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US 11,232,698 B1Granted
Systems and methods for using smart pill bottles to display prescription information to users
AssigneeAetna Inc.
InventorDwayne Kurfirst
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Abstract
In some instances, a method performed by a smart pill bottle delivery device is provided. The method comprises determining one or more prescription timing intervals indicating times for the user to take one or more medication units of the medication based on retrieving a prescription for the user from memory, providing one or more visual notifications indicating for the user to take the one or more medication units based on the one or more prescription timing intervals, subsequent to providing the one or more visual notifications, detecting position information indicating an action performed by the user, and causing display of a second display screen based on the position information indicating the action performed by the user.
Claims20
A method for dispensing medication to a user, comprising:
- based on retrieving a prescription for the user from memory, determining one or more prescription timing intervals indicating times for the user to take one or more medication units of the medication;
- based on the one or more prescription timing intervals, providing one or more visual notifications indicating for the user to take the one or more medication units, wherein providing the one or more visual notifications comprises displaying a first display screen on a display device, wherein the display device is on a smart pill bottle delivery device (SPBDD);
- subsequent to providing the one or more visual notifications, detecting, by the SPBDD and using a position sensor, position information indicating an action performed by the user;
- based on the position information indicating the action performed by the user, causing display of a second display screen on the display device, wherein the second display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen;
- subsequent to displaying the second display screen, receiving, by the SPBDD and using the position sensor, additional position information indicating an additional action performed by the user;
- and
- based on the additional position information indicating the additional action performed by the user, displaying, by the SPBDD, a third display screen on the display device of the SPBDD, wherein the third display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen and the second display screen.
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A smart pill bottle, comprising:
- a storage compartment for storing medication for a user;
- and
- a smart pill bottle delivery device (SPBDD) fastenable to the storage compartment, comprising:
- a position sensor configured to provide position information to one or more processors;
- a pill cap sensor configured to provide pill cap information to the one or more processors;
- a display device configured to display information to the user;
- the one or more processors;
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- a non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:
- based on a prescription for the user, determining one or more prescription timing intervals indicating for the user to take one or more medication units;
- based on the one or more prescription timing intervals, providing one or more visual notifications indicating for the user to take the one or more medication units, wherein providing the one or more visual notifications comprises displaying a first display screen on the display device;
- subsequent to providing the one or more visual notifications, receiving, from the position sensor, position information indicating an action performed by the user;
- based on the position information indicating the action performed by the user, causing display of a second display screen, wherein the second display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen;
- subsequent to displaying the second display screen, receiving, using the position sensor, additional position information indicating an additional action performed by the user;
- and
- based on the additional position information indicating the additional action performed by the user, displaying a third display screen on the display device of the SPBDD, wherein the third display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen and the second display screen.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed, facilitate:
- based on retrieving a prescription for a user from memory, determining one or more prescription timing intervals indicating times for the user to take one or more medication units;
- based on the one or more prescription timing intervals, providing one or more visual notifications indicating for the user to take the one or more medication units, wherein providing the one or more visual notifications comprises displaying a first display screen on a display device, wherein the display device is on a smart pill bottle delivery device (SPBDD);
- subsequent to providing the one or more visual notifications, detecting, by the SPBDD and using a position sensor, position information indicating an action performed by the user;
- based on the position information indicating the action performed by the user, causing display of a second display screen on the display device, wherein the second display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen;
- subsequent to displaying the second display screen, receiving, using the position sensor, additional position information indicating an additional action performed by the user;
- and
- based on the additional position information indicating the additional action performed by the user, displaying a third display screen on the display device of the SPBDD, wherein the third display screen displays information that is different from information displayed on the first display screen and the second display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.