Abstract: Systems and methods including generating, by a legal entity, via a lien reduction interface, a request to decrease a lien amount for a patient. In addition, the systems and methods may include receiving, by a medical entity, the request to decrease the lien amount. The systems and methods may include reviewing, by a user associated with the medical entity, via a lien resolution interface, the request to decrease the lien amount. Moreover, the systems and methods may include calculating, based on one or more resolved lien reductions associated with the legal entity, via a medical billing database, a predicted lien resolution dataset. Also, the systems and methods may include displaying, based on the predicted lien resolution dataset, via the lien resolution interface, a lien reduction response. Further, the systems and methods may include sending, by the user associated with the medical entity, to the legal entity, the lien reduction response.

Abstract: In some implementations, the device may include receiving, from a first medical facility, by a first facility application, a request to send a medical document to a second medical facility. In addition, the device may include receiving, from an application server, by the first facility application, mapping rules for the second medical facility. The device may include generating, by the first facility application, a modified medical document based on the mapping rules for the second medical facility and the medical document. Moreover, the device may include sending, by the first facility application, to a second facility application, the modified medical document. Also, the device may include sending, by the second facility application, to the second medical facility, the modified medical document.

Abstract: An asynchronous system for managing medical file protection and distribution. The system controls the distribution of sensitive patient records between different healthcare entities. The system includes a registration process for the healthcare institutions which creates a secure gateway between the system and the healthcare institution. Once registered, the system creates a content queue on the server for content designated to be sent to the institution. The client device of the healthcare institution will poll the queue and download the medical file content as it becomes available.

Abstract: Wearable digital buttons can be deployed within an enterprise context, allowing for the centralized distribution of viewable media content (such as images and videos) selected for each of one or more enterprise groups. For instance, a first set of media objects can be selected for a sales team within a company, a second set of media objects can be selected for a marketing team, and a third set can be selected for a tech support team. The media can be distributed by a central server, for instance wirelessly or via a USB-connected hub. The central server can include an interface enabling a user to select the media for distribution to each enterprise group, to edit or format the media, to view the locations of each wearable digital button within the enterprise, and to customize enterprise groups (for instance, by creating new groups and adding or removing users from existing groups).

Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods and computer systems for displaying or projecting media on a remote visual curvilinear display. In a computer system, a computer server may be in network communication with a mobile electronic device of a user. A selection of the media may be received at a computer server from the mobile electronic device. The media may be provided from the computer server for display or projection on the remote visual curvilinear display per a display and/or location preference or schedule.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for displaying or projecting media selected by a user, comprising: a mobile device case that is removably mountable on a mobile device; and a visual curvilinear display coupled to said mobile device case, wherein the visual curvilinear display is configured to display or project the media selected by the user in a manner that is viewable by one or more observers, which media includes at least one of digital text, image or video, wherein the visual curvilinear display displays or projects said media according to a display and/or location preference or schedule of the user.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides display devices and methods. A display device can include a visual curvilinear display mounted on a support member. A user may display or project media through the visual curvilinear display according to a display and/or location preference or schedule of the user.

Abstract: A computer implemented system and method for controlling access to a financial account, the system comprising: one or more memories for storing information and at least one set of instructions, and one or more processors for receiving the financial account information at an access terminal, wherein the access terminal collects access data; identifying a destination account from the financial account information; sending an authorization request to a mobile device linked to the destination account, wherein the authorization request comprises a variable amount of the access data; receiving a response to the authorization request from the mobile device; and controlling access to the financial account at the access terminal based on the response. In some embodiments, the system and method may be further configured to store the response in the destination account.

Abstract: A multi-biometric finger sensor may include infrared sensing pixels on an integrated circuit substrate for sensing infrared radiation emitted from the user's finger, and at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor on the integrated circuit substrate for sensing a finger biometric characteristic different than the infrared radiation emitted from the user's finger. The sensor may also include a processor connected to the plurality of infrared sensing pixels and the at least one other finger biometric characteristic sensor. Each of the infrared sensing pixels may include at least one infrared antenna and at least one temperature sensor connected thereto.

Abstract: A method and composition for identifying chemically tagged petroleum products can be achieved by adding one or more chemicals to a selected petroleum product wherein the chemical is immune to extraction from the petroleum product by conventional inexpensive absorbents, cannot be removed by extraction with acids, bases, or immiscible solvents, cannot be easily oxidized, reduced or reacted with common agents, is difficult to disguise by masking with other agents, has a low polarity, and has a boiling point in the range of the petroleum product the chemical is being added to. The presence of the chemical is determined by using ion mobility spectroscopy.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for enrolling at least one fingerprint and determining a match of a new fingerprint thereto uses data related to fingerprint ridge flow for matching a desired area segment of a new fingerprint to a corresponding area segment stored in a database. The apparatus generates and stores enrollment data based upon fingerprint ridge flow over a plurality of area segments for the at least one fingerprint, senses a new fingerprint, and generates sensed data based upon fingerprint ridge flow of the new fingerprint over at least one desired area segment of the plurality of area segments. The method also preferably includes comparing the enrollment data and sensed data to determine whether the new fingerprint matches an enrolled fingerprint. The generating of sensed data preferably comprises identifying and generating sensed data for only a single desired area segment in one embodiment.

