Prescription drug discount and therapy delivery systems and methods

A system for delivering a purchase discount to a communications device, the communications device capable of capturing and sending over a telecommunications network a token representing a purchasable item associated with the purchase discount, comprising:

• a server computer for receiving the token from the communications device over the telecommunications network;
• an eligibility database communicatively connected to the server computer, the eligibility database includes at least one eligibility record corresponding to the token;
• a discount database communicatively connected to the server computer, the discount database includes a discount artifact corresponding to the at least one eligibility record corresponding to the token;
• a discount coupon created by the server computer based on the discount artifact and communicated by the server computer over the telecommunications network to the communications device, the discount coupon representing the purchase discount applied on purchase of the purchasable item.

A method of delivering a discount to a purchase price of a prescription drug via a cellular message on a cellular carrier network, comprising the steps of:

• receiving a prescription token and a drug identifier from a cellular communication device, by a server computer at a destination address of the server computer communicatively accessible by the cellular carrier network;
• looking-up at least a portion of the prescription token in an eligibility database communicatively connected to the server computer, the eligibility database comprises at least one eligibility record related to the prescription token, the drug identifier, and the cellular communication device;
• retrieving the at least one eligibility record by the server computer, from the step of looking-up at least the portion of the prescription token;
• looking-up at least a portion of the at least one eligibility record in a discount database communicatively connected to the server computer, the discount database comprises at least one discount artifact related to the drug identifier and the at least the portion of the at least one eligibility record;
• retrieving the at least one discount artifact of the discount database by the server computer, from the step of looking-up the at least the portion of the at least one eligibility record;
• generating by the server computer the cellular message representing a discount coupon;
• transmitting the cellular message by the server computer for receipt by the cellular communication device from the cellular carrier network;
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• providing the purchase price discount as per the discount coupon upon presentation of the cellular message by the cellular communication device and purchase of the prescription drug, the discount coupon represents a purchase price discount to the purchase price of the prescription drug.

A system for delivering a price discount on purchase of a prescription drug, via a message of a communications network, a communication device is capable of receiving the message from the communications network, a token captured by the communication device represents an identifier of the prescription drug and an identity of the communication device, comprising:

• an eligibility database;
• at least one eligibility record of the eligibility database corresponding to the identity of the communication device and the identifier of the prescription drug;
• a permission of the at least one eligibility record, related to the identity of the communication device;
• a discount database communicatively;
• at least one discount coupon of the discount database corresponding to the identifier of the prescription drug and the at least one eligibility record;
• a server device communicatively connected to the communications network, the eligibility database, and the discount database, the server device, responsive to receiving the token from the communication device over the communications network, searches the eligibility database for the at least one eligibility record, searches the discount database for the at least one discount coupon, and sends the message to the communication device over the communication network, the message the represents the price discount on purchase of the prescription drug.