System to detect, administer and/or evaluate configuration data describing the hardware and/or software configuration of different devices

US8190445B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Sebastian Schmidt · Weisendorf, DE
• Sabine Schaeffer-Kundler · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2009
• Grant date: May 29, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 7, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H40/40
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for detection, administration and/or evaluation of configuration data describing the hardware or software configuration of different (in particular medical technology) devices has a central database (in particular manufacturer-spanning central database) the configuration data stored therein, which is connected to a network (in particular the Internet via at least one software unit (fashioned as a programming interface and/or Internet platform), which enables a role-specific access to the database via role-based interfaces. An operator role and/or an end user role (in particular a referrer and/or patient role) and/or a manufacturer role are provided as roles.