Patent ID: 7983931

Claim:
An information interface system comprising: a diagnostic device that transmits a query for information regarding a procedure to be performed using the diagnostic device, the query conforming to a Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) format for information transfer; an order scheduling system that transmits data regarding the procedure to be performed using the diagnostic device, the data conforming to an HL7 format for information transfer, which differs from said DICOM format; and a gateway system comprising an interface engine, wherein the gateway system receives the query transmitted by the diagnostic device and the data transmitted by the order scheduling system, wherein the interface engine: associates data transmitted by the order scheduling system with one or more worklist category parameters that do not conform entirely to either of the DICOM and HL7 formats for transferring information, associates the query transmitted by the diagnostic device with one or more of the worklist category parameters that do not conform entirely to either of the DICOM and HL7 formats for transferring information, and matches the one or more worklist category parameters associated with the query transmitted by the diagnostic device with the one or more worklist category parameters associated with the data transmitted by the order scheduling system, thereby matching information sought by the query transmitted by the diagnostic device with data transmitted by the order scheduling system, and wherein the gateway system provides a response to the query transmitted by the diagnostic device, the response including data transmitted by the order scheduling system that was matched using the interface engine, the response conforming to the DICOM format for information transfer.