Communications hub for use in life critical network
US8812841B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 27, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2209/88
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Secured communications between patient portable communicators (PPC) and a central authority (CA) via an unsecured network are implemented using software implemented by a communications device. The communications device provides for detecting, using a multiplicity of disparate communication protocols, presence of entities requesting a network connection and determining whether or not each of the entities is a PPC, establishing, only for the entities determined to be PPCs, a connection to the CA via the unsecured network using the disparate communication protocols, authenticating only the PPCs to the CA, and facilitating communication of PPC data between the PPCs and the CA via the communications device and the unsecured network upon successful PPC authentication. The PPC data comprises at least some patient implantable medical device data acquired by the PPCs.
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