“Blaze Transmission Of Medical Digital Artifacts To A Mobile Device” in Patent Application Approval Process (USPTO 20240038345): Fisher Michelle

2024 FEB 21 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Vaccine Daily -- A patent application by the inventor Fisher, Michelle (Berkeley, CA, US), filed on September 25, 2023, was made available online on February 1, 2024, according to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx correspondents.

This patent application is assigned to Fisher Michelle (Berkeley, California, United States).

The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Mobile communication devices-e.g., cellular phones, personal digital assistants, and the like-are increasingly being used to conduct payment transaction. Such payment transactions can include, for example, purchasing goods and/or services, tickets, bill payments, and transferring funds between bank accounts. Because of bigger screens, better user input with touch screens increased processing capability, and faster more reliable wireless mobile devices, can be used to manage electronic medical records.”

In addition to the background information obtained for this patent application, NewsRx journalists also obtained the inventor’s summary information for this patent application: “Medical devices capture and/or store data. Some examples of medical devices included, but are not limited to a medical Identification (ID) card, Medical ID bracelet, Electronic Medical Records, blood pressure machines, blood glucose, scales, inhalers, INR, prescription bottles and trays, pulse oximeter, or any device that captures and stores medical data. However, medical devices don’t export data or not very easily. So, the Health Care Provider (HCP) is required to manually write down the sensor/measurement data displayed on the medical device and/or enter it into a computer which is time consuming, prone to error, and costly.

“While some medical devices have the ability to export data to a personal computer using a cable or wirelessly using Bluetooth™ for example, these few devices have special customized interfaces which are costly and limit the patient and health care provider to using those devices which may not be their preferred medical device. In many instances patients and health care providers prefer to use certain medical devices based on their functionality, cost, or accuracy in capturing measurement data particularly for very serious chronic illnesses where accuracy is extremely important.

“This invention describes various ways to capture data from any medical device and transmit it electronically to mobile devices (e.g. cell phones, smart phones, electronic note books), computers, servers, electronic medical records, etc. by using a secure element that serves as a “universal health port”. Thus, making a solution that is more scalable, flexible, cost effective, and beneficial to patients, health care providers, etc.

“This application is a continuation in part and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/216,098 entitled “Streamlining NFC Transactions Using A Mobile Communication Device” filed on Aug. 23, 2011 which is a continuation in part and claims priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/215,069 entitled “Transferring Data From an NFC Enabled Mobile Device to a Remote Device” filed on Aug. 22, 2011 which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent Ser. No. 13/213,840, entitled “Transferring Data Between NFC Enabled Mobile Devices With Multiple Secure Elements” filed on Aug. 19, 2011 which is a continuation in part and claims priority to U.S. patent Ser. No. 13/208,247, entitled “Transferring Data Between NFC Enabled Mobile Devices” filed on Aug. 11,2011 which is a continuation in part of U.S. patent Ser. No. 13/184,209, entitled “Method and Systems of loading and unloading digital artifacts between a mobile device with an associated secure element and other remote devices” filed on Jul. 15, 2011 which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/442,384, entitled “Method and Systems of loading and unloading digital between a mobile device with an associated secure element and other remote devices” filed on Feb. 14, 2011. All of the above-referenced patent applications are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety

“SUMMARY: The system is configured with a mobile device (with client application also referred to as a mobile wallet), a secure element that is associated with the mobile device, Near Field Communication (NFC) Point Of Sale System (POS) which is capable of processing financial transactions (including 2-way wireless terminal capable of sending and transmitting), NFC Point-Of-Presence (POP) Terminal which is capable of processing non-financial transactions (including 2-way wireless terminal capable of sending and transmitting), an NFC Point-of-Entry (POE) Device which is capable of providing access to venues including 2-way wireless terminal capable of sending and transmitting, a management server, a Trusted Service Manager (TSM) and several 3rdParty artifact provider/aggregator.

“In the delivery scenario, when the user holds an NFC enabled mobile communication device with a secure element coupled to it in proximity of a suitable equipped POS/POE/POP with NFC, the NFC POS/POE/POP device will trigger an application residing in the secure element (which is different than an application residing on the mobile communication device) to power on and activate an application residing in the secure element, transfer data or digital artifacts (e.g debit/prepaid/credit card, receipts, tickets, advertisements, coupons, loyalty points, gift cards, vouchers, content (video, image, ringtone, movie), games, documentation, business cards, tickets, hotel key, health care records, security key, automobile key, etc.) from/to the secure element, and the secure element may issue commands and/or respond to commands just to name a few.

