System for maintaining person'S medical history in portable memory device
DCFirst Claim
1. In a system in which a person maintains his or her medical history in a portable, hand carried nonvolatile memory device comprising machine-readable memory having software comprising machine-executable instructions constituting a program executable by a general computer for (i) storing medical records in a secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, (ii) updating the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, and (iii) providing access to the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, a method for recovering that person'"'"'s medical history in the event of loss, destruction, or damage of the device, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) maintaining a backup copy of the secure database externally to the hand carried device, which backup copy is accessible via an Internet computer;
(b) accessing the backup copy via the Internet;
(c) copying the accessed backup copy to a replacement hand carried device, which replacement hand carried device includes software which comprises a program executable by a general computer for (i) storing medical records in a secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, (ii) updating the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, and (iii) providing access to the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device;
(d) wherein said steps (h) and (c) are performed using a general computer.
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A system includes a portable, hand carried nonvolatile memory device in which a person maintains his or her medical history. The portable memory device includes a program, executable by a general computer, for storing medical records in a secure database in the portable memory device, updating the medical records in the secure database, and providing access to the medical records in the secure database. The system further includes a method for recovering that person'"'"'s medical history in the event of loss, destruction, or damage of the device, including the steps of: maintaining a backup copy of the secure database externally to the device, which backup copy is accessible via the Internet computer; accessing the backup copy via the Internet; copying the accessed backup copy to a replacement device, which replacement device also includes the program or an updated version of the program.
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1. In a system in which a person maintains his or her medical history in a portable, hand carried nonvolatile memory device comprising machine-readable memory having software comprising machine-executable instructions constituting a program executable by a general computer for (i) storing medical records in a secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, (ii) updating the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, and (iii) providing access to the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, a method for recovering that person'"'"'s medical history in the event of loss, destruction, or damage of the device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) maintaining a backup copy of the secure database externally to the hand carried device, which backup copy is accessible via an Internet computer; (b) accessing the backup copy via the Internet; (c) copying the accessed backup copy to a replacement hand carried device, which replacement hand carried device includes software which comprises a program executable by a general computer for (i) storing medical records in a secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, (ii) updating the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device, and (iii) providing access to the medical records in the secure database in the machine-readable memory of the portable, hand carried memory device; (d) wherein said steps (h) and (c) are performed using a general computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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