Method and apparatus for generating and providing a temporary password to control access to a record created in response to an electronic message

Inventors

Harris, Patrick

Assignees

McKesson Corp

Abstract

A method, computing device and computer program product generate a temporary password to control access to a record created in response to an electronic message. An electronic message is parsed to separately identify a plurality of fields that provide different types of information. Record(s) are accessed from a database that are associated with the information provided by at least one field. An action to be initiated by the electronic message is determined to either be taken or to be rejected based upon information provided by the field(s) of the electronic message and also based upon information from the record(s) accessed from the database. If the action is rejected, a record of the electronic message is created for transmission along with information regarding the rejection. A temporary password is also generated to control access to the record created regarding the electronic message and its rejection. The response includes the temporary password.

Core Innovation

The invention describes a computing device and method for generating and providing a temporary password to control access to a record created in response to an electronic message. The computing device receives electronic messages via a communication interface and parses each electronic message to separately identify a plurality of fields that provide different types of information. It accesses one or more records from at least one database associated with information provided by at least one of the fields.

Based on the information provided by the electronic message fields and information from the accessed records, the computing device determines whether an action to be initiated by the electronic message is to be taken or is to be rejected. When the action is determined to be rejected, the computing device creates a record comprising information regarding the electronic message and information regarding a rejection of the action to be initiated by the electronic message. The computing device then generates the temporary password to facilitate controlled access to the created record and the information regarding the rejection.

The computing device constructs a response to the electronic message to be transmitted, wherein the response includes the temporary password and an indication of the rejection. The at least one database is configured to store one or more of the electronic message, the record created regarding the electronic message and the information regarding the rejection, or the response to the electronic message. The described flow supports rejecting requested actions based on field-derived information and associated database records, and the temporary password is used to gate later access to rejection information.

Claims Coverage

The patent includes three independent claims: a computing device, a method, and a computer program product. The independent claims center on parsing electronic message fields, retrieving associated database records, determining whether to take or reject an action, creating a rejection record when rejected, generating a temporary password for controlled access, and transmitting a response that includes the temporary password and an indication of rejection, with storage of the message, record, or response in the database.

Across the independent claims, the inventive coverage is the combination of parsing electronic message fields and using associated database records to decide whether to take or reject the action, creating a rejection record when rejected, generating a temporary password for controlled access to that record and rejection information, and transmitting a response that includes the temporary password and an indication of rejection while storing the message, record, or response in the database.

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