Methods and systems for transferring secure data and facilitating new client acquisitions
Inventors
Rosenberg, Michael • BENITZ, MALCOLM • BALLARD, CHASE • SUTTLES, JASON • WOODLIEF, CHRIS
Assignees
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Publication Number
US-10951597-B2
Publication Date
2021-03-16
Expiration Date
Abstract
Methods and systems for directly and securely transferring encrypted medical data between two remote locations, such as an imaging site and a diagnostic site, wherein the diagnostic site is not within a data transfer network utilized by the imaging site. The invention allows the diagnostic site to receive medical data and view the data using a thin client viewer, and allows the diagnostic site to register as an in-network site.
Core Innovation
The invention relates to retrieving medical data through a web-based portal by using a secure peer-to-peer communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device. The sending device stores medical data consisting of medical images and medical reports, transmits the medical data through the portal using a user-selected hyperlink, and encapsulates the medical images and medical reports into a single file encrypted using 2048 RSA keys.
The peer-to-peer communication channel is created using 2048 Datagram Transport Layer Security. A medical image viewer displays medical images upon receipt at the recipient device or after portal decryption prior to display.
The web-based portal displays a dashboard showing a status of outgoing transmissions to multiple recipient devices and a status of incoming transmissions from sending devices in a side-by-side fashion on a single screen. To protect transmission traceability, an audit trail related to transmission of the encrypted single file is encrypted and stored on a third-party server.
The sending device and the recipient device can write the audit trail, while the sending device and the recipient device cannot read the audit trail without an encryption key. The sending device and the web-based portal exchange Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) candidates to select data transfer protocols that provide the greatest throughput and the shortest latency over the peer-to-peer communication channel.
Claims Coverage
The patent includes three independent claims: one system claim for retrieving medical data through a web-based portal, one method claim for retrieving medical data through a web-based portal, and a second system claim for retrieving medical data through a web-based portal. Across these independent claims, the claims emphasize six inventive features.
Hyperlink-triggered peer-to-peer transmission of an encrypted single file via a web-based portal
A system in which a sending device transmits a hyperlink to the web-based portal and selection of the hyperlink by a user causes a single encrypted file containing medical images and medical reports to be transmitted from the sending device to the web-based portal via a peer-to-peer communication channel created using 2048 Datagram Transport Layer Security.
Encapsulation of medical images and medical reports into a single encrypted file
The sending device encapsulates the medical images and medical reports into a single file, wherein the single file is encrypted using 2048 RSA keys.
Medical image viewer for displaying received images
A medical image viewer displaying the medical images upon receipt of the single file at the recipient device, or displaying medical images after the web-based portal decrypts the single file prior to display by the medical image viewer.
Encrypted audit trail on a third-party server with key-based access control
An audit trail related to the transmission of the single file is encrypted and stored on a third-party server, wherein the audit trail is accessible by the recipient device or the sending device using an encryption key, and the sending device and the recipient device cannot read the audit trail without an encryption key.
ICE candidate exchange for selecting protocols with greatest throughput and shortest latency
The sending device and the web-based portal exchange Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) candidates in order to select data transfer protocols that provide the greatest throughput and the shortest latency over the peer-to-peer communication channel.
Side-by-side portal dashboard of outgoing and incoming transmission status
The web-based portal displays a dashboard having a status of outgoing transmissions of medical data to multiple recipient devices and a status of incoming transmissions of medical data from sending devices in a side-by-side fashion on a single screen.
Across the independent claims, the core claim coverage is the combination of hyperlink-triggered peer-to-peer transmission using a TLS-based channel, encapsulating and encrypting medical images and medical reports into a single encrypted file using 2048 RSA keys, displaying medical images via a medical image viewer with portal decryption in at least one system claim, encrypted audit trail storage on a third-party server with key-based read restrictions, and ICE-candidate exchange to select transfer protocols for greatest throughput and shortest latency, plus a portal dashboard showing incoming and outgoing transmission status side-by-side.
Stated Advantages
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Documented Applications
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