Granted Patent B1

US 12,261,906 · App. 18/233,025 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Inventors: Praduman Jain (Fairfax, VA); Dave Klein (Oakton, VA); Josh Schilling (Salem, OR); Addisu Alemu (Springfield, VA)

Assignee: VigNet Incorporated

H04L67/1089H04L41/0813H04L63/102H04L63/105H04L63/20H04L67/01H04L67/535

Abstract

Claims (33)

1. A method performed by one or more computers of a server system, the method comprising:

providing, by the server system, a multi-tenant data sharing platform configured to facilitate sharing of stored research data for clinical research studies, wherein the stored research data comprises multiple types of research data, wherein the server system stores policy data indicating multiple policies for a research organization, and wherein the multiple policies respectively specify different conditions on access to at least some of the different types of research data;

receiving, by the server system, one or more requests over a communication network to obtain or use stored research data of the research organization from one or more research studies, wherein at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a first type of research data and at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a second type of research data;

in response to receiving the one or more requests, identifying, by the server system, (i) a first policy, from among the multiple policies for the research organization, that indicates one or more first conditions on access to the stored research data of the first type of research data and (ii) a second policy, from among the multiple policies, that indicates one or more second conditions on access to the stored research data of the second type of research data, wherein the one or more first conditions are different from the one or more second conditions;

generating, by the server system, one or more responses to the one or more requests, wherein generating the one or more responses comprises (i) selectively using the stored research data of the first type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more first conditions indicated by the first policy are satisfied and (ii) selectively using the stored research data of the second type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more second conditions indicated by the second policy are satisfied; and

providing, by the server system, the generated one or more responses over the communication network in response to the one or more requests.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are data from different sources.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of physiological measurements.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of data from among the group consisting of user input, sensor data, and medical records.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more responses comprises, in response to receiving a particular request, (i) using the first type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the first policy is satisfied for the particular request, and (ii) not using the second type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the second policy is not satisfied for the particular request.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the one or more responses comprises, in response to receiving a particular request, (i) including a portion of the first type of research data in a response to the particular request based on determining that the first policy is satisfied for the particular request, and (ii) excluding the second type of research data from the response to the particular request based on determining that the second policy is not satisfied for the particular request.

7. A server system comprising:

one or more computing devices; and

one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computing devices, cause the server system to perform operations comprising:

providing, by the server system, a multi-tenant data sharing platform configured to facilitate sharing of stored research data for clinical research studies, wherein the stored research data comprises multiple types of research data, wherein the server system stores policy data indicating multiple policies for a research organization, and wherein the multiple policies respectively specify different conditions on access to at least some of the different types of research data;

receiving, by the server system, one or more requests over a communication network to obtain or use stored research data of the research organization from one or more research studies, wherein at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a first type of research data and at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a second type of research data;

in response to receiving the one or more requests, identifying, by the server system, (i) a first policy, from among the multiple policies for the research organization, that indicates one or more first conditions on access to the stored research data of the first type of research data and (ii) a second policy, from among the multiple policies, that indicates one or more second conditions on access to the stored research data of the second type of research data, wherein the one or more first conditions are different from the one or more second conditions;

generating, by the server system, one or more responses to the one or more requests, wherein generating the one or more responses comprises (i) selectively using the stored research data of the first type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more first conditions indicated by the first policy are satisfied and (ii) selectively using the stored research data of the second type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more second conditions indicated by the second policy are satisfied; and

providing, by the server system, the generated one or more responses over the communication network in response to the one or more requests.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are data from different sources.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of physiological measurements.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of data from among the group consisting of user input, sensor data, and medical records.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein generating the one or more responses comprises, in response to receiving a particular request, (i) using the first type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the first policy is satisfied for the particular request, and (ii) not using the second type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the second policy is not satisfied for the particular request.

12. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by one or more processors of a server system that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the server system to perform operations comprising:

providing, by the server system, a multi-tenant data sharing platform configured to facilitate sharing of stored research data for clinical research studies, wherein the stored research data comprises multiple types of research data, wherein the server system stores policy data indicating multiple policies for a research organization, and wherein the multiple policies respectively specify different conditions on access to at least some of the different types of research data;

receiving, by the server system, one or more requests over a communication network to obtain or use stored research data of the research organization from one or more research studies, wherein at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a first type of research data and at least one of the one or more requests involves access to a second type of research data;

in response to receiving the one or more requests, identifying, by the server system, (i) a first policy, from among the multiple policies for the research organization, that indicates one or more first conditions on access to the stored research data of the first type of research data and (ii) a second policy, from among the multiple policies, that indicates one or more second conditions on access to the stored research data of the second type of research data, wherein the one or more first conditions are different from the one or more second conditions;

generating, by the server system, one or more responses to the one or more requests, wherein generating the one or more responses comprises (i) selectively using the stored research data of the first type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more first conditions indicated by the first policy are satisfied and (ii) selectively using the stored research data of the second type of research data to generate a response based on whether the one or more second conditions indicated by the second policy are satisfied; and

providing, by the server system, the generated one or more responses over the communication network in response to the one or more requests.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are data from different sources.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of physiological measurements.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first type of research data and the second type of research data are different types of data from among the group consisting of user input, sensor data, and medical records.

16. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein generating the one or more responses comprises, in response to receiving a particular request, (i) using the first type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the first policy is satisfied for the particular request, and (ii) not using the second type of research data to generate the response to the particular request based on determining that the second policy is not satisfied for the particular request.

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