“Using this system, at the time of a transaction, a user can use the mobile wallet software (on a mobile computing device) and associated secure element, in conjunctions with the POP/POS/POE to:

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“Store medical ID

“Store patient contact information such as address, phone number, employer contact info

“Store emergency contact information

“Store basic patient information such as gender, age, date of birth, blood type, race, etc

“Store physician names and contact information

“Store allergies

“Store a list of vaccinations

“Store vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, “pain” level, glucose level, cholesterol, height, weight, etc

“Store insurance information including list of approved doctors approved labs, approved drugs, approved generic drugs, health care coverage, out of pocket costs, co-pay costs

“Payment methods-credit, debit, prepaid, checking account number

“Store prescriptions

“Store doctors’ orders for use of prescriptions

“Pay for prescriptions

“Store XRays

“Store lab results

“Pay for lab tests

“Store hospital ID bracelet

“Store medication used in hospital

“Schedule of doctor appointments

“Store organ status and donor information

“Transfer digital medical artifacts (e.g medical ID, basic patient information, patient contact information, emergency contact information, primary care physician information, health insurance information including co-pay and deductibles, prescriptions, office visit summary, appointment cards, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), lab results, blood type, organ/donor status, vital signs, diagnostic data, immunization records, payments and transaction history, pictures, etc) to remote devices

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“Some of the challenges that an NFC enabled mobile device can address include, but are not limited to the following use cases:

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“Elderly/Senior Citizens-They may have a sudden health care need with a sensitive need to have a list of medical information, allergies, and prescriptions readily available for urgent health care. Care givers may not have access to their medical information.

“ER Patients Their identity may not be known when they arrive at ER and require emergency medical treatment. So, it is urgent to identify who they are, medical history, allergies, and prescriptions, etc.

“New Patients-If a new patient is visiting a new doctor for a diagnosis and potentially time sensitive, treatment, patients will need to have medical information, allergies, and prescriptions readily available which may take weeks to receive from previous physician.

“Children-Children may not have an ID with them and be on a field trip, sporting event, camping trip, friend’s house, etc. So, if there is a health issue, it will be important to be able to confirm their identity, medical information, allergies, and prescriptions readily available for urgent health care, etc.

“Frequent international travelers-Frequent travelers need to track their shots and immunizations for travel abroad. If they may have a sudden health care need, they will need to have access to medical information, allergies, and prescriptions readily available for urgent health care.

“Patients with Alzheimer’s or other conditions that impact memory. They may get lost and not remember who they are or how to get back home or have any identification with them. So, they health care professionals will need to be able to identify them as well as their medical history, allergies, and prescriptions readily available for urgent health care.

“Critically serious patients in ICU or prenatal may have require very specific medications and dosages.

“Patients who require daily or constant monitoring for insulin levels, asthma, high blood pressure, heart pace maker, etc.

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There is additional summary information. Please visit full patent to read further.”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. A method for transmitting a medical digital artifact to a mobile device, the method comprising: executing a first secure element application on a processor of a first secure element coupled to a medical device externally coupled to a body in response to a Near Field Communication (NFC) inductive signal by a second secure element coupled to the mobile device, wherein the first secure element application configured to use a near field communication protocol; wirelessly transmitting the medical digital artifact from first secure element coupled to the medical device using the first secure element application, through a first communication channel configured to use the NFC protocol to the second secure element coupled to the mobile device; and displaying the medical digital artifact within a non-browser based mobile application maintained on the mobile device, wherein the non-browser based mobile application is a mobile operating system platform non-browser based mobile application with a graphical user interface that is preinstalled or downloaded and installed on the mobile device, wherein the graphical user interface includes a graphical icon, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile device display, and a mobile device memory which maintains the non-browser based mobile application, and a mobile wireless device transceiver that supports voice and data interactions through a second communication channel wherein the second communication channel is different than the first communication channel.

“2. The method of claim 1, wherein the medical digital artifact comprises one or more of information related to a medical id, information related to patient information, information related to a prescription, information related to emergency contact information, information related to physician information, information related to a vital sign, information related to insurance information, information related to an office visit summary, information related to an appointment, information related to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR), information related to a lab result, information related to blood type, information related to organ/donor status, information related to diagnostic data, or information related to an immunization record.

“3. The method of claim 2, wherein patient information includes one or more of information related to gender, information related to age, information related to date of birth, information related to blood type, information related to race, information related to contact lenses, information related to an implant, or information related to a pacemaker.

