Patent ID: 9672644
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T

Claim:
1. A method for generating a visualization for tracking an environmental contaminant, the method comprising: (a) accessing, by a first electronic device via a browser, a patient portal at a web server; (b) displaying, to a first patient via a display associated with the first electronic device, a patient portal interface for the patient portal configured to allow a user to select one or more symptoms they are suffering from; (c) receiving, from the first patient via one or more input devices associated with the first electronic device, input corresponding to identification of a first plurality of symptoms he or she is suffering from; (d) communicating, from the web server to a data store, data representative of the first plurality of symptoms together with data representative of one or more locations associated with the first patient; (e) accessing, by a second electronic device via a browser, the patient portal at the web server; (f) displaying, to a second patient via a display associated with the second electronic device, a patient portal interface for the patient portal configured to allow a user to select one or more symptoms they are suffering from; (g) receiving, from the second patient via one or more input devices associated with the second electronic device, input corresponding to identification of a second plurality of symptoms he or she is suffering from; (h) communicating, from the web server to a data store, data representative of the second plurality of symptoms together with data representative of one or more locations associated with the second patient; (i) accessing, by a third electronic device, data from the data store; (j) automatically identifying using one or more electronic processors, utilizing the data representative of the first plurality of symptoms identified by the first patient, the first patient as having been exposed to a particular contaminant; (k) automatically identifying using one or more electronic processors, utilizing the data representative of the second plurality of symptoms identified by the second patient, the second patient as having been exposed to the particular contaminant; (l) automatically determining using one or more electronic processors, utilizing the accessed data from the data store, a first geographic location of a first implied contamination source based on a geographic pattern of locations associated with medical cases associated with exposure to the particular contaminant, including (m) automatically generating using one or more electronic processors, utilizing the accessed data from the data store, a contaminant visualization map for the particular contaminant including (n) displaying, to a health worker via a display associated with a third electronic device, the contaminant visualization map; (o) receiving, from the health worker via an input device associated with the third electronic device, input corresponding to an indication to zoom out the contaminant visualization map; (p) automatically generating using one or more electronic processors, based on the accessed data from the data store, one or more heat maps corresponding to the first plurality of medical cases associated with exposure to the particular contaminant; (q) updating, in response to the received input corresponding to an indication to zoom out the contaminant visualization map, the contaminant visualization map to