Portable electronic data storage and retreival system for group data
First Claim
1. A system which uses at least one portable device for storing and communicating information corresponding to a plurality of individuals who form a group, the system comprising:
- a portable device including a memory, the memory including;
a plurality of data sets, said plurality of data sets including;
i) a plurality of individual member information data sets, each individual member data set corresponding to a different individual member in said group and including at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information specific to the individual group member;
ii) a group data set, the group data set including information corresponding to a plurality of members of said group, at least some information in said group data set being aggregated from multiple group member information data sets, said group data set including aggregated information corresponding to at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information; and
iii) access control information, said access control information including information being used to limit the amount of access different entities are provided to the content of said plurality of data sets, the amount of access provided by said access control information depending on at least one of the identity of an entity and a type of service to be provided by an entity.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing and using a portable electronic data storage and information retrieval system for healthcare and/or other types of applications are described. Each portable storage device (PSD) (e.g., smart card) for a group, e.g., household, allows the storage and retrieval of household level information in addition to individual household member data/information. Data/information is stored corresponding to different applications. The PSD is accessed by a service provider'"'"'s computer system. Access to the data/information is secured via authentication and/or various encryption techniques. Various service providers or types of service providers have access to different portions of the information stored on the portable storage device based upon pre-arranged agreements and/or service needs. Access is controlled through security information and/or security modules which are used to limit access. Service providers can update network based information databases and/or update the information on the PSD, e.g., to indicate a particular service or treatment.
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1. A system which uses at least one portable device for storing and communicating information corresponding to a plurality of individuals who form a group, the system comprising:
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a portable device including a memory, the memory including;
a plurality of data sets, said plurality of data sets including;
i) a plurality of individual member information data sets, each individual member data set corresponding to a different individual member in said group and including at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information specific to the individual group member;
ii) a group data set, the group data set including information corresponding to a plurality of members of said group, at least some information in said group data set being aggregated from multiple group member information data sets, said group data set including aggregated information corresponding to at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information; and
iii) access control information, said access control information including information being used to limit the amount of access different entities are provided to the content of said plurality of data sets, the amount of access provided by said access control information depending on at least one of the identity of an entity and a type of service to be provided by an entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 35)
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17. A method of communicating information corresponding to members of a group through the use of a portable device, the method comprising:
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storing on the portable device including a memory a plurality of data sets, said plurality of data sets including;
i) a plurality of group member information data sets, each group member information data set corresponding to a different individual member of said group and including at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information specific to the individual group member; and
ii) a group data set, the group data set including information corresponding to a plurality of members of said group, at least some information in said group data set being aggregated from multiple group member information data sets;
providing different entities different levels of access to said plurality of data sets. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A portable data storage device for communicating information corresponding to a plurality of members of a group, comprising:
a memory, the memory including a plurality of data sets, said plurality of data sets including;
i) a plurality of individual member information data sets, each individual member data set corresponding to a different individual member in said group and including at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information specific to the individual group member;
ii) a group data set, the group data set including information corresponding to a plurality of members of said group, at least some information in said group data set being aggregated from multiple group member information data sets, said group data set including aggregated information corresponding to at least one of medical information, nutritional information, insurance information, financial information and appointment information; and
iii) access control information, said access control information including information used to limit the amount of access different entities are provided to the content of said plurality of data sets, the amount of access provided by said access control information depending on at least one of the identity of an entity and a type of service to be provided by an entity. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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