Biometric information reader and system

• US 20050278197A1
• Filed: 06/10/2004
• Published: 12/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dana Marie Podczerwinski, Joseph Podczerwinksi
• Original Assignee: Dana Marie Podczerwinski, Joseph Podczerwinksi
• Inventors: Podczerwinski, Dana Marie, Podczerwinksi, Joseph
• Application Number:
  US10/865,657
• Publication Number:
  US 20050278197A1
• 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 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD

Abstract

The invention relates to a reader system of biometric information adapted to sense biometric information and process the same.

Claims

1. A process to ensure health patient identification or identity verification, comprising:

(a) initializing a biometric reader system to accept a patient information profile; and

(b) linking the patient information profile to at least one biometric identifier.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the step of initializing the biometric reader comprises the step of providing the patient information profile.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the step of providing the patient profile comprises providing at least one of the patient'"'"'s name, social security/insurance number, address, age, date of birth, health insurance information, prior health problems, prior treatments, prior diagnoses, current or past medications, emergency contact information, allergies, current or past treating physicians, prior aliases, and current law enforcement authority information.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein the at least one biometric identifier comprises at least one of the patient'"'"'s iris scan, retinal scan, speech pattern, facial scan, facial thermogram, DNA/genome profile, dental scan, hand scan, hand geometry scan, fingerprint, or any combination thereof.

5. The process of claim 3, wherein the at least one biometric identifier comprises at least one of the patient'"'"'s iris scan, retinal scan, speech pattern, facial scan, facial thermogram, DNA/genome profile, dental scan, hand scan, hand geometry scan, fingerprint, or any combination thereof.

6. The process of claim 5, further comprising the step of storing the patient information profile, the link of the profile to the biometric identifier, and the at least one biometric identifier.

7. A process to ensure health patient identification or identity verification, comprising:

(a) obtaining a biometric identifier from a biometric scanner; and

(b) retrieving a health patient information profile that correlates to the biometric identifier.

8. The process of claim 7, wherein the step of obtaining the biometric identifier further comprises obtaining at least one identifier from a patient'"'"'s iris scan, retinal scan, speech pattern, facial scan, DNA/genome profile, dental scan, hand scan, hand geometry scan, fingerprint, or any combination thereof.

9. The process of claim 7, further comprising displaying the patient information profile.

10. The process of claim 7, further comprising updating the information profile.

11. The process of claim 7, further comprising obtaining another biometric identifier from a biometric scanner before retrieving the health patient information profile.

12. The process of claim 7, further comprising networking the biometric scanner and the patient information profile.

13. The process of claim 12, further comprising updating the information profile.

14. The process of claim 13, further comprising displaying the patient information profile.

15. The process of claim 10, further comprising comparing the updated information to the information profile.

16. The process of claim 7, wherein the biometric scanner is a portable biometric scanner.

17. The process of claim 10, further comprising transmitting the updated information to a billing entity.

18. The process of claim 7, further comprising:

displaying the patient information profile;

updating the information profile;

networking the biometric scanner and the patient information profile;

wherein the step of obtaining the biometric identifier further comprises obtaining at least one identifier from a patient'"'"'s iris scan, retinal scan, speech pattern, facial scan, DNA/genome profile, dental scan, hand scan, hand geometry scan, fingerprint, or any combination thereof; and

wherein the biometric scanner is a portable biometric scanner.

19. An apparatus to ensure patient identification or identity verification, comprising:

(a) a biometric scanner; and

(b) a means to input patient information in response to activation by the biometric scanner.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the apparatus is portable.