Patent Application Titled “Secured Vital Sign Data Group Streams” Published Online (USPTO 20190238546)
2019 AUG 20 (NewsRx) -- By a
The assignee for this patent application is
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “The remote monitoring of physiological data or vital signs of an individual using wearable sensor devices must adhere to the privacy and security requirements of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Therefore, the vital sign data must be transmitted over a secured connection from the source of the data (e.g., wearable sensor device that detects the vital sign data) to the receiver of the data (e.g., cloud server that stores and analyzes the vital sign data). HIPAA also requires that the receiver of the data to be authenticated and authorized to receive the data. Therefore, there is a strong need for a cost-effective and efficient solution that overcomes the aforementioned issues. The present invention addresses such a need.”
In addition to obtaining background information on this patent application, NewsRx editors also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “A method and system for securely transmitting a plurality of data streams between a client device and a server that are in communication via standard Internet protocols are disclosed. In a first aspect, the method comprises authenticating the client device by the server to create a Session ID. The method further includes authorizing the client device to access the plurality of data streams by the server using at least one
“In a second aspect, the system comprises a client device and a server in communication with the client device via standard Internet protocols, wherein the server authenticates the client device to create a session, authorizes the client device to access the plurality of data streams using at least one
The claims supplied by the inventors are:
“1. A method for securely transmitting a plurality of data streams between a client device and a server that are in communication via standard Internet protocols, the method comprising: detecting the plurality of data streams using a wearable device; transmitting, by the wearable device, the plurality of data streams to the server for storage; authenticating, by the server, the client device to create a session; authorizing, by the server, the client device to access the plurality of data streams using at least one
“2. The method of claim 1, wherein the WebSocket connection includes a unique URL that is based on the plurality of data streams.
“3. The method of claim 2, wherein a path component of the unique URL comprises a Type4 Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).
“4. The method of claim 3, further comprising: maintaining, by the server, a look-up table of a plurality of GUIDs that are each associated with a specific data stream request by each client device.
“5. The method of claim 1, wherein the client device is any of a web services client server and a web services client browser.
“6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of data streams comprises a group stream that includes a plurality of individual vital sign data streams.
“7. The method of claim 1, wherein the session includes a Session ID and identity information that is used on subsequent authentication requests by the client device.
“8. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticating utilizes any of HTTP basic authentication, HTTP digest authentication, OpenID authentication, and OAuth authentication.
“9. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticating further comprises: receiving, by the server, an authentication request from the client device, wherein the authentication request includes a username and password; authenticating, by the server, the username and password; creating and storing, by the server, a Session ID associated with the session; and transmitting, by the server, the Session ID to the client device.
“10. The method of claim 1, further comprising: creating, by the client device, the at least one
“11. The method of claim 11, wherein the authorizing further comprises: receiving, by the server, a WebSocket request from the client device; and checking, by the server, whether each of the plurality of data streams associated with the WebSocket request is authorized by the at least one
“12. A system for securely transmitting a plurality of data streams, the system comprising: a client device; and a server; wherein the server is configured to: communicate with the client device via standard Internet protocols, authenticate the client device to create a session, authorize the client device to access the plurality of data streams using at least one
“13. The system of claim 12, wherein the WebSocket connection includes a unique URL that is based on the plurality of data streams, further wherein a path component of the unique URL comprises a Type4 Globally Unique Identifier (GUID).
“14. The system of claim 12, wherein the server includes a look-up table of a plurality of GUIDs that are each associated with a specific data stream request by each client device.
“15. The system of claim 12, wherein the plurality of data streams comprises a group stream that includes a plurality of individual vital sign data streams.
“16. The system of claim 12, wherein the session includes a Session ID and identity information that is used on subsequent authentication requests by the client device.
“17. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one
“18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server authorizes the client device further comprises the server receiving a WebSocket request from the client device and checking whether each of the plurality of data streams associated with the WebSocket request is authorized by the at least one
For more information, see this patent application: PETERSEN, Steve; MALLELA, Kesava. Secured Vital Sign Data Group Streams. Filed
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