System for enabling data processing while maintaining confidentiality

Patent 7127432 Issued on October 24, 2006. Estimated Expiration Date:

September 23, 2023. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Adheris, Inc.

Application

No. 10667407 filed on 09/23/2003

US Classes:

705/74, Anonymous user system705/2, Health care management (e.g., record management, ICDA billing)705/3, Patient record management705/57, Copy protection or prevention705/80, ELECTRONIC NEGOTIATION709/206, Demand based messaging235/375, SYSTEMS CONTROLLED BY DATA BEARING RECORDS712/32, Microprocessor or multichip or multimodule processor having sequential program control709/225Computer network access regulating

Examiners

Primary: Trammell, James P.
Assistant: Agwumezie, Charlie C. L.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.

Foreign Patent References

0 884 670 EP 12/01/1998

International Classes

H04L 9/00
G06Q 10/00
A61B 5/00
H04K 1/00

Abstract

A method for processing transactions while maintaining a customer's confidentiality includes receiving a customer's identity information and transaction information at a local server. The customer's identity information is substituted with a unique generic ID at the local server. The generic ID and the transaction information are forwarded from the local server to a distinct compliance system while the customer's identity information is retained at the local server. The transaction information is processed at the distinct compliance system to obtain compliance information using the transaction information and the generic ID. The compliance information and the generic ID are forwarded from the distinct compliance system to the local server. The customer's identity information is retrieved using the generic ID at the local server.

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