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Method of controlling data gathered at remote locations

  • US 7,127,094 B1
  • Filed: 01/02/2003
  • Issued: 10/24/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, comprising:

  • a) producing an image of biological tissue at a first remote location;

    then,b) automatically extracting data from the image to generate a first data set, wherein data in the first data set is insufficient to produce a representation of the image recognizable by an average person;

    then,c) automatically communicating the first data set to a central location;

    then,d) automatically manipulating the first data set at the central location to produce a first result, the manipulation method kept as a confidential method in the central location;

    e) automatically communicating the first result to the first remote location;

    thenf) deciding at the first remote location a first course of further action based on the first result; and

    theng) communicating a second result from the first remote location to the central location, where the second result is the result of the first course of further action.

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