Keith F Bauer, 524270 Harney Rd, Taneytown, MD 21787

2003021, Nov 20, 2003

Mar 18, 2003

10/390168

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G06F015/16

709/228000, 709/229000

A system and method are disclosed for sharing session information. The system comprises a database system, a first computer system capable of accessing the database system, and a second computer system also capable of accessing the database system. A user accesses a first website hosted by the first computer system, and a session is initialized for the user. A profile object is created for the user and serialized. The serialized profile object is subsequently stored in the database system with a key. The second computer system queries the database system in order to retrieve the serialized profile object matching the key. The second computer deserializes the profile object and restores the session at the second website together with shared session information.

2003021, Nov 20, 2003

Mar 18, 2003

10/390159

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

H04L009/00

713/201000, 709/250000

A method of securely transferring user information between a website server and at least one external website server to authenticate a user with the at least one external website server includes receiving a request for accessing an external website server by the user and determining whether the user is not logged on to the website server. If the user is not logged on, the user is logged on to the website server by the user. A secure connection from the website server to the at least one external website server is generated and the user information is transferred from the website server to the at least one external website server by a HTTP GET protocol and/or a HTTP POST protocol.

2003022, Dec 4, 2003

Mar 18, 2003

10/390162

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merk & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G09G005/00

345/730000

The invention provides a method, system, and computer program device for allowing users to preview and/or choose one or more slides and slidekits to be incorporated into a professional presentation. Intended users include physicians and other healthcare providers. Slidekits are displayed by medical categories to which they are assigned. Each slidekit includes a series of interrelated slides concerning a particular medical topic. Each slide may include lecture notes, in addition to a thumbnail image, full image display, title, and/or brief description. Slides and/or slidekits may be downloaded to the user's remote computer, for further incorporation into a presentation, printed by the user, or stored in the user's folder. The user's folder also may be used to store other folders and/or bookmarks to internal or external pages. Optionally, the user's right to access the slidekits and/or external sites is verified.

2004007, Apr 22, 2004

Mar 18, 2003

10/390166

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G06F017/60

705/001000

The invention provides a method, system, and computer program device for a medical information portal, providing a key to medical content on the internet. The invention may include one or more of the following sets of tools, in which various resources are organized in a manner which is intuitive for a healthcare professional: diagnostic tools for research of diseases, learning tools for professional development, patient tools for patient resources, technology tools on using health technology, news and updates tools, quick-reference tools, and/or electronic assistant tools. According to an aspect of the present invention, healthcare resources may be accessed via the Internet. Optionally, the system includes user registration data for each user, and certain resources may be restricted to appropriate users. The system advantageously provides, utilizing the sets of tools, a unified and organized access to a wide variety of a large number of resources that would otherwise be too confusing and/or unwieldy to access, especially in its entirety.

2004007, Apr 22, 2004

Mar 18, 2003

10/390165

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G06F017/60

705/002000

The invention provides a method, system, and computer program device for an embedded search with site search summary. The search provides an easy-to-navigate user interface that is also intuitive for healthcare professionals, for specifying the search request, and for displaying the search results together with a site search summary. In order to specify the search request, the user enters the keyword or phrase of interest and chooses a category of resources in which to search, where the categories correspond to physician-intuitive groupings of types of resources. A search specific results page including a site search summary box and initially indicating search results within category is returned, both of which thereby provide a number of possibilities for drill down. In this way, the search results may be provided in top levels divided into categories; search results returned may be provided for a particular category; search results returned may be provided from a single resource, listed in order by a predefined preference (e.g., relevance); an item returned in the search results may be reviewed; and/or the sources returning results may be listed, e.g., in the site search summary.

2004007, Apr 22, 2004

Mar 18, 2003

10/390539

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G06F017/60

705/002000

The invention provides a method, system, and computer program device for an interactive continuing education system, for managing and/or providing continuing education activities, especially useful for healthcare professionals. The invention may provide a personal profile, to provide a snapshot of the user's CE activities vis-à-vis CE requirements; a curriculum manager, to provide details on CE activities in a user's curriculum; a catalog browser, for reviewing/searching a catalog of available CE activities; a transcript manager for tracking completed activities and providing customizable transcripts; a showcase of selected CE activities; and a CE assistant feature, for notifying a user of new CE activities which fit the user's preference. The system accommodates a catalog of available CE activities, and enable a user to easily launch and automatically track CE activities. Each user has a curriculum of on-going CE activities, and a transcript of completed CE activities. By grouping and inter-connecting various features, the user may interactively and conveniently track, organize, and manage their healthcare education portfolio.

2005010, May 19, 2005

Aug 23, 2004

10/923008

Sean Dippold - Schwenksville PA, US
Melanie Kittrell - Maple Glen PA, US
Keith Bauer - Souderton PA, US
Lori Moore - Lafayette Hill PA, US

Merck & Co., Inc. - Rahway NJ

G06F017/30

707003000

A method, system, and computer program device implements a search in, for example, a healthcare provider medical information portal. For example, instead of having to type or key a search item into an interface, the search may be conducted, automatically, for data records relevant to the item by executing a search query event. More particularly, the search query event identifies the item, which may be displayed in a user interface, to be searched. In addition to identifying the item, the search query event also initiates the search. In one example, the search query event includes positioning a cursor over a phrase, term or other item displayed on a webpage and clicking a mouse button. The present invention requires fewer interactions to execute a search. The search technique may be implemented with any type of portal.