DATA STORAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20080250346A1
• Filed: 03/17/2008
• Published: 10/09/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Paul Kaufmann
• Original Assignee: Paul Kaufmann
• Inventors: Kaufmann, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/049,453
• Publication Number:
  US 20080250346A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/806
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation

Abstract

A process for providing information related to an individual or an animal in a portable display and storage device that allows other individuals to access the personal and medical information quickly. The process includes entering the information in formatted screens of data in a computer, transferring the formatted screens of data to the portable display and storage device, storing the formatted screens of data in the portable display and storage device, and displaying the formatted screens of data in the portable display and storage device. In some embodiments, the formatted screens of data in the display and storage device are transferred to a computer, modified, and transferred back to the display and storage device.

Claims

1. A method for providing information related to an individual in a data display and storage device, the method comprising:

entering the information of into a plurality of electronic formatted screens on a computer;

transferring the electronic formatted screens to the data display and storage device;

storing the electronic formatted screens in the data display and storage device; and

displaying in a sequential order only those electronic formatted screens that contain the information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the electronic formatted screens from the data display and storage device to a receiving facility configured to receive the electronic formatted screens.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic formatted screens include a name, an address, a telephone number, a date of birth, a name of a health care surrogate, a telephone number of the health care surrogate, one or more allergies, one or more medical conditions, one or more physicians, and one or more medications.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the data display and storage device is portable.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting said information of said individual from a questionnaire, an e-mail, a medical record, or a website.

6. A method for use in a portable display and storage device, the method comprising:

entering medical and personal information of an individual in formatted screens of data in a computer;

transferring the formatted screens of data to the portable display and storage device;

storing the formatted screens of data in the portable display and storage device; and

displaying the formatted screens of data in the portable display and storage device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include a name, an address, and a telephone number on a first screen of data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include said name, a date of birth, and a name and a telephone number of a health care surrogate on a second screen of data.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include said name and one or more allergies on a third screen of data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include said name and one or more medical conditions on a fourth screen of data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include said name and one or more physicians on a fifth screen of data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the displaying the formatted screens of data include said name and one or more medications on a sixth screen of data.

13. A method for use in a portable electronic display and storage device, the method comprising:

displaying medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device, said medical and personal information formatted in standardized screens of data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include a name, an address, and a telephone number on a first screen of data.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include said name, a date of birth, and a name and a telephone number of a health care surrogate on a second screen of data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include said name and one or more allergies on a third screen of data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include said name and one or more medical conditions on a fourth screen of data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include said name and one or more physicians on a fifth screen of data.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the displaying the medical and personal information of an individual in said portable electronic display and storage device include said name and one or more medications on a sixth screen of data.

20. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

viewing the medical and personal information formatted in standardized screens of data on the display and storage device without additional equipment required to access the standardized screens of data.