IP Library Granted Patent US 11,367,512
Granted Patent B2
US 11,367,512 · App. 16/294,296 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Methods and systems for data analysis

Inventors: Jason Eger (Pittsburgh, PA); Jon McClelland (Morgan Hill, CA); Dave Peterson (Scotts Valley, CA)
Assignee: eResearchTechnology, Inc.
G16H10/20G06Q30/02G09B7/00
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Patent No.
US 11,367,512
App. No.
16/294,296
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided herein are systems, methods, and computer readable medium for entering, identifying, and aggregating data for analysis data in an electronic device, wherein the data are from a plurality of multi-participant surveys.

Claims (49)

1. A method comprising:

a) receiving, by an electronic device, first data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first data are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey or study;

b) receiving, by the electronic device, second data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first multi-participant survey or study is different from the second multi-participant survey or study, and wherein the second data are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey or study;

c) transferring a first data structure based at least on the first data to a first study data repository;

d) locking the first study data repository;

e) preventing, based at least on a determination that the first study data repository is locked, a data structure from being transferred to the first study data repository; and

f) after d), transferring the second data structure to a second study data repository.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recording the first data and the second data on the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study and the second multi-participant survey or study are concurrent.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study ends before the second multi-participant survey or study begins.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study or the first multi-participant survey or study is a clinical trial.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is located at a site.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the site is a hospital, medical clinic, or laboratory.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is connected to an Internet.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, which, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform:

a) receiving, by an electronic device, first data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first data are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey or study;

b) receiving, by the electronic device, second data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first multi-participant survey or study is different from the second multi-participant survey or study, and wherein the second data are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey or study;

c) transferring a first data structure based at least on the first data to a first study data repository;

d) locking the first study data repository;

e) preventing, based at least on a determination that the first study data repository is locked, a data structure from being transferred to the first study data repository; and

f) after d), transferring the second data structure to a second study data repository.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the electronic device is connected to an Internet.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study and the second multi-participant survey or study are concurrent.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study ends before the second multi-participant survey or study begins.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study or the first multi-participant survey or study is a clinical trial.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the electronic device is located at a site.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the site is a hospital, medical clinic, or laboratory.

18. A system comprising one or more computer processors and a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions for:

a) receiving, by an electronic device, first data from a first participant in a first multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first data are identified for analysis as being from the first participant or as being from the first multi-participant survey or study;

b) receiving, by the electronic device, second data from a second participant in a second multi-participant survey or study, wherein the first multi-participant survey or study is different from the second multi-participant survey or study, and wherein the second data are identified for analysis as being from the second participant or as being from the second multi-participant survey or study;

c) transferring a first data structure based at least on the first data to a first study data repository;

d) locking the first study data repository;

e) preventing, based at least on a determination that the first study data repository is locked, a data structure from being transferred to the first study data repository; and

f) after d), transferring, the second data structure to a second study data repository.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein the electronic device is a portable electronic device.

20. The system of claim 18 , wherein the electronic device is connected to an Internet.

21. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study and the second multi-participant survey or study are concurrent.

22. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study ends before the second multi-participant survey or study begins.

23. The system of claim 18 , wherein the first multi-participant survey or study or the second multiple-participant survey or study is a clinical trial.

24. The system of claim 18 , wherein the electronic device is located at a site.

25. The system of claim 24 , wherein the site is a hospital, medical clinic, or laboratory.

26. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the first data structure to a staging data repository and transmitting the second data structure to the staging data repository.

27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the transferring the first data structure to the first study data repository comprises, by one or more servers, transferring the first data structure from the staging data repository, and the transferring, by the one or more servers, the second data structure to the second study data repository comprises transferring the second data structure from the staging data repository.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the sequences of instructions, which, when executed by the computer system, cause the computer system to perform: transmitting the first data structure to a staging data repository and transmitting the second data structure to the staging data repository.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the transferring the first data structure to the first study data repository comprises transferring, by one or more servers, the first data structure from the staging data repository, and the transferring the second data structure to the second study data repository comprises transferring, by one or more servers, the second data structure from the staging data repository.

30. The system of claim 18 , wherein the non-transitory computer readable medium further comprises sequences of instructions for transmitting the first data structure to a staging data repository and transmitting the second data structure to the staging data repository.

31. The system of claim 30 , wherein the transferring the first data structure to the first study data repository comprises transferring, by one or more servers, the first data structure from the staging data repository, and the transferring the second data structure to the second study data repository comprises transferring, by the one or more servers, the second data structure from the staging data repository.

Assignments (8)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RECORDED AT REEL 069939 AND FRAME 0472 Recorded Mar 24, 2026
From: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC
To: ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.; BIOCLINICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 075224/0052 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 17, 2025
From: BIOCLINICA, INC.; ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: ALTER DOMUS (US) LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 069939/0472 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 051832/0777 Recorded Jan 17, 2025
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.; BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC (F/K/A BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 069939/0212 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 051837/0001 Recorded Jan 17, 2025
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.; BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC (F/K/A BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 069939/0303 →
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 6, 2020
From: BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC; ICARDIAC TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
Reel/Frame 051837/0001 →
FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Feb 5, 2020
From: BIOMEDICAL SYSTEMS LLC; ICARDIAC TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
Reel/Frame 051832/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: EGER, JASON; MCCLELLAND, JONATHAN; PETERSON, DAVID T.
To: INVIVODATA, INC.
Reel/Frame 048525/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2019
From: INVIVODATA, INC.
To: ERESEARCHTECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 048525/0326 →