# US 2018/0322769 A1 · Container with content monitoring and reporting capabilities

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- Number: US 2018/0322769 A1
- Document ID: US20180322769A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/034,449
- Filed: 2018-07-13
- Published: 2018-11-08
- Earliest claimed: 2009-07-14
- Assignees: Sam Johnson
- Inventors: Sam Johnson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322769A1

## CPC

- G08B 21/24: Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms
- A61J 7/0427: {with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system}
- A61J 7/049: {automatically changing in response to a schedule deviation by the patient}
- G06F 21/31: User authentication
- G08B 13/06: by tampering with fastening
- G08B 13/08: by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
- G08B 21/18: Status alarms (G08B21/02 takes precedence)
- G08B 25/08: using communication transmission lines {(G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence)}
- A61J 2200/70: Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means
- G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An activity monitor is associated with a container, such as a medication bottle, and includes one or more detectors configured to detect activity associated with the bottle, such as movement, opening and/or closing, and changes in volume and/or mass. The activity monitor may include alerting devices and be programmed with scheduling information. The activity monitor may also, or instead, communicate with one or more remote devices such as a user device or monitoring system, such as to receive programming information from those devices or to output activity information to those devices.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system comprising:
a content monitoring apparatus configured monitor a container, the content monitoring apparatus comprising:
a housing mountable to the container;
at least one activity detector associated with said housing which detects activity associated with said container when said housing is mounted to said container; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector; and
a computing device communicatively coupled to the content monitoring apparatus to receive information from said processing unit regarding activity associated with said container as detected by said at least one activity detector.