“4. The method of claim 2, wherein the vital sign includes one or more of information related to temperature, information related to blood pressure, information related to pulse, information related to respiratory rate, information related to pain level, information related to glucose level, information related to cholesterol, information related to height, or information related to weight.

“5. The method of claim 2, wherein the insurance information includes one or more of information related to a doctor, information related to a lab, information related to a drug, information related to a generic drug, information related to health care coverage, information related to out of pocket costs, or information related to co-pay costs.

“6. The method of claim 1, further wherein the non-browser based application is operative even if the mobile device is not connected a wireless network.

“7. The method of claim 1, further wherein the non-browser based application enables the user to access the medical digital artifact when there is no wireless network connection.

“8. The method of claim 1, further wherein the non-browser based application transmits the medical digital artifact to a remote management server using the second communications channel.

“9. The method of claim 1, further wherein the medical digital artifact is stored in a first secure element memory different than a second secure element memory that the secure application is stored in.

“10. The method of claim 1, wherein different secure element applications are stored in different secure elements, and further wherein a secure element controller manages the different secure element applications.

“11. The method of claim 1, further wherein the non-browser based application is not Short Messaging Service (SMS).

“12. The method of claim 1, further wherein the non-browser based application is not a web browser.

“13. A system for transmitting a medical digital artifact to a mobile device, the system comprising: a secure element processor executing a first secure element application, in response to a Near Field Communication (NFC) inductive signal by a second secure element coupled to a mobile device wherein the first secure element application configured to use a near field communication protocol, the medical device is externally coupled to a body; a secure element transceiver for wirelessly transmitting the medical digital artifact associated with the first secure element application, through a first communication channel configured to use the NFC protocol to the second secure element coupled to the mobile device; and a mobile device processor for displaying the medical digital artifact within a non-browser based mobile application, wherein the non-browser based mobile application is a mobile operating system platform non-browser based mobile application with a graphical user interface that is preinstalled or downloaded and installed on the mobile device wherein the graphical user interface includes a graphical icon, wherein the mobile device comprises, a mobile device display, and a mobile device memory which maintains the non-browser based mobile application, and a mobile wireless device transceiver that supports voice and data interactions through a second communication channel, wherein the second communication channel is different than the first communication channel.

“14. The system of claim 13, wherein the medical digital artifact comprises one or more of information related to a medical id, information related to patient information, information related to a prescription, information related to emergency contact information, information related to physician information, information related to a vital sign, information related to insurance information, information related to an office visit summary, information related to an appointment, information related to an Electronic Medical Records (EMR), information related to a lab result, information related to blood type, information related to organ/donor status, information related to diagnostic data, or information related to an immunization record.

“15. The system of claim 14 wherein patient information includes one or more of information related to gender, information related to age, information related to date of birth, information related to blood type, information related to race, information related to contact lenses, information related to an implant, or information related to a pacemaker.

“16. The system of claim 14, wherein the vital sign includes one or more of information related to temperature, information related to blood pressure, information related to pulse, information related to respiratory rate, information related to pain level, information related to glucose level, information related to cholesterol, information related to height, or information related to weight.

“17. The system of claim 14, wherein the insurance information includes one or more of information related to a doctor, information related to a lab, information related to a drug, information related to a generic drug, information related to health care coverage, information related to out of pocket costs, or information related to co-pay costs.

“18. The system of claim 13, further wherein the non-browser based application is operative even if the mobile device is not connected a wireless network.

“19. The system of claim 13, further wherein the non-browser based application enables the user to access the medical digital artifact when there is no wireless network connection.

“20. The system of claim 19, further wherein the non-browser based application transmits the medical digital artifact to a remote management server using the second communications channel.

“21. The system of claim 13, further wherein the medical digital artifact is stored in a first secure element memory different than a second secure element memory that the secure application is stored in.

“22. The system of claim 13, wherein different secure element applications are stored in different secure elements, and further wherein a secure element controller manages the different secure element applications.

“23. The system of claim 13, further wherein the non-browser based application is not Short Messaging Service (SMS).

“24. The system of claim 13, further wherein the non-browser based application is not a web browser.”

URL and more information on this patent application, see: Fisher, Michelle. Blaze Transmission Of Medical Digital Artifacts To A Mobile Device. U.S. Patent Application Number 20240038345, filed September 25, 2023 and posted February 1, 2024. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(20240038345)&db=US-PGPUB&type=ids

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