SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEARCHING AND ACCESSING DOCUMENTS ONLINE

• US 20150106883A1
• Filed: 10/09/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fharo Miller, Yoko Maeda
• Original Assignee: Yoko Maeda
• Inventors: Miller, Fharo, Maeda, Yoko
• Application Number:
  US14/511,050
• Publication Number:
  US 20150106883A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security

Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure disclose a system and method for researching and accessing document online comprising, an online system allowing a consumer to search for documents in various online locations, a method of allowing a consumer to purchase and retrieve those documents from the various location through one system, and a method and system of granting the consumer instant access to the documents.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for retrieving documents over an internetwork comprising:

receiving, at the host server, a search request for a target document from a device;

determining, via the host server, the availability of the target document amongst a plurality of contracted publication sources;

retrieving, via the host server, metadata associated with the target document; and

providing for display of the target document on the user device based on the search request and said metadata.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating the user associated with requesting device as a subscriber with the host service provider.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein if the user is not authenticated as a subscriber with host service provider, calculating a retrieval fee associated with the target document based on the metadata and the publication source.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a confidentiality level of the document based on the metadata associated with the target document.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein if the confidentiality level is higher than a predetermined threshold:

providing a secondary user authentication step on the device;

displaying a redacted version of the target document on the user device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the secondary authentication step includes collecting biometric information from the user via the operating device.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein if the confidentiality level is lower than a predetermined threshold, providing viewing access of the entire target document on the device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the target document relates to patient information from a medical institution.

9. A system for online document retrieval:

a device operated by a user;

a host service provider having a document retrieval module and in communication with a plurality of publication sources; and

wherein the document retrieval module is configured to retrieve a target document from at least one of the plurality of publication sources based on a search request from user and metadata associated with the target document.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

an authentication module configured to authenticate the user of the device as a subscriber with the host service provider.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein if the user is not authenticated as a subscriber with host service provider, calculating a retrieval fee associated with the target document based on the metadata and the publication source.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a confidentiality analysis module configured to determine a confidential level based on the metadata associated with the target document.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein if the confidentiality level is higher than a predetermined threshold, then a secondary user authentication step is provided on the device and a redacted version of the target document is displayed on the user device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the secondary authentication step includes collecting biometric information from the user via the operating device.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein if the confidentiality level is lower than a predetermined threshold, viewing access of the entire target document is provided on the device.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the programmed instructions stored thereon further cause the processor to:

determine a confidentiality level of the document based on the metadata associated with the target document.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein if the confidentiality level is higher than a predetermined threshold, the programmed instructions stored thereon further cause the processor to provide a secondary user authentication step on the device;

display a redacted version of the target document on the user device.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the secondary authentication step includes collecting biometric information from the user via the operating device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein if the confidentiality level is lower than a predetermined threshold, the programmed instructions stored thereon further cause the processor to:

provide viewing access of the entire target document on the device.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium for online document retrieval having programmed instructions stored thereon for causing a processor to:

receive a search request for a target document from a device;

determine the availability of the target document amongst a plurality of contracted publication sources;

retrieve metadata associated with the target document; and

provide for display of the target document on the user device based on the search request and said metadata.