Apparatus and method for computerized multi-media medical and pharmaceutical data organization and transmission
First Claim
1. An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service on-site, the apparatus comprising:
- an on-site computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to an on-site service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from an on-site service provider;
a remote computer having a microprocessor and a memory storage;
a display for providing information to a remote service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from a remote service provider;
an imaging device operatively coupled to said memory storage of said on-site computer for capturing images for storage in said memory storage of said on-site computer;
a database defined in said memory storage of said on-site computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event, said database including provision for annotations of said images;
a database defined in said memory storage of said remote computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event, said database including provision for annotations of said images;
a program executable by said on-site computer, said program providing a graphical user interface on said display of said on-site computer, said program having an imaging module with document and image capture filing and scanning functions, said graphical user interface accepting an input from said input device of said on-site computer to control said program;
a data transmission connection between said on-site computer and said remote computer for transferring data between the memory storage of said on-site computer and the memory storage of said remote computer; and
a data synchronizer for making the data contents of fields of filed information available to both the on-site service provider and the remote service-provider in, respectively, said database defined in said memory storage of said on-site computer and said database defined in said memory storage of said remote computer the same, the data synchronizer further comprising;
a sync system determining whether a sync file is present before the data contents of fields of information are transmitted.
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Abstract
An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission is provided. The apparatus has a computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to a user, and an input device. An image-recording device is electrically-coupled to the computer for capturing images for storage in the memory storage of the computer. A database, which has a structure defined in the memory storage, receives and stores a plurality of information relating to an event. A program, being executable by the computer, provides a graphical user interface on the display. The program has an imaging module with document and image capture filing and scanning functions. The graphical user interface receives an input from the input device and from the image-recording device. In a further aspect of the invention, the program has a communications module for transmission of the plurality of information relating to the event to a remote location.
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68 Claims
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1. An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service on-site, the apparatus comprising:
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an on-site computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to an on-site service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from an on-site service provider; a remote computer having a microprocessor and a memory storage; a display for providing information to a remote service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from a remote service provider; an imaging device operatively coupled to said memory storage of said on-site computer for capturing images for storage in said memory storage of said on-site computer; a database defined in said memory storage of said on-site computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event, said database including provision for annotations of said images; a database defined in said memory storage of said remote computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event, said database including provision for annotations of said images; a program executable by said on-site computer, said program providing a graphical user interface on said display of said on-site computer, said program having an imaging module with document and image capture filing and scanning functions, said graphical user interface accepting an input from said input device of said on-site computer to control said program; a data transmission connection between said on-site computer and said remote computer for transferring data between the memory storage of said on-site computer and the memory storage of said remote computer; and a data synchronizer for making the data contents of fields of filed information available to both the on-site service provider and the remote service-provider in, respectively, said database defined in said memory storage of said on-site computer and said database defined in said memory storage of said remote computer the same, the data synchronizer further comprising; a sync system determining whether a sync file is present before the data contents of fields of information are transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for creating a multimedia record corresponding to the provision of service on-site by an on-site service provider comprising the steps of:
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creating an episode record having a unique identifier by means of service-provider input at an on-site location; capturing an image relating to the episode record; storing the image in said episode record; transferring data corresponding to the image to a remote computer if a sync file is present at the remote computer; and displaying the image corresponding to the image data in said remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service on-site, the system comprising:
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an on-site system receiving information and commands from an on-site service provider; a remote system having a display for providing information to a remote service provider; an imaging device for generating image data for storage in the on-site system; a database defined in the on-site system for storing a data record, the database including provision for annotations of the image data;
a database defined in the remote system for storing the data record, the database including provision for annotations of the image data;a graphical user interface on the on-site system having an imaging module with image capture functions, the graphical user interface accepting an input from the on-site system; a data transmission connection between the on-site system and the remote system for transferring data between the on-site system and the remote system; and a data synchronizer for making the image data available to both the on-site service provider and the remote service-provider, the data synchronizer further comprising a sync system determining whether a sync file is present before the image data is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service on-site, the apparatus comprising:
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an on-site computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage, a display for providing information to an on-site service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from an on-site service provider; a remote computer having a microprocessor and a memory storage; a display for providing information to a remote service provider, and an input device for receiving information and commands from a remote service provider; an imaging device operatively coupled to said memory storage of said on-site computer for capturing images for storage in said memory storage of said on-site computer; a section of said memory storage of said on-site computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event; a section of said memory storage of said remote computer for storing a plurality of information relating to an event; a program executable by said on-site computer, said program providing a graphical user interface on said display of said on-site computer, said program having an imaging module with document and image capture filing and scanning functions, said graphical user interface accepting an input from said input device of said on-site computer to control said program; a data transmission connection between said on-site computer and said remote computer for transferring data between the memory storage of said on-site computer and the memory storage of said remote computer; and a data synchronizer for ensuring the data contents of fields of filed information are available to both the on-site service provider and the remote service-provider in, respectively, said section of said memory storage of said on-site computer and said section of said memory storage of said remote computer the same, the data synchronizer further comprising; a sync system determining whether a sync file is present before the data contents of fields of information are transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A system for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service on-site, the system comprising:
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an on-site system receiving information and commands from an on-site service provider, the on-site system having an imaging module with image capture functions; a remote system having a display for providing information to a remote service provider; an imaging device for generating image data for storage in the on-site system; a section of memory storage in the on-site system for storing a data record; a section of memory storage in the remote system for storing the data record; a data transmission connection between the on-site system and the remote system for transferring data between the on-site system and the remote system; and a data synchronizer for making the image data available to both the on-site service provider and the remote service-provider, the data synchronizer further comprising a sync system determining whether a sync file is present before the image data is transmitted. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. An apparatus for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service, the apparatus comprising:
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an on-site computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage for storing a first plurality of fields of information relating to an event, a display for providing information to an on-site person, and an input device for receiving information and commands from the on-site person; a remote computer having a microprocessor, a memory storage for storing a second plurality of fields of information relating to the event, a display for providing information to a remote person, and an input device for receiving information and commands from the remote person; a diagnostic record system operatively coupled to the on-site computer for capturing diagnostic record data for storage in the first plurality of fields of information; a program executable by the on-site computer, the program providing a graphical user interface on the display of the on-site computer, the program configured to store data in the first plurality of fields of information, the graphical user interface accepting an input from the input device of the on-site computer to control the program; a data transmission connection between the on-site computer and the remote computer for transferring data between the memory storage of the on-site computer and the memory storage of the remote computer; and a file transfer system of the on-site computer configured to make the data contents of the first plurality of fields of information in the memory storage of the on-site computer available to the remote person in the second plurality of fields of information in the memory storage of the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A system for multi-media data organization and transmission of information relating to the provision of service, the system comprising:
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an on-site system receiving information and commands from an on-site person, the on-site system having a memory storage storing a first plurality of fields of information relating to an event; a remote system having a display for providing information to a remote person and a memory storage for storing a second plurality of fields of information relating to the event; a diagnostic record system for generating diagnostic record data for storage in the first plurality of fields of information; a data transmission connection between the on-site system and the remote system for transferring data between the on-site system and the remote system; and a file transfer system of the on-site system configured to make the data contents of the first plurality of fields of information in the memory storage of the on-site system available to the remote person in the second plurality of fields of information in the memory storage of the remote system. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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