- Group: KM Cluster
- Subject: KM Patent Announcement
Many people here are familiar with the abrupt death of Value Networks, LLC, about a year ago. Since then an interesting patent was award on 6 Mar 2012 for a Value Network (USPO # 8131567). It is definitely worth a look from a KM, network, market and complexity perspective.
Note: it is entirely unrelated to the obsolete boutique consulting activity called 'value networks' its failed theory of ‘value network analysis’ (VNA). See:
http://www.google.com/patents/US8131567
To wit,
"Systems and methods including a computer network are provided. The computer network includes a plurality of affiliate computing systems, each affiliate computing system including a processing unit and storage, the processing unit executing one or more programs for supporting care of a patient. The computer network includes a centralized care network including a central health care computing system, the central health care computing system being coupled to each affiliate computing system by way of a network and including a processing unit and storage, the processing unit executing one or more programs for managing patient records stored in the storage."
This is interesting since it is a large-scale network integration to serve a specific knowledge-based purposes. Expect more in the future in other verticals and domains.
Posted By John T. Maloney |
