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Remote medical system
Assignee: MEDINET SECURITY RESEARCH Co Ltd
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Filing: 1998-09-01
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Granted: 1999-09-14
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Expires: 2018-09-01
Abstract
Abstract A remote medical system in which vital signs and a recognition code of a counselee are transferred to a first local server through a telephone line, and, when a counseling doctor cannot be found, data is transferred to another nth local server to search for an available counseling doctor, so that an available counseling doctor can be easily found.
Inventors
- 👤 Takahiro Yamaura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:38
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M11/00; G; G16; G16H; G16H40/00; G16H40/20; G16H40/60; G16H40/67; G16H80/00; H04L; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/12; H04L9/00; H04L9/40; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
A remote medical monitoring method, comprising the steps of: a) transmitting vital signs and a recognition code of a counselee to a first local server through a telephone line; b) causing said first local server to identify a first counseling doctor of the counselee using the transmitted recognition code and causing said first local server to determine whether the first counseling doctor is available, wherein the first counseling doctor is registered as part of a first group of counseling doctors associated with said first local server; c) transferring data of the counselee to the first counseling doctor when the first counseling doctor is available; d) when the first counseling doctor is not available, causing said first local server to determine if a second counseling doctor who can counsel the counselee is available from the first group of counseling doctors; e) transferring data of the counselee to the second counseling doctor when the second counseling doctor is available; f) when all doctors of the first group of doctors are not available; causing the first local server to transfer the data to a central server; and g) causing said central server to locate an available counseling doctor in a second local server who can counsel the counselee so as to transfer the data of the counselee to the available counseling doctor in the second local server who can counsel the counselee.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
229 words
A remote medical monitoring method, comprising the steps of: a) transmitting vital signs and a recognition code of a counselee to a first local server through a telephone line; b) causing said first local server to identify a first counseling doctor of the counselee using the transmitted recognition code and causing said first local server to determine whether the first counseling doctor is available, wherein the first counseling doctor is registered as part of a first group of counseling doctors associated with said first local server; c) transferring data of the counselee to the first counseling doctor when the first counseling doctor is available; d) when the first counseling doctor is not available, causing said first local server to determine if a second counseling doctor who can counsel the counselee is available from the first group of counseling doctors; e) transferring data of the counselee to the second counseling doctor when the second counseling doctor is available; f) when all doctors of the first group of doctors are not available; causing the first local server to transfer the data to a central server; and g) causing said central server to locate an available counseling doctor in a second local server who can counsel the counselee so as to transfer the data of the counselee to the available counseling doctor in the second local server who can counsel the counselee.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
216 words
A remote medical monitoring method, comprising the steps of: a) transmitting data including a recognition code of a counselee to a first local server; b) causing said first local server to identify a first counseling doctor of the counselee using the transmitted recognition code and causing said first local server to determine whether the first counseling doctor is available, wherein the first counseling doctor is registered with said first local server; c) transferring the data of the counselee to the first counseling doctor when the first counseling doctor is available; d) when the first counseling doctor is not available, causing said first local server to determine if a second counseling doctor who can counsel the counselee and who is registered with said first local server is available; e) transferring the data of the counselee to the second counseling doctor when the second counseling doctor is available f) when there are no available counseling doctors who are registered with said first local server, causing the first local server to transfer the data to a central server; and g) causing said central server to locate an available counseling doctor in a second local server who can counsel the counselee so as to transfer the data of the counselee to the available counseling doctor in the second local server.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
216 words
A remote medical monitoring method, comprising the steps of: a) transmitting data including a recognition code of a counselee to a first local server; b) causing said first local server to identify a first counseling doctor of the counselee using the transmitted recognition code and causing said first local server to determine whether the first counseling doctor is available, wherein the first counseling doctor is registered with said first local server; c) transferring the data of the counselee to the first counseling doctor when the first counseling doctor is available; d) when the first counseling doctor is not available, causing said first local server to determine if a second counseling doctor who can counsel the counselee and who is registered with said first local server is available; e) transferring the data of the counselee to the second counseling doctor when the second counseling doctor is available f) when there are no available counseling doctors who are registered with said first local server, causing the first local server to transfer the data to a central server; and g) causing said central server to locate an available counseling doctor in a second local server who can counsel the counselee so as to transfer the data of the counselee to the available counseling doctor in the second local server.
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