Patent ID: 8412799

Claim:
Method for executing a function by a DICOM QR enabled device that is a non-native function of the device using the DICOM QR protocol, comprising the steps of: a. Entering a command in a data field in a user interface on the DICOM QR enabled device, said command relating to a function not native to the device, b. Communicating an association-request command using the DICOM QR protocol via TCP/IP from the device to a DICOM QR enabled computer, c. Communicating an association-accept command from the computer to the device, d. Communicating a root query/retrieve C-FIND-RQ data command from the device to the computer, the root query/retrieve C-FIND-RQ data command comprising the non-native command entered into the data field, e. Interpreting the non-native command in a program installed on the DICOM enabled computer, said program arranged to interpret and execute said non-native command, f. Executing the command on the DICOM enabled computer, g. Communicating a root query/retrieve C-FIND-RSP data command from the computer to the device, the root query/retrieve C-FIND-RSP data command comprising the result from the execution of the non-native command, h. Communicating a release request command from the device to the computer, i. Communicating a released command from the computer to the device, and j. Displaying the result from the execution of the non-native command in a user interface on the DICOM QR enabled device.