1. Introduction

Welcome!

We are introducing a radical innovation (disruptive technology) that offers a simple, transparent way to transfer information securely and economically between any software applications and data stores via asynchronous, publisher-subscriber, Node-to-node networks using our patented CP Split™ technology.

Our technology is especially useful for industries in which loosely connected networks of people and computers analyze & exchange information from disparate sources, and exchange interactive, knowledge-building reports in a variety of communication & working environments. It accommodates the needs of all users, from office workers with continuous broadband to occasionally-connected mobile workforces using low speed dial-up service. And it facilitates collaboration across all organizational and physical boundaries (e.g., from functional unit to functional unit, company to company, and country to country).

The unique value proposition of our technology is it:

• Saves businesses time, money, resources and hassle by (a) being non-disruptive to existing I.T. systems and networks; (b) reducing complexity and problems since it requires no VPN configuration, avoids firewall issues and needs little if any I.T. support; (c) reducing demands central servers and conserving precious resources; (d) enhancing network resiliency; (e) providing uniquely powerful security methods; and (f) being fully compatible with XML and able to maintain hierarchical relationships, yet operates more efficiently.


• Fosters learning, knowledge-building, and collaborative decision-making by (a) tailoring reports and just-in-time instructional materials to end-users' particular roles, responsibilities and needs; (b) enabling exceptionally rich and responsive portable reporting; and (c) enabling networks of individuals across organizational boundaries to share diverse experiences, data sources, knowledge, ideas and insights to increase innovation and more effective decision-making.

The primary purpose of this blog is to make people aware of our innovation and its unique set of benefits in order to expand our collaborative network of information technology vendors. While the discussion focuses on use cases in healthcare, the technology can be used in any industry.

Overview

1. What is Node-to-node and universal translation?

Node-to node with universal translation is an application that manages the transfer of information between two computers in an asynchronous manner, requiring a node on one computer to be a publisher (sender) of information, and one or more nodes on other computer(s) to act as subscriber(s). This is an application to application information transfer process requiring each computer involved to support an operating system and a connection to the Internet via broadband or dial-up service. At one end of the connection, the publisher node must authorize the information transfer by authenticating that the subscriber node is allowed to receive the information. At the other end of the connection, each subscriber node must allow the publisher to deposit the information into a directory as a file with a common extension. Universal translation requires that the publisher be notified by each subscriber how the information, when received, will be formatted by the subscriber for presentation as a report, which enables the publisher to transform the information as necessary, so it can be used by different subscribers (e.g., performing language translations and data set modifications).

2. How does Node-to node leverage the CP Split™ technology?

The patented CP Split technology is explained below and in subsequent posts. Briefly, CP Split templates are used by the nodes to enable spreadsheet software to interact at the presentation level, which creates an interoperable platform for the simple, secure, fluid exchange of reports between disparate system architectures through the transmission of content stored in delimited files. These "Content Configurations" are created by the publisher node's spreadsheet template and rendered by the corresponding spreadsheet template of its subscriber nodes.

I will show how the CP Split innovation provides the only software codec (coder-decoder) that enables an encoder to organize data elements into configurations from which a decoder locates content elements for processing (e.g., formatting) based solely on their positions within the configurations, without using database queries or markup tags.

3. What other technologies do similar things, such as TCP/IP - an Internet protocol suite used by e-mail that includes the application file transfer protocol (FTP)?

The term File Transfer means copying a file from one machine to another. FTP allows authorized users to log into a remote system, identify themselves, list remote directories, copy files to or from the remote machine, and execute a few simple commands remotely. Although FTP allows direct interactive use by humans, the protocol is designed for program manipulation at the application layer for automating the file transfer process. FTP allows a user to access multiple machines in a single "session" and maintains separate TCP connections.

FTP can handle third party transfers. A client opens a control connection to servers on two remote machines, A and B. The client must have permission to transfer a file from A and permission to transfer a file to B. The client asks the server on A to transfer the file to B. The server on A forms a direct TCP connection with server B and transfers the data across the Internet to B. The client retains control of the transfer, but does not participate in moving data.

4. What makes the CP Split "composite reports" so different?

Composite reports are generated when (a) a publisher node accesses information from disparate sources, integrates the information into a single "Content File," and sends it to its subscribers where a composite report is generated or when (b) a subscriber node receives Content Files containing different information from multiple publishers and integrates it all into a composite report.

Exceptionally high-level security is maintained end-to-end using encrypted data and template files, virtual drives, and MultiCryption™ technology (discussed in a subsequent post).

Introduction of the CP Split™ Technology

CP Split refers to the way our patented technology splits content (data & information) from presentation (reports) using grid software (spreadsheets). Separating content from presentation is familiar to all of us from XML and HTML, but only the CP Split does it with grid software templates and configurations of content in delimited files.

I will show how the CP Split technology -- interoperating with any HIT tools -- enables mesh networks of nodes to composite comprehensive patient profile reports from disparate sources, while delivering these powerful benefits:

• Saves time, money and resources by minimizing data transmission and storage costs, while consuming minimal bandwidth.


• Has minimal impact on existing I.T. systems and networks, so current operations can continue without disruption.


• Reduces complexity and hassle by requiring no VPN configuration, avoiding firewall issues, and needing little if any I.T. support.


• It tailors reports to end-users' needs by supporting both report compositing whereby different reports can be combined into an integrated report of the "big picture," and report fragmenting whereby components of a single report can be divided into multiple smaller ones.


• It tailors instructional materials to end-users' particular needs by enabling competency-based and just-in-time eLearning, whereby the curriculum content delivered to an individual is determined by the person's current level of knowledge and/or particular knowledge needs.


• Allows people to obtain, compute, distribute and present information asynchronously using local resources and only brief, occasional network connectivity, which reduces demands central servers, speeds reporting, increases mobility/portability, and enhances network resiliency (i.e., the network keeps working even when individual nodes are disrupted, which is unlike central sever disruption that brings its entire network down).


• Enables loosely coupled networks of individuals across organizational boundaries to share diverse experiences, data sources, information, knowledge, expertise, perspectives, ideas and insights, which increase innovation and more effective decision-making.


• Is fully compatible with XML and able to maintain hierarchical relationships, but it does not require markup tags, namespaces, schemas, XSLT, stylesheets, etc.

When applied to HIT, it provides a flexible, economical, robust, secure, and open information architecture that supports the broad information management needs of clinicians, researchers, and the public. It fosters the acquisition, analysis, organization, dissemination, and reporting of comprehensive content relevant to:

• Biomedical informatics, including managing healthcare delivery information, reducing medical errors, providing decision support for clinicians, extracting outcome and public health information from large datasets, and predicting health events and


• Bioinformatics involving managing and interpreting scientific research data.

I will discuss all of this in subsequent posts and welcome your questions and comments.

Steve Beller, PhD