Method and apparatus of transmitting patient medical data between a client computer and a server using electronic mail
First Claim
1. A method of transmitting data between a client computer and a server in communication with each other, comprising:
- compressing, privatizing and encrypting, by the client computer, the data comprising patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting to the server by the client computer an electronic mail message having the file as a secure patient medical attachment to the electronic mail message; and
automatically interrogating by the server a mailbox corresponding to the patient and residing on the server for an electronic mail message, and obtaining the patient medical data by the server by authenticating a user to the server and decompressing, deprivatizing and decrypting the secure patient medical attachment upon receiving the electronic mail message with the secure patient medical attachment.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium transmits data between a client computer and a server in communication with each other, including compressing, privatizing and encrypting, by the client computer, the data including patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting to the server by the client computer an electronic mail message having the file as a secure patient medical attachment to the electronic mail message, and automatically interrogating by the server a mailbox corresponding to the patient and residing on the server for an electronic mail message, and obtaining the patient medical data by the server by authenticating a user to the server and decompressing, deprivatizing and decrypting, the secure patient medical attachment upon receiving the electronic mail message with the secure patient medical attachment.
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1. A method of transmitting data between a client computer and a server in communication with each other, comprising:
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compressing, privatizing and encrypting, by the client computer, the data comprising patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting to the server by the client computer an electronic mail message having the file as a secure patient medical attachment to the electronic mail message; and
automatically interrogating by the server a mailbox corresponding to the patient and residing on the server for an electronic mail message, and obtaining the patient medical data by the server by authenticating a user to the server and decompressing, deprivatizing and decrypting the secure patient medical attachment upon receiving the electronic mail message with the secure patient medical attachment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. At least one computer readable medium storing at least one program which, when executed by a computer system including a client computer in communication with a server, executing functions of transferring data between the client computer and the server, comprising:
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compressing, privatizing and encrypting by the client computer, the data comprising patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting to the server by the client computer an electronic mail message having the file as a secure patient medical attachment to the electronic mail message; and
automatically interrogating by the server a mailbox corresponding to the patient and residing on the server for an electronic mail message, and obtaining the patient medical data by the server by authenticating a user to the server and decompressing, deprivatizing and decrypting the secure patient medical attachment upon receiving the electronic mail message with the secure patient medical attachment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer system transferring data between a client computer and a server in communication with each other, comprising:
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a client computer compressing,privatizing and encrypting the data comprising patient medical data of a patient into a file, and automatically generating and transmitting an electronic mail message having the file as a secure patient medical attachment to the electronic mail message; and
a server, in communication with the client computer, automatically interrogating a mailbox corresponding to the patient and residing on the server for an electronic mail message, and obtaining the patient medical data by the-server by decompressing, deprivatizing and decrypting, the secure patient medical attachment upon receiving the electronic mail message with the secure patient medical attachment. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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