Patent ID: 7965983
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: G16H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of conveying medical information regarding a patient from a network server, via a first apparatus possessed by the patient to a second apparatus possessed by a medical service person, the method comprising: receiving at the network server, via a cellular wireless connection from the first apparatus, a combination of (i) a first code that is associated with the first apparatus and that is stored on the first apparatus and (ii) a second code that is associated with the second apparatus and that the first apparatus received via a direct wireless connection from the second apparatus; at the network server, using the combination as a basis to authorize transmission of the medical information to the first apparatus; and at the network server, upon successful authorization of transmission of the medical information to the first apparatus, transmitting the medical information in an encrypted form to the first apparatus via the cellular wireless connection, for transmission of the medical information in turn from the first apparatus to the second apparatus via the direct wireless connection, for decryption and presentation to the medical service person of the medical information in turn by the second apparatus, wherein the second apparatus has a decryption key that enables decryption and presentation of the medical information, and wherein the first apparatus does not have a decryption key that enables decryption and presentation of the medical information.