SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EMPLOYING A CLIENT SIDE DEVICE TO ACCESS LOCAL AND REMOTE DATA DURING COMMUNICATION DISTRUPTIONS

• US 20110093519A1
• Filed: 10/19/2009
• Published: 04/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tritan Software Corporation
• Original Assignee: IOS Health Systems, Inc.
• Inventors: CARRICARTE, ANDREW L., SANCHEZ, JOSE M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,671,155 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers

Abstract

A method and system are provided for locally storing data obtained from a plurality of sources, including a remote server, a local server and a client terminal device. A local communication device is provided to include a plurality of applications that access data stored on at least one of the remote server, the local server and the client terminal device and provides access to the data during time periods when the client terminal device is disconnected from at least one of the local server and the remote server. The local communication device includes applications that gather data from the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device and generate a database to store the gathered data. The local communication device includes a conversion module that generates a predefined format for the gathered data prior to storing the data on the database.

Claims

1. A local communication device that locally stores data obtained from a plurality of sources, the local communication device being in communication with a remote server that is associated with an external network, a local server that is associated with an internal network and a client terminal device that communicates with the remote server over the external network and communicates with the local server over the internal network, the local communication device comprising:

a software agent that communicates with the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device to gather the data from the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device, wherein the local communication device provides access to the data during time periods when a data connection is disrupted between the client terminal device and at least one of the local server and the remote server;

a storage module that is adapted to store the gathered data to at least one memory device; and

a conversion module that generates a predefined format for the gathered data.

2. The local communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a scheduling module that provides predefined schedules for storing the gathered data to the at least one memory device.

3. The local communication device according to claim 2, wherein the scheduling module stores the gathered data based at least on one of periodic intervals, random intervals and system triggered intervals.

4. The local communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a switching module that switches a data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

5. The local communication device according to claim 4, wherein the switching module automatically switches the data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

6. The local communication device according to claim 4, wherein the switching module provides manual switching of the data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

7. The local communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a synchronizing module that applies a transaction-based synchronization algorithm to synchronize the at least one memory device with a second memory device associated with at least one of the local server and the remote server.

8. The local communication device according to claim 1, wherein the conversion module generates the predefined format to include at least one of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards, extensible markup language (XML), Health Level Seven (HL7) standard and universal data format.

9. A local communication device that locally stores data obtained from a plurality of sources, the local communication device being in communication with a remote server that is associated with an external network, a local server that is associated with an internal network and a client terminal device that communicates with the remote server over the external network and communicates with the local server over the internal network, the local communication device comprising:

a software agent that communicates with the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device to gather the data from the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device, wherein the local communication device provides access to the data during time periods when a data connection is disrupted between the client terminal device and at least one of the local server and the remote server;

a database module that generates and manages at least one database;

a storage module that is adapted to store the gathered data to the at least one database;

a conversion module that generates a predefined format for the gathered data; and

a synchronizing module that applies a transaction-based synchronization algorithm to synchronize data stored in the at least one database.

10. The local communication device according to claim 9, further comprising a scheduling module that provides predefined schedules for storing the gathered data to the at least one database.

11. The local communication device according to claim 10, wherein the scheduling module stores the gathered data based at least on one of periodic intervals, random intervals and system triggered intervals.

12. The local communication device according to claim 9, further comprising a switching module that switches a data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

13. The local communication device according to claim 12, wherein the switching module automatically switches the data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

14. The local communication device according to claim 12, wherein the switching module provides manual switching of the data connection between the local server, the remote server and the client terminal device.

15. The local communication device according to claim 9, wherein the synchronizing module assigns a synchronization start identifier, one or more synchronization intermediate identifiers and a synchronization completed identifier to facilitate data transfer between the at least one database with a second database associated with at least one of the local server and the remote server.

16. The local communication device according to claim 9, wherein the conversion module generates the predefined format to include at least one of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards, extensible markup language (XML), Health Level Seven (HL7) standard and universal data format.

17. A method of providing client terminal devices with off-line connectivity to a central database, the method comprising:

storing data transmitted between selected sources and the client terminal devices;

monitoring whether the client terminal devices are communicating with the selected sources;

establishing a data connection with the client terminal devices when the client terminal devices become decoupled from the selected sources;

transmitting data to the client terminal devices;

assigning a synchronization start identifier, one or more synchronization intermediate identifiers and a synchronization completed identifier to facilitate data transfer with the selected sources;

monitoring whether a data connection is re-established between the client terminal devices and the selected sources; and

re-establishing a data connection between the client terminal devices and the selected sources when the client terminal devices become coupled to the selected sources.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising providing predefined schedules for storing the data that is transmitted between the selected sources and the client terminal devices.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein providing predefined schedules includes storing the data based at least on one of periodic intervals, random intervals and system triggered intervals.

20. The method according to claim 17, wherein re-establishing a data connection between the client terminal devices and the selected sources is performed automatically.