Virtual Folder Indexing for External Medical Data Access

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing medical data management systems face inefficiencies in accessing and analyzing data stored on external servers, requiring multiple steps and network resources, and pose risks of data leakage.

Innovation Solution

An integrated medical data management system that utilizes address information to access and analyze data on external servers, reducing the need for direct data transfer and enabling user-customized data processing with virtual folders and dynamic address information.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Volume of stationary object

If medical data is stored on external servers with multiple folder structures, then data storage capacity is improved, but data access complexity and time increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata storage capacityVSAvoiddata access time

Core Design Contradiction:

Volume of stationary objectVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a file server as an intermediary component that maintains a file map (index) of medical data locations across multiple external servers. This intermediary allows users to access data through a simplified interface without manually navigating complex folder structures, reducing access time while preserving the distributed storage architecture's capacity benefits

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing the file map that records the location of each medical data file across external servers before access requests occur. This advance organization of data location information enables rapid retrieval without real-time searching, resolving the contradiction between distributed storage capacity and access speed

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Productivity

If medical data is transferred to local devices for processing, then data processing capability is improved, but network resource consumption and data leakage risk increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata processing capabilityVSAvoidnetwork resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The file server acts as an intermediary that enables local processing capability by providing efficient data retrieval through the pre-established file map, reducing the need for repeated full data transfers. This mediator optimizes network resource usage while maintaining processing productivity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates and maintains a copy of the file location map (index) locally at the file server, allowing rapid access to data locations without transferring the actual medical data repeatedly. This copying mechanism enables efficient data processing while minimizing network resource consumption and data exposure risks

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

3Speed

If centralized storage system is used, then data access speed is improved, but system complexity and storage cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata transmission speedVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the storage system into multiple external servers for data storage and a separate file server for managing location information. This segmentation allows the system to maintain fast access speeds through localized file map storage while distributing actual data across multiple servers, reducing the complexity and cost of any single storage component

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system adds a new dimension by separating data storage (external servers) from data location management (file server with file map). This dimensional separation allows fast access through local file map queries while maintaining distributed storage architecture, avoiding the complexity of centralized storage systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Data Source

PatentUS12620475B2Intergrated medical management system for intergrating and managing data including data located on external servers

Publication Date: 2026.05.05 IRM

AI summary

The present disclosure relates to an integrated medical management system having at least: a medical data management device, a virtual folder management device, and a control device. The medical data management device receives, stores, and transmits medical data. The virtual folder management device creates a virtual folder in the virtual folder management device, and stores address information corresponding to a particular part of the medical data, in the virtual folder. The control device sets at least one condition for storing the medical data in the virtual folder, and controls the medical data management device and the virtual folder management device to selectively store the address information that meets the at least one condition, in the virtual folder. The virtual folder management device transmits, in response to an accessing request from the user device, the particular part of the stored medical data, corresponding to the address information, to the user device.