Personal information system

• US 9,111,017 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2011
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: DatCard Systems Incorporated
• Inventors: Duma, Christopher M., La Guardia, Chet, Wright, Kenneth L.
• Primary Examiner(s): GEBRESENBET, DINKU W
• Application Number:
  US13/082,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20110301981A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,594 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/2104 for one or a few pictures
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3264 of sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3266 of text or character information, e.g. text accompanying an image H04N2201/3226 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3267 of motion picture signals, e.g. video clip
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3277 The additional information being stored in the same storage device as the image data

Abstract

The present invention provides systems and methods to realize the potential benefit of portable storage devices by taking advantage of standard PCs including an optical disk drive capable of reading an optical disk, such as a CD or a DVD, cost effective optical disks, and the Internet.

In a preferred embodiment, an individual patient provides personal data to a healthcare service center. The healthcare service center then creates a portable optical disk for the patient to carry, if he/she so desires. The personal data that is written onto the portable optical disk is stored on a database management server database and is readable and updateable by the individual patient using his/her PC with an optical disk drive and connected to the Internet. The individual patient can choose to update his/her personal data on the portable optical disk and can receive a new portable optical disk that includes the update. The new portable optical disk containing the latest update is created and delivered to the patient by the database management server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for personal health data management, executing on one or more computers, said method comprising:

receiving first personal health data comprising DICOM images associated with a particular patient identity over the Internet;

in response to receiving the first personal health data, sending to a robotic optical disc burner, for collective writing on a first optical disc, the first personal health data, at least one link related to a first healthcare service center, and security data configured to instruct a viewing computer, upon receipt of a password, to provide access to the first optical disc with the first personal health data, the at least one link, and the security data written with the robotic optical disc burner;

verifying permission to store the first personal health data based on an electronic permissions input;

after the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, storing the first personal health data in a first personal health data database at the first healthcare service center;

after the first personal health data has been stored and the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, sending, via the Internet, the first personal health data to a remote database management server;

parsing and converting at least a portion of the first personal health data into an XML format; and

providing secure access to the first personal health data to a second healthcare service center distinct from the first healthcare service center.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first personal health data comprises receiving the first personal health data from a pre-loaded database containing patient information.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the first personal health data comprises transmitting the first personal health data to the remote database management server using encryption.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the encryption comprises a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein sending, via the Internet, the first personal health data to the remote database management server further comprises:

receiving an electronic request from the remote database management server for the first personal health data stored in the first personal health data database;

verifying that the remote database management server has permission to access the first personal health data; and

after verifying the remote database management server has permission to access the first personal health data, transmitting to the first personal health data stored in the first personal health data database to the remote database management server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first personal health data further comprises medical reports.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote database management server is further configured to allow a second optical disc comprising the first personal health data to be burned.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, from the remote database management server, second personal health data, distinct from the first personal health data, associated with the particular patient identity.

9. A system, comprising one or more computers, for personal health data management, said system comprising:

a robotic optical disc burner;

a first computer associated with a first personal health data database, said first computer configured to;

receive first personal health data comprising DICOM images associated with a particular identity over the Internet;

in response to reception of the first personal health data, send to the robotic optical disc burner, for collective writing on a first optical disc, the first personal health data, at least one link related to a healthcare service center, and security data configured to instruct a viewing computer, upon receipt of a password, to provide access to the first optical disc with the first personal health data, the at least one link, and the security data written with the robotic optical disc burner;

verify permission to store the first personal health data based on an electronic permissions input,

after the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, store the first personal health data in the first personal health data database; and

after the first personal health data has been stored and the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, send, via the Internet, the first personal health data to a remote database management server,

a remote database management server configured to receive the first personal health data, via the Internet, from said first computer, after the first personal health data has been stored and the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, said remote database management server further configured to;

parse and convert at least a portion of the first personal health data into an XML format, and,

provide secure access to the first personal health data to the healthcare service center.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer is further configured to receive second personal health data related to a second particular identity distinct from the particular identity, and send the second personal health data to the robotic optical disc burner to be burned onto a second optical disc.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the robotic optical disc burner is further configured to write optical discs that are configured to auto-execute once inserted into a personal computer.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the first computer is configured to receive the first personal health data from a pre-loaded database containing patient information.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the first computer is further configured to:

receive an electronic request from the remote database management server for the first personal health data stored in the first personal health data database;

verify that the remote database management server has permission to access the first personal health data; and

after verifying the remote database management server has permission to access the first personal health data, provide access to the first personal health data stored in the first personal health data database to the remote database management server.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the first computer is further configured to:

send the first personal health data to the remote database management server using encryption.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the encryption comprises a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the first personal health data further comprises medical reports.

17. A non-transient computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for personal health data management, said computer-executable instructions, when running on one or more computers, performing a method comprising:

receiving first personal health data comprising DICOM images associated with a particular patient identity over the Internet;

in response to receiving the first personal health data, sending to a robotic optical disc burner, for collective writing on a first optical disc, the first personal health data, at least one link related to a healthcare service center, and security data configured to instruct a viewing computer, upon receipt of a password, to provide access to the first optical disc with the first personal health data, the at least one link, and the security data written with the robotic optical disc burner;

verifying permission to store the first personal health data based on an electronic permissions input;

after the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, storing the first personal health data in a first personal health data database;

after the first personal health data has been stored and the permission to store the first personal health data has been verified, sending, via the Internet, the first personal health data to a remote database management server;

parsing and converting at least a portion of the first personal health data into an XML format; and

providing secure access to the first personal health data to the healthcare service center.

18. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the first personal health data further comprises medical reports.

19. The non-transient computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein

sending, via the Internet, the first personal health data to the remote database management server comprises transmitting the first personal health data to the remote database management server using encryption.