Abstract: A fingerprint sensor includes an array of fingerprint sensing elements; analog-to-digital (A/D) converters having a controllable range; a scanner to perform sequential A/D conversions of predetermined ones of the array of fingerprint sensing elements; and a range determining and setting circuit for controlling the range of the A/D converters based upon prior A/D conversions to thereby provide enhanced conversion resolution. A plurality of A/D converters are preferably used for simultaneously converting analog signals from a corresponding plurality of fingerprint sensing elements. The A/D converters may include at least one reference voltage input for permitting setting of first and second points of the range. The range scale determining and setting circuit may generate a histogram based upon prior A/D conversions. In addition, the range scale determining and setting circuit may set a default range for initial ones of the fingerprint sensing elements.

Abstract: A user-authentication system includes an authorized user device (AUD) for transmission of dtmf tones to a user-verification system (UVS) over a telephone network, where user-verification is performed and authorized users are granted access to a desired service. In a memory module of the AUD, a plurality of passphrases and identifying data are stored for subsequent transmission to the UVS. The compensating system comprises a pair of tone devices that generate low frequency tones and high frequency tones, respective that are amplified to different amplification levels. The amplification levels compensate for the low and high frequency tone transmission characteristics associated with different microphones in use in a public telephone system. The systems further performs channel normalization with the user-activated AUD and the UVS. Tone signals representative of the access telephone number transmitted by the AUD to reach the UVS, have a reference amplitude of zero.

Abstract: A user-authentication system includes an authorized user device (AUD) for transmission of DTMF tones to a user-verification system (UVS) over a telephone network, where user-verification is performed and authorized users are granted access to a desired service. In a memory module of the AUD, a plurality of passphrases and identifying data are stored for subsequent transmission to the UVS. The UVS includes a memory module for receiving and storing the passphrases and identifying data, and a processor for determining whether user-stated passphrases correspond to the stored passphrases, and for prompting the user with knowledge-based questions and determining whether the identifying data corresponds to answers given by a user in response to the knowledge-based questions.

Abstract: A user-authentication system includes an authorized user device (AUD) for transmission of dtmf tones to a user-verification system (UVS) over a telephone network, where user-verification is performed and authorized users are granted access to a desired service. In a memory module of the AUD, a plurality of passphrases and identifying data are stored for subsequent transmission to the UVS. The UVS includes a memory module for receiving and storing the passphrases and identifying data, and a processor for determining whether user-stated passphrases correspond to the stored passphrases, and for prompting the user with knowledge-based questions and determining whether the identifying data corresponds to answers given by a user in response to the knowledge-based questions.

Abstract: An information storage device for storing and outputting personal identification information. The storage device includes memory and a controller. The memory stores personal identification information and memory access control information. The memory access control information includes a first set of tones. The controller includes an input device, an output device, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor causes the output device to output the stored personal identification information in response to the input device receiving a series of tones corresponding to the first set of tones of the memory access control information. The personal identification information can include biometric identification information. In one embodiment, a security system utilizes a plurality of information storage devices for controlling unauthorized access to a resource.

Abstract: An auto-dialer suitable for use as a smart card capable of being acoustically coupled to a telephone and being reprogrammed in response to acoustic signals. The programming and other features of the auto-dialer can be enabled or disabled by the auto-dialer in response to persecuted signals, e.g., a string of DTMF tones. Encryption of calling card and other data into destination telephone numbers is achieved by selectively altering persecuted characteristics of a DTMF tone sequence, such as the duration of tones, the period of silence between tones and the twist between Lo-band and Hi-band tones of DTMF tone pairs in a DTMF tone sequence representing a telephone number. The encryption of data into the telephone number does not affect the ability of standard telephone switching circuitry to recognize the destination number.

Abstract: A system and method using personal identification numbers and associated prompts for controlling unauthorized use of a security device and unauthorized access to a resource. The method includes requesting an authorized user of a security device to select a set of N PINs and N distinct phrases, each one of the N distinct phrases being associated with a corresponding one of the N PINs for acting as a prompt to remind the user of the corresponding one of the N PINs. A current user of the security device is prompted using one of the N distinct phrases and the user's response to the prompt is compared to the associated PIN to determine whether the current user of the security device is the authorized user. The current user is granted access to the resource or is granted use of the security device if it is determined that the current user of the security device is the authorized user.