Virtual physician office systems and methods

• US 9,330,133 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Issued: 05/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Turcan, Diane Brown, Wellons, David L
• Primary Examiner(s): DEANE JR, WILLIAM J
• Application Number:
  US14/228,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20140214876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 767 Days
• Field of Search: 37926501-26514, 37926601-2661, 379/309, 379/219, 379/220.01, 379/221.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24564 Applying rules; Deductive queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/258 Data format conversion from or to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/265 Personal security, identity or safety
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Electronic records are formatted according to recipient addresses. When an electronic database record is received by a server or other device, the electronic database record has any formatting, herein termed a legacy format. The electronic database record is destined for delivery to device identified by a recipient address. The recipient address is associated with a software agent that reformats the legacy format into a different format. The electronic database record is thus reformatted according to software agent associated with the recipient address. A reformatted database record is thus sent to the recipient address, and the reformatted database record has the different format.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a server, an electronic healthcare message formatted in a legacy format for a device identified by a recipient address;

comparing, by the server, the recipient address to a list of addresses;

determining, by the server, a match between the recipient address and an entry in the list of addresses;

reformatting, by the server, the electronic healthcare message from the legacy format into a reformatted healthcare message that is compatible with a different format associated with the recipient address; and

sending, from the server, the reformatted healthcare message to the recipient address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a rule associated with the recipient address.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a rule associated with the different format.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising categorizing the electronic healthcare message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the legacy format to a software agent that reformats the electronic healthcare message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising encrypting the reformatted healthcare message.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the recipient address with a profile.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing code that when executed causes the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving an electronic healthcare message formatted in a legacy format for a device identified by a recipient address;

comparing the recipient address to a list of addresses;

determining a match between the recipient address and an entry in the list of addresses;

reformatting the electronic healthcare message from the legacy format into a reformatted healthcare message that is compatible with a different format associated with the recipient address; and

sending the reformatted healthcare message to the recipient address.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise executing a rule associated with the recipient address.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise executing a rule associated with the different format.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise categorizing the electronic healthcare message.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the legacy format to a software agent that reformats the electronic healthcare message.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise encrypting the reformatted healthcare message.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise associating the recipient address with a profile.

15. A memory storing code that when executed causes a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving an electronic healthcare message formatted in a legacy format and destined for delivery to device identified by a recipient address;

comparing the recipient address to a list of addresses;

determining a match between the recipient address and an address in the list of addresses;

reformatting the electronic healthcare message from the legacy format into a reformatted healthcare message that is compatible with a different format associated with the recipient address; and

sending the reformatted healthcare message to the recipient address.

16. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise executing a rule associated with the recipient address.

17. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise executing a rule associated with the different format.

18. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise categorizing the electronic healthcare message.

19. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise associating the legacy format to a software agent that reformats the electronic healthcare message.

20. The memory of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise encrypting the reformatted healthcare message.