Patent ID: 8261067

Claim:
A computing device, comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having executable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to: create a case study file that includes an image file from an imaging modality; execute a hash algorithm on the image file of the case study file to produce a hash key placed in the case study file to produce a bundled file; execute to compress the bundled file; execute to encrypt the bundled file in its entirety; make an outbound request to move the encrypted bundled file through an internet connection to a storage computing system in communication with the computing device over the internet connection; indicate to an approved computing device the existence of the case study file and flag the approved computing device in a list of a number of computing devices stored in the storage computing system; and receive a query from the number of computing devices to determine whether at least one of the number of computing devices has been flagged as an approved computing device.