Remote data viewer

• US 8,677,119 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2012
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tailstream Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: WISE, KELLEY, MR.
• Inventors: Wise, Kelly, Shaebanyan, Meredith
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFFMAN, BRANDON S
• Application Number:
  US13/472,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20120224754A1
• Time in Patent Office: 671 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 713/164
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/53 by executing in a restricted environment, e.g. sandbox or secure virtual machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/032 Protect output to user by software means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/20 for handling medical images, e.g. DICOM, HL7 or PACS
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0079 Medical imaging device

Abstract

A medical image and data application service provider system provides a way of remotely viewing and manipulating medical images and data for diagnostic and visualization purposes by users unconstrained by geography. Medical images and data are stored on one or more servers running application service provider software along with meta-data such as access control information, origin of information and references to related data. A set of medical data consisting related information is sent as an encrypted stream to a viewing station running client software in a secure execution environment that is logically independent of the viewing station'"'"'s operating system.

Claims

1. A method of a user operating an electronic device configured to receive data from a source external to the device, comprising:

receiving the data into a buffer of the electronic device;

applying a function to the data within the buffer under (a) partial control of the user and (b) partial control of an external server; and

rendering to the user a result of applying the function to the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the data into the buffer comprises operating a virtual machine on the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the buffer comprises operating a virtual machine.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising accessing the data through a website.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a matrix transformation.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step of applying a matrix transformation to the data comprises operating a virtual machine on the electronic device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a diagnostic function.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises an analyzing function.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises a visualization function.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises an interactive viewing function.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises decoding.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises reconstructing an image.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the function comprises uncompressing.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the buffer operates within a secure execution environment that prohibits the user from maintaining a copy of the data.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is running an operating system, and the buffer operates within a secure execution environment that is logically independent of the operating system.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data in a streaming format.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data in an encrypted format.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data comprises an image.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data comprises video information.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data comprises metadata.

21. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the data comprises an animation.