Research in providing assistance related to health

• US 20070112796A1
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Published: 05/17/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward, Malamud, Mark, Lord, Robert, Levien, Royce, Rinaldo, John, Wood, Lowell
• Application Number:
  US11/314,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20070112796A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records

Abstract

In one aspect, a method related to health-related data management. In addition to the foregoing, other method and system and program product aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present application.

Claims

1. A method related to health-related data management, the method comprising:

accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

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28. A method related to health-related data management, the method comprising:

performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag.

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32. A system related to health-related data management, the system comprising:

circuitry for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

33. A system related to health-related data management, the system comprising:

circuitry for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag.

34. A system related to health-related data management, the system comprising:

means for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

35. A system related to health-related data management, the system comprising:

means for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag.

36. A program product, comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

39. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for adding a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

40. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for deleting a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

41. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for altering a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

42. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for adding information to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

43. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for deleting information from a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

44. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for altering information in a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities.

45. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag is searchable.

46. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag is correlatable.

47. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes an indication of an effect of a use of a health regimen.

48. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes an indication of an absence of an effect of a use of a health regimen.

49. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes an indication of an effect of a change of a use of a health regimen.

50. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes an indication of an absence of an effect of a change of a use of a health regimen.

51. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes an indication of a condition of possible relevance to a use of a health regimen.

52. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag includes a reliability and/or confirmability rating.

53. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities, wherein the characterization tag is capable of being associated with a reliability and/or confirmability rating.

54. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting a search criterion for a search of a group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

55. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting a result of a search of a group of characterization tags including the characterization tag as a search characterization tag.

56. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting a correlation criterion for a correlation of a group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

57. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting a correlation weighting and/or reliability rating for a result of a correlation of the group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

58. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for accepting a result of a correlation of a group of characterization tags including the characterization tag as a correlation characterization tag.

59. The program product of claim 36, wherein the one or more instructions for accepting information related to a characterization tag associated with one or more health regimen data entities further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag.

60. The program product of claim 59, wherein the one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag, wherein the offer of consideration includes an offer of monetary payment.

61. The program product of claim 59, wherein the one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag, wherein the offer of consideration includes an offer of a permission to use additional information provided and/or to be provided by the end-user and/or vendor and/or publisher.

62. The program product of claim 59, wherein the one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag, wherein the offer of consideration includes an offer of data authenticating an identity of an offeror.

63. The program product of claim 59, wherein the one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag, wherein the offer of consideration includes an offer of additional information.

64. The program product of claim 59, wherein the one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for providing a conduit for an offer of consideration for submittal of a characterization tag, wherein the offer of consideration includes an offer of an endorsement.

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65. A program product, comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing

one or more instructions for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag.

68. The program product of claim 65, wherein the one or more instructions for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for producing a result of the search of the group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

69. The program product of claim 65, wherein the one or more instructions for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for producing a result of the correlation of the group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

70. The program product of claim 65, wherein the one or more instructions for performing a search and/or a correlation of a group of characterization tags including a characterization tag further comprise:

one or more instructions for producing a correlation weighting and/or a reliability rating for a result of the correlation of the group of characterization tags including the characterization tag.

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