Barton K Benson

US Patent:

20060224415, Oct 5, 2006

Filed:

Apr 4, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/098168

Inventors:

Brian Hudson - Irving TX, US
Matthew Bergmann - Franklin TN, US
Barton Benson - Arlington TX, US
William Akers - Colleyville TX, US
Travis Bell - Garland TX, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06F 12/02

US Classification:

705002000, 711001000

Abstract:

A method for receiving prescription data from a pharmacy is provided. The method includes emulating a device, such as using a pseudo TTY feature of a Unix operating system or a pseudo device of a Windows operating system. A prescription authorization system is then set to transmit data to the emulated device when the prescription data is provided to a claims approval agency by the prescription authorization system. The data can be supplemented with data from a secondary source, such as a system that acquires data in accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or other suitable systems. The prescription data and any supplemental data is then received at the prescription authorization system, and is transmitted to the emulated device. The prescription data is also stored in a local log file, and is transmitted to a data warehouse over a network using the emulated device.