Appeal No. 1999-2311
Application 08/777,805
plurality of computer stations, some of which are located at
healthcare providers and some of which are located at payors.
The invention particularly relates to permitting transactions
to take place between computers using different formats and
communication protocols.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A medical transaction system for communicating
data messages between a plurality of computer stations located
at healthcare providers and payors, comprising:
a communication receiver for receiving data messages
related to patient care activities performed by said
healthcare providers, said messages received from said
computer stations at said healthcare providers in a plurality
of formats and protocols recognized by said communications
receiver;
a compiler for compiling patient care information from
said data messages received from said computer stations to
form a plurality of patient care records having a single
common format that is independent of at least one of said
plurality of formats and protocols recognized by said
communication receiver;
an extractor for extracting ones of said patient care
records in accordance with a computer station identification
code;
a formatter for formatting said extracted patient care
records in a format corresponding to said computer station
identification code; and
a communications transmitter for transmitting said
formatted patient care records to said computer station
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