Patent ID: 9712498
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F,G16H,H04L

Claim:
1. A peripheral conversion and encryption device, comprising: an encryption database configured to store encryption settings that provide instructions on the type of encryption that a particular medial image file should be encrypted with; a communication interface which is configured to: an image converter configured to, upon detecting the unencrypted medical image file, convert the medical data format associated with the medical data based on standardized medical data format specifications that correlate with an output destination type to create a converted unencrypted medical image file; an encryption processor coupled with a memory and the encryption database, the encryption processor configured to select an encryption type based on at least one of the type of network over which the medical image file will be transmitted and a type associated with the destination device, the encryption processor configured to encrypt the converted unencrypted medical image file to create an encrypted medical image file, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the encrypted medical image file to the at least one destination device via the communication interface.