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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2006
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Magdalena Mik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Russell Pratt Sammon, Stamford, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, New York, NY (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);
Terry E. Mayfield, Norwalk, CT (US);
Jay S. Walker, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Magdalena Mik, Greenwich, CT (US);
Michiko Kobayashi, Stamford, CT (US);
Russell Pratt Sammon, Stamford, CT (US);
Andrew P. Golden, New York, NY (US);
Geoffrey M. Gelman, Stamford, CT (US);
Terry E. Mayfield, Norwalk, CT (US);
Walker Digital, LLC, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and wirelessly communicating a signal between the first container and a second container adapted to store a second medicine. In a second embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining if a first container for storing a first medicine is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. The method further includes generating data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container. In a third embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal and, based at least in part on the received signal, determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. In a fourth embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal from a device that monitors whether a first container for storing a first medicine and a second container for storing a second medicine are positioned so as to communicate. The method further includes determining if at least one party has complied with a schedule for taking the first medicine and the second medicine based at least in part on the received signal. Systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for carrying out the above-described embodiments and numerous other embodiments.