Secure Medical Data Acquisition System for Consumer Health Profiling

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing computer-implemented systems for gathering and managing consumer medical data are inefficient, particularly in allocating system resources and accessing records from physicians, and lack secure data transmission and integration with external databases.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that uses a server to generate graphical user interfaces for consumers and physicians, facilitating secure communication and data transmission, and an analytical engine to process biological parameters, generate consumer scores, and create records in a consumer profile database, eliminating the need for non-physician medical professionals to collect data.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If non-physician medical professionals collect data at consumer homes, then data collection can be performed, but consumers experience psychological distress and physical discomfort

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of data collectionVSAvoidpsychological distress and physical discomfort
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the harmful element (non-physician medical professionals performing invasive procedures) from the data collection process. By eliminating phlebotomists and paramedics who perform blood draws and other invasive procedures at consumers' homes, the system removes the source of psychological distress and physical discomfort while maintaining data collection capabilities through physician-performed procedures in clinical settings.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces a new intermediary - the physician - who performs data collection procedures in a clinical environment rather than at the consumer's home. This intermediary provides both the medical expertise needed for safe data collection and the professional reassurance that reduces consumer anxiety, while the clinical setting itself acts as an intermediary that transforms the home-based invasive procedure into a controlled medical environment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If computer-implemented systems are used to gather consumer information, then data processing efficiency improves, but system resource allocation becomes inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata processing efficiencyVSAvoidsystem resource allocation efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts unnecessary computational overhead from the system by eliminating redundant data collection steps and intermediate processing layers. By removing the need to coordinate non-physician collectors, manage their schedules, and process data from multiple unstandardized sources, the system reduces computational energy consumption while maintaining high data processing efficiency through direct physician-to-system data transmission.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a universal data collection protocol that physicians use regardless of the specific procedure or data type being collected. This multi-functional approach allows the same system infrastructure to handle various types of medical data (vital signs, lab results, patient history) without requiring separate processing pipelines, thereby improving resource allocation efficiency while maintaining high productivity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Quantity of substance

If data is stored on different databases and platforms, then data comprehensiveness increases, but data management difficulty increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata comprehensivenessVSAvoiddata management difficulty
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges data from multiple sources (consumer-provided information, physician-collected data, external databases) into a unified consumer profile within a single database system. This consolidation maintains the comprehensiveness of the data by integrating all relevant information while eliminating the management complexity of coordinating multiple separate databases and platforms, allowing centralized access and control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

4Productivity

If existing computer solutions are used for data transmission, then data can be transmitted, but security is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata transmission capabilityVSAvoiddata transmission security
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the security parameters of data transmission by implementing encrypted communication protocols and secure authentication mechanisms. Rather than using standard unencrypted web forms or email for transmitting sensitive medical data, the system employs cryptographic protection and access control measures that maintain transmission efficiency while significantly enhancing security and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10818382B1Systems, methods, and apparatus for acquiring data
Publication Date: 2020.10.27 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO
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AI summary

A method comprises receiving a consumer token; in response to the consumer token being associated with the consumer in a consumer profile database, transmitting a first set of questions to the consumer device. The method comprises receiving a session request from the consumer device and generating a session token uniquely identifying a time interval for receipt of consumer data from a physician. The method comprises receiving a physician token; in response to the physician token being associated with the physician token within the session token and a time of receipt being associated with the time interval within the session token, initiating a secure communication session with the physician device and transmitting a second set of questions to the physician device. The method comprises generating a consumer score corresponding to the responses to the first and second plurality of inputs and determining a consumer protection product based on the consumer score.