Medical data access system

• US 8,874,067 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2010
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Hebbar, Abdelkrim, Maaradji, Abderrahmane
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, CONGVAN
• Application Number:
  US13/379,414
• Publication Number:
  US 20120129485A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,630 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/517, 455/521
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/083 involving central third party, e.g. key distribution center [KDC] or trusted third party [TTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0866 involving user or device identifiers, e.g. serial number, physical or biometrical information, DNA, hand-signature or measurable physical characteristics

Abstract

In order to access a user'"'"'s medical data (DonM) saved within a mobile terminal (TM) of the user which has transmitted an emergency call to a call center (CA) over a telecommunications network (RT), the mobile terminal transmits an identifier (IdU) of the user to the call center, which assigns an authorized person to the user and transmits an identifier (IdP) of the authorized person and the users identifier (IdU) to a communication server (SC). The server generates a key (Ku) based on the authorized person'"'"'s identifier and on the users identifier and transmits the key to the mobile terminal (TM) and to a terminal (TC) of the authorized person, in order to unlock access to the medical data (DonM) by way of the key (Ku).

Claims

1. A method for accessing medical data of a user saved within a mobile terminal of the user which had transmitted an emergency call that identifies the user to a call center, comprising:

receiving, at a communication server from the call center, an identifier of the user and an identifier of an authorized person associated with the call center who has been assigned to the user;

generating, at the communication server, a key based on the identifier of the user and the identifier of the authorized person; and

transmitting, at the communication server, the key to the mobile terminal and to a terminal of the authorized person, wherein the key enables the authorized person to obtain access to the medical data.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the identifier of the authorized person and the identifier of the user is encrypted.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving, at the communication server, retransmitted identifiers of the user and the authorized person from the call center.

4. A mobile terminal configured to store information within the mobile terminal and to transmit an emergency call to a call center, comprising:

a memory component configured to store medical data of a user of the mobile terminal and an identifier of the user, wherein the identifier is specific to the mobile terminal; and

a security component configured to detect the emergency call, transmit the identifier to the call center, and provide access to the medical data by means of a key that is based on the identifier of the user and an identifier of an authorized person associated with the call center who has been assigned to the user.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the medical data comprises health and medical history of the user.

6. A call center for accessing medical data of a user saved within a mobile terminal of the user that had transmitted an emergency call that identifies the user to the call center, comprising:

means for assigning an authorized person associated with the call center to the user after receipt of an identifier of the user transmitted by the mobile terminal; and

means for transmitting an identifier of the authorized person and the identifier of the user to a communication server, wherein the communication server generates a key based on the identifier of the authorized person associated with the call center and the identifier of the user and transmits the key to the mobile terminal and to a terminal of the authorized person to enable the authorized person to obtain access to the medical data of the user.

7. A communication server for accessing a user'"'"'s medical data saved within a mobile terminal of the user that had transmitted an emergency call to a call center, comprising:

means for generating a key based on an identifier of an authorized person associated with the call center and an identifier of the user received from the call center; and

means for transmitting the key to the mobile terminal and to a terminal of the authorized person, wherein the key enables the authorized person to obtain access to the user'"'"'s medical data.

8. A method of accessing medical data of a user saved within a mobile terminal of the user, comprising:

transmitting, at the mobile terminal, an identifier of the user in an emergency call to a call center;

receiving, at the mobile terminal, a first key transmitted by a communication server, wherein the first key is based on the identifier of the user and an identifier of an authorized person associated with the call center who has been assigned to the user; and

providing, at the mobile terminal, access to the medical data when a second key entered by the authorized person matches the first key received from the communication server.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the authorized person enters the second key into the mobile terminal to verify that the entered second key matches the first key received from the communication server.

10. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile terminal, the second key from the terminal of the authorized person via a short-range wireless connection; and

determining, at the mobile terminal, that the second key matches the first key received from the communication server.

11. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile terminal, an identifier of the authorized person'"'"'s communication terminal from the communication server; and

transmitting, at the mobile terminal, the medical data and the first key received from the communication server to the terminal of the authorized person to authenticate the first key.

12. A method for a call center to obtain access to medical data of a user saved within a mobile terminal of the user, comprising:

receiving, at the call center, an emergency call from the mobile terminal that contains an identifier of the user;

assigning, at the call center, an authorized person associated with the call center to the user; and

transmitting, at the call center, an identifier of the authorized person associated with the call center and the identifier of the user to a communication server to generate a key based on the identifier of the authorized person and the identifier of the user to enable the authorized person to obtain access to the medical data.