US 12,272,432 B2
Blockchain-based distribution of medical data records
Benedikt Krueger, Ebensfeld (DE); and Robert James Taylor, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim (DE)
Appl. No. 17/263,593
Filed by Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 7, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/064965
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/025202, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18187291 (EP), filed on Aug. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0375408 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/40 (2012.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 10/60 (2018.01) [G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06Q 20/401 (2013.01); G06Q 2220/00 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing a uniform resource locator, comprising:
receiving a medical data record via an interface, the medical data record being related to a patient;
receiving an identifier of an authorized entity, a first identifier of the patient, a second identifier of the patient, and usage information via the interface, the authorized entity being permitted to access the medical data record;
storing the medical data record via a memory unit;
forming the uniform resource locator, via a computation unit, the uniform resource locator including a location of the medical data record in the memory unit and an authorization token, the authorization token being based on the medical data record and the identifier of the authorized entity, the medical data record being accessible by following the uniform resource locator;
providing the uniform resource locator, via the interface, to the patient;
determining consent information related to consent of the patient to access the medical data record by the authorized entity via the computation unit, the consent information including a consent signature based on at least one of the medical data record and the identifier of the authorized entity, wherein the consent information is based on the first identifier of the patient, the usage information, and at least one of the medical data record and the identifier of the authorized entity and the consent signature is signed based on the first identifier of the patient;
documenting the consent information in a distributed consent ledger, via the computation unit;
unlocking access to the medical data record, via the computation unit, after the documenting the consent information in the distributed consent ledger;
determining ownership information via the computation unit, the ownership information including an ownership signature based on the medical data record, the ownership signature being signed based on the second identifier of the patient; and
documenting the ownership information in a distributed ownership ledger, via the computation unit, wherein
the consent information includes a smart contract,
the smart contract regulates a transfer of cryptocurrency in event of a usage of the medical data record,
the cryptocurrency is transferred from a first account to a second account,
the first account is related to an entity using the medical data record, and
the second account is related to at least one of the first identifier of the patient or the second identifier of the patient.