a network, a requesting terminal which generates diagnosis request data, a diagnosing terminal which receives diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data, and a management server which performs transmission/reception of data and data management between the requesting terminal and the diagnosing terminal, wherein

the requesting terminal comprises

generating means for generating the diagnosis request data and attaching an examination number for specifying the diagnosis request data,

first transmission means for transmitting the diagnosis request data to the management server through the network, and

first reception means for receiving the diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data through the network,

the management server comprises

second reception means for receiving the diagnosis request data from the requesting terminal through the network,

conversion means for converting the examination number attached to the diagnosis request data into an examination request number,

second transmission means for transmitting, to the diagnosing terminal through the network, the diagnosis request data to which the examination request number is attached,

third reception means for receiving the diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data from the diagnosing terminal through the network, and

third transmission means for inversely converting the examination request number attached to the diagnosis result data into the examination number, and transmitting the diagnosis result data to the requesting terminal through the network, and

the diagnosing terminal comprises

fourth reception means for receiving, from the management server through the network, the diagnosis request data to which the examination request number is attached,

input means for inputting diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data, and

fourth transmission means for transmitting the diagnosis result data to the management server through the network.

23. An information processing method in an information processing apparatus connected, through a network, to a requesting terminal which generates diagnosis request data and a diagnosing terminal which inputs diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data, comprising:

a first reception step of receiving, from the requesting terminal through the network, diagnosis request data to which a specific examination number is attached;

a conversion step of converting the examination number attached to the diagnosis request data into an examination request number;

a first transmission step of transmitting, to the diagnosing terminal through the network, the diagnosis request data to which the examination request number is attached,

a second reception step of receiving diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data from the diagnosing terminal through the network, and

a second transmission step of inversely converting the examination request number attached to the diagnosis result data into the examination number, and transmitting the diagnosis result data to the requesting terminal through the network.

24. A program for realizing information processing in an information processing apparatus connected, through a network, to a requesting terminal which generates diagnosis request data and a diagnosing terminal which inputs diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data, comprising:

a first reception step of receiving, from the requesting terminal through the network, diagnosis request data to which a specific examination number is attached;

a conversion step of converting the examination number attached to the diagnosis request data into an examination request number;

a first transmission step of transmitting, to the diagnosing terminal through the network, the diagnosis request data to which the examination request number is attached,

a second reception step of receiving diagnosis result data with respect to the diagnosis request data from the diagnosing terminal through the network, and

a second transmission step of inversely converting the examination request number attached to the diagnosis result data into the examination number, and transmitting the diagnosis result data to the requesting terminal through the network.