PORTABLE MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20140288967A1
• Filed: 03/14/2014
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Smarter Pads, LLC
• Original Assignee: Smarter Pads, LLC
• Inventors: Bailes, Dallas
• Application Number:
  US14/211,368
• Publication Number:
  US 20140288967A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A user is allowed to create a new button via an input device, and a processor provides an option to the user to make the button either a single- or multiple-response button. An input is accepted from the user regarding a number of responses for the button via the input device, and the processor prompts the user to input a descriptor for each of the one or more responses chosen for the button. Each such descriptor is then accepted, and the button is displayed to the user on a display. Upon the button being pressed, the press of the button is accepted, and the processor determines which of the responses was selected by the press of the button. The corresponding descriptor is then stored in an electronic memory.

Claims

1. A customization method comprising the steps of:

(a) allowing a user to choose to create a new button via an input device;

(b) providing, via a processor;

an option to the user to make said button one of a single and multiple response button;

(c) accepting an input from the user regarding a number of responses for said button via said input device;

(d) prompting, via the processor, the user to input a descriptor for each of the number of responses chosen for said button;

(e) accepting each said descriptor from the user via the input device;

(f) displaying, via the processor, said button to the user on a display;

(g) accepting a press of the button via the input device;

(h) determining, via a processor, which of the number of responses was selected by the press of the button; and

(i) recording, in an electronic memory, the descriptor associated with the response selected by the press of the button.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the number of responses for said button is at least two.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein a press of the button on a right side of the button selects a first of said at least two responses, and a press of the button on a left side of the button selects a second of said at least two responses.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein a second of said responses is a negative of a first of said responses.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein a selection of the first response causes said button to turn a first color, and a selection of the second response causes said button to turn a second color.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein said user selects a category for said button, and said button is displayed only in the context of the selected category.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein a said category is a category of medical symptoms.

8. The method of claim 1 further including the steps of:

accepting instructions from a user via the input device to create a second level button;

accepting a descriptor for said second level button from said user via the input device;

displaying said second level button on said display only when said button has been selected;

recording, in said electronic memory, said descriptor for said second level button in connection with the descriptor for the button when said button and said second level button are selected by the user.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said second level button is not displayed when at least one of said number of responses is selected.

10. A system for allowing customization of medical history data entry comprising:

a database including an electronic memory for storing records therein;

a processor for communicating with a remote device via a network, said processor for receiving inputs from a user regarding the creation of a new button and a number of responses associated with said button, with a respective descriptor associated with each response, and a category for the button;

said processor instructing the remote device to display the button when the category is selected;

said processor also for receiving a selection from the remote device upon a user pressing the button displayed on the remote device;

said processor determining which selection was chosen by the user based upon the location at which the button was pressed, wherein a button press on a right side of the button selects a first response, and a press of the button on a left side of the button selects a second response;

said database recording the selected response in an appropriate record.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein said processor is a component of the remote device.