Method of managing a taking medicine, user terminal for the same and system therefor

A user terminal comprising:

• a detecting unit configured to detect an identification information of a medicine;
• a communication unit configured to transceive information;
• and
• a control unit operatively connected to the detecting unit and the communication unit, the control unit configured to
• receive, from a sever, medicine taking information using the detected identification information, and
• set a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the medicine taking information.

A medicine taking management system comprising:

• a server configured to store medicine taking information of a medicine;
• and
• a user terminal configured to
• detect an identification information of the medicine,
• receive the medicine taking information of the medicine from the server using the detected identification information, and
• set a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the received medicine taking information.

A machine-assisted method of managing a medicine taking, comprising the steps of:

• receiving, by a medicine container from a user terminal, medicine taking information of a medicine using medicine identification information detected by the user terminal;
• setting, by the medicine container, a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the received medicine taking information;
• and
• outputting, by the medicine container, an alarm for informing the user of a time for taking the medicine in accordance with the set medicine taking schedule.

A medicine container comprising:

• a communication unit configured to receive medicine taking information of a medicine from a user terminal;
• a signal output unit configured to output an alarm;
• and
• a control unit configured to
• set a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the medicine taking information received from the user terminal,
• control the signal output unit to output the alarm for informing the user of a time for taking the medicine in accordance with the set medicine taking schedule.

A medicine taking management system comprising:

• a user terminal configured to
• detect identification information of a medicine, and
• transmit medicine taking information of the medicine using the detected identification information;
• and
• a medicine container configured to
• receive the medicine taking information transmitted from the user terminal,
• set a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the medicine taking information received from the user terminal, and
• output an alarm for informing the user of a time for taking the medicine in accordance with the set medicine taking schedule.