Method and system for distributing health information
First Claim
1. A method of distributing health information, comprising the steps of:
- A. categorizing health information for an individual into a plurality of hierarchical sets of health information;
B. assigning by said individual access priority data representative of an access priority level to each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said access priority levels being based on differing criteria for release authorization for each of said plurality of sets of health information established by said individual;
C. storing, at a datastore, each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy and associated access priority data;
D. providing, by said individual to one or more requesters, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
E. receiving, from a requestor, by way of a communications network, a request for at least one of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said request including access priority data correlated to an access priority level;
F. processing said access priority data to determine whether said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information; and
i. when said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information, transmitting said requested health information to said requester by way of said communications network, and ii. when said access data fails to correspond to said access priority level, denying access to said requestor to said health information.
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Abstract
A method of and system for distributing medical information for an individual over a communications network is disclosed. The method includes the steps of generating a plurality of security access codes, generating a plurality of hierarchical categories, ranging from a low security category to a high security category, categorizing the individual'"'"'s medical information into privacy levels ranging from a least private level to a most private level, inputting the individual'"'"'s categorized medical information into the plurality of hierarchical categories, the least private level being input into the low security category and the most private level being input into the high security category and assigning, to each of the categories, one or more of the access security codes, such that the medical information in each category will be released only if the assigned access security codes are received. The method further includes the steps of receiving, from a requestor, one or more of the access security codes over the communications network, determining whether the received access security codes match one or more of the assigned access security codes and transmitting, to the requester over the communications network, the medical information in the categories in which the received security access codes match the assigned security access codes.
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35 Claims
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1. A method of distributing health information, comprising the steps of:
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A. categorizing health information for an individual into a plurality of hierarchical sets of health information;
B. assigning by said individual access priority data representative of an access priority level to each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said access priority levels being based on differing criteria for release authorization for each of said plurality of sets of health information established by said individual;
C. storing, at a datastore, each of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy and associated access priority data;
D. providing, by said individual to one or more requesters, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
E. receiving, from a requestor, by way of a communications network, a request for at least one of said plurality of sets of health information in said hierarchy, said request including access priority data correlated to an access priority level;
F. processing said access priority data to determine whether said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information; and
i. when said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested health information, transmitting said requested health information to said requester by way of said communications network, and ii. when said access data fails to correspond to said access priority level, denying access to said requestor to said health information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of distributing medical information for an individual over a communications network comprising the steps of:
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A. generating a plurality of access security codes;
B. generating a plurality of hierarchical categories, ranging from a low security category to a high security category;
C. categorizing the individual'"'"'s medical information into privacy levels ranging from a least private level to a most private level;
D. inputting the individual'"'"'s categorized medical information into said plurality of hierarchical categories, said least private level being input into said low security category and said most private level being input into said high security category;
E. assigning by said individual, to each of said categories, one or more of said access security codes, such that said medical information in each category will be released only if the assigned access security codes are received;
F. providing, by said individual to one or more requestors, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
G. receiving, from a requestor, one or more of said access security codes over said communications network;
H. determining whether said received access security codes match one or more of said assigned access security codes; and
I. transmitting, to said requestor over said communications network, said medical information in said categories in which said received security access codes match said assigned security access codes. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for distributing medical information for an individual over a communications network comprising:
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a server system including a computer processor and associated memory, said server system having database of a plurality of hierarchical categories for the individual, said categories ranging from a low security category to a high security category, each of said categories having medical information of said individual contained therein, said medical information ranging from least private information to most private information, said least private medical information being contained in said low security category and said most private medical information being contained in said high security category, each of said categories having one or more security access codes assigned thereto;
a request system including a computer processor and associated memory, said request system inputting, in response to a requestor, one or more of said security access codes provided to said requestor by said individual, to said server system over said communications network; and
an access determining device for transmitting, to said request system, the medical information in each of said categories in which said input security access codes match said assigned security access codes. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of distributing personal information, comprising the steps of:
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A. categorizing personal information for an individual into a plurality of hierarchical sets of personal information;
B. assigning, by said individual, access priority data representative of an access priority level to each of said plurality of sets of personal information in said hierarchy, said access priority levels being based on differing criteria for release authorization for each of said plurality of sets of personal information established by said individual;
C. storing, at a datastore, each of said plurality of sets of personal information in said hierarchy and associated access priority data;
D. providing, by said individual to one or more requesters, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
E. receiving from a requestor, by way of a communications network, a request for at least one of said plurality of sets of personal information in said hierarchy, said request including access priority data correlated to an access priority level;
F. processing said access priority data to determine whether said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested personal information; and
i. when said access priority data corresponds to said access priority level for said requested personal information, transmitting said requested personal information to said requestor by way of said communications network, and ii. when said access data fails to correspond to said access priority level, denying access to said requester to said personal information.
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27. A method of distributing personal information for an individual over a communications network comprising the steps of:
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A. generating a plurality of access security codes;
B. generating a plurality of hierarchical categories, ranging from a low security category to a high security category;
C. categorizing the individual'"'"'s personal information into privacy levels ranging from a least private level to a most private level;
D. inputting the individual'"'"'s categorized personal information into said plurality of hierarchical categories, said least private level being input into said low security category and said most private level being input into said high security category;
E. assigning, by said individual, to each of said categories, one or more of said access security codes, such that said personal information in each category will be released only if the assigned access security codes are received;
F. providing by said individual to one or more requestors, access priority data corresponding to a desired level in said hierarchy;
G. receiving, from a requestor, one or more of said access security codes over said communications network;
H. determining whether said received access security codes match one or more of said assigned access security codes; and
I. transmitting, to said requestor over said communications network, said personal information in said categories in said hierarchy which said received security access codes match said assigned security access codes. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for distributing personal information for an individual over a communications network comprising:
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a server system including a computer processor and associated memory, said server system having database of a plurality of hierarchical categories for the individual, said categories ranging from a low security category to a high security category, each of said categories having personal information of said individual contained therein, said personal information ranging from least private information to most private information, said least private personal information being contained in said low security category and said most private personal information being contained in said high security category, each of said categories having one or more security access codes assigned thereto;
a request system including a computer processor and associated memory, said request system inputting, in response to a requester, one or more of said security access codes provided to said requester by said individual, to said server system over said communications network; and
an access determining device for transmitting, to said requests system, the personal information in each of said categories in which said input security access codes match said assigned security access codes. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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