Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A method for providing authorized access to medical information concerning an individual while preserving confidentiality of, and preventing unauthorized access to, such information, the method comprising the steps of: storing the individual's medical information, but not the individual's name or address, in a computer database; providing the individual with an identification card containing a visually perceptible image of the individual and containing a visually perceptible confidential first identification number for the individual, the image and the first identification number being unalterable on the card; providing the individual with a confidential second identification number that is not contained on the card; and providing telephonic access to the computer database, and allowing any inquiror to obtain a verbal readout of the individual's medical information, or a selected portion thereof, if the inquiror or the individual first provides the individual's first and second identification numbers, the readout of the individual's medical information also indicating the number N of times this medical information has been read out in a selected time interval including the time of the present readout.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
175 words
A method for providing authorized access to medical information concerning an individual while preserving confidentiality of, and preventing unauthorized access to, such information, the method comprising the steps of: storing the individual's medical information, but not the individual's name or address, in a computer database; providing the individual with an identification card containing a visually perceptible image of the individual and containing a visually perceptible confidential first identification number for the individual, the image and the first identification number being unalterable on the card; providing the individual with a confidential second identification number that is not contained on the card; and providing telephonic access to the computer database, and allowing any inquiror to obtain a verbal readout of the individual's medical information, or a selected portion thereof, if the inquiror or the individual first provides the individual's first and second identification numbers, the readout of the individual's medical information also indicating the number N of times this medical information has been read out in a selected time interval including the time of the present readout.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of indicating the most recent date of testing on which said individual's medical information is based, as part of said readout.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of claim 2, further comprising the steps of: determining said most recent date of testing and the number D of days that have passed since said most recent date of testing; and if the number D exceeds a selected number D M , advising said individual, as part of said readout, that said individual must be retested to establish a new most recent date of testing before said individual's medical information may be subsequently read out from said database.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of: comparing said number N with a selected positive number N M ; and if said number N is larger than the number N M , reducing said number of days D M to a selected smaller number of days D L .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method of claim 1, wherein said first identification number is unique for that individual.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing said individual's birth date on said identification card.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing on said individual's identification card a telephone number to establish said telephonic access with said database.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
55 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: storing said individual's name and address at a location separate from said medical information for said individual; and allowing access to the name and address of said individual only upon presentation of at least one of said first identification number and said second identification number.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of requiring presentation of said second identification number for access to said name and address information for said individual.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a photographic image of said individual as said visually perceptible image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a holographic image of said individual as said visually perceptible image.