Patent ID: 8271415

Claim:
A computerized system for medical self-diagnosis, the system comprising: a memory in data communication with a computing device, said memory configured to store: a static medical history objects data structure, said static medical history objects data structure comprising a specification of a plurality of attributes representative of at least one of: a symptom of at least one disease, an attribute of the at least one disease, and an anticipated rate of change in severity of the at least one disease, the anticipated rate of change including a set threshold, a modifiable data structure, said modifiable data structure comprising specifications of a plurality of attributes representative of at least one of: a medical history of a patient, a consultation history of the patient, and a patient input concerning a present symptom of the patient, a processor in data communication with said computing device, the processor configured to: receive the patient input, without physician assistance, via a direct interactive dialogue between the patient and the computing device; store the patient input in the modifiable data structure; specifically respond to the patient based on said modifiable data structure; access the static medical history objects data structure; determine an actual rate of change in severity of the at least one disease; transmit a self-diagnosis to the patient, the self-diagnosis based on the patient input, the data in the static medical history objects data structure and the data in the modifiable data structure; and transmit, to the patient via said direct interactive dialogue, an action to take if said actual rate of change in severity exceeds said set threshold; wherein said modifiable data structure is modified by the direct interactive dialogue and said static medical history objects data structure remains unchanged by the direct interactive dialogue.