APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGING, EDUCATION, AND INTERNAL MARKETING SOFTWARE AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for automatically managing different functions of an office, comprising:
- a) inputting different types of client and/or business data related to multiple different functions performed by an office in different data fields;
b) storing or linking together the different types of data;
c) updating the stored or linked together data in such a way that a change to one piece of data for a given client updates the information for all relevant fields of data across the different functions for that client; and
d) generating a summary report based on the stored or linked together information.
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Abstract
A method and system for automatically managing multiple different functions of an office by storing or linking together multiple different types of data that is normally stored separately, such that summary reports requiring data from fields normally not stored together can be created efficiently and effectively, and a method and system for automatically selecting client education, marketing or other business-related information or materials from a stored collection of such information or materials based on selection criteria established by the business, such that the selected information or materials are targeted to the specific client based on demographic and other client information and scheduling and other business information. In one aspect of the invention, a patient education module has a library of content on hand. The information and materials play automatically to a designated monitor near the location of the client and the material viewed is documented in the client'"'"'s electronic record with customized notation by user. The material viewed has a supportive component hand-out or supportive accompanying written information that is automatically printed at the receptionist desk at the time the material is viewed on the monitor by the client.
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39 Claims
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1. A method for automatically managing different functions of an office, comprising:
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a) inputting different types of client and/or business data related to multiple different functions performed by an office in different data fields;
b) storing or linking together the different types of data;
c) updating the stored or linked together data in such a way that a change to one piece of data for a given client updates the information for all relevant fields of data across the different functions for that client; and
d) generating a summary report based on the stored or linked together information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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- 6. A system for automatically managing different functions of an office that allows a user to input different types of client and/or business data related to multiple different functions performed by an office in different data fields, to store or link together the different types of data, to update the stored or linked together data in such a way that a change to one piece of data for a given client updates the information for all different functions for that client, and to generate a summary report based on the stored or linked together information.
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10. A method for automatically selecting client education, marketing or other business-related items to be viewed by a client at a location owned by, operated by or otherwise affiliated with a business comprising:
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a) storing multiple different types of client education, marketing or other business-related items to be viewed by a client in a collection of such items;
b) storing multiple different types of data relevant to a client or clients and/or the business;
c) establishing selection criteria based on at least some of the multiple different types of data stored;
d) comparing the selection criteria with the available items in the collection; and
e) automatically selecting items from the collection that targeted to the client based upon the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for automatically selecting client education, marketing or other business-related items from a stored collection of such items based on selection criteria established by the business comprising:
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a) a collection of multiple different types of client education, marketing or other business-related items to be viewed by a client;
b) a collection of multiple different types of data relevant to a client or clients and/or the business; and
c) selection criteria related to at least some of the collection of data that can be compared with the collection of items to automatically select one or more of the items that targeted to the client based upon the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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