Patent ID: 7720693
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: G06Q,G16H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A diagnosis support method to be used in a diagnosis support system configured by connecting a plurality of client terminals arranged in a plurality of medical institutions respectively, a database server arranged in a data center, and a terminal in a financial institution via a network, said method comprising the steps of: (a) transmitting image data to be registered as case image data, case region information representing a region of a case image, and information for identifying a providing client terminal arranged at a location of a provider from said providing client terminal to said database server in order to register the case image; (b) recording the received image data as the case image data and recording the case region information and account information in said financial institution opened by the provider in a recording medium in correspondence with the case image data in said database server; (c) transmitting case region information and information for identifying a requesting client terminal from said requesting client terminal to said database server in order to refer to a case image; (d) retrieving a corresponding case image data recorded in said recording medium on the basis of the received case region information in said database server; (e) transmitting list information of case images represented by the case image data retrieved at step (d) from said database server to said requesting client terminal; (f) displaying a list of the case images on the basis of the received list information in said requesting client terminal; (g) transmitting information for identifying a case image selected from among the list of the case images and information for identifying said requesting client terminal from said requesting client terminal to said database server; (h) retrieving the corresponding case image data recorded in said recording medium on the basis of the information for identifying the selected case image and incrementing by one the number of times of use which represents how many times said case image data is retrieved in said database server; (i) transmitting the case image data retrieved at step (h) from said database server to said requesting client terminal; (j) displaying a case image on the basis of the received case image data in said requesting client terminal; and (k) calculating an amount of money in accordance with the number of times of use of the respective case image data recorded in said recording medium for each period in said database server and transferring the calculated amount of money from said database server to the account in said financial institution opened by the provider of the respective case image data, wherein: