# US 2019/0318607 A1 · Container with content monitoring and reporting capabilities > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0318607 A1 - Document ID: US20190318607A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/374,547 - Filed: 2019-04-03 - Published: 2019-10-17 - Earliest claimed: 2009-07-14 - Inventors: Sam Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190318607A1 ## CPC - G08B 21/24: Reminder alarms, e.g. anti-loss alarms - A61J 1/18: Arrangements for indicating condition of container contents, e.g. sterile condition - A61J 7/0427: {with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system} - A61J 7/0436: {resulting from removing a drug from, or opening, a container} - A61J 7/049: {automatically changing in response to a schedule deviation by the patient} - G06F 21/31: User authentication - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/86: Secure or tamper-resistant housings - 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 7/0076: {Medicament distribution means (with pill counting devices A61J7/02; with time indication A61J7/04; containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents B65D83/00)} - A61J 2200/30: Compliance analysis for taking medication - A61J 2200/70: Device provided with specific sensor or indicating means - G06F 21/57: Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities - G06F 2221/2111: Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS - 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, be part of a system and 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 host monitoring system comprising at least one server comprising a processor, a communication interface, a memory and machine-readable code stored in the memory and executable by the processor; and a plurality of monitored medical containers, each monitored medical container comprising a container and at least one monitoring apparatus comprising at least one activity detector associated with said container 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 configured to transmit information regarding a detected activity at said monitored medical container; said host monitoring system configured to receive information from said plurality of monitored medical containers regarding detected activity and configured to generate an alert when said detected activities indicate that medication associated with at least two of said plurality of monitored medical containers associated with a single user poses a threat of interaction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said system is further configured to transmit said alert to at least one of a communication device of said user, a pharmacist of said user and a physician of said user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said information received from each of said plurality of monitored medical containers comprises information regarding a medication associated with said container. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said host monitoring system stores information regarding a medication associated with said at least two of said plurality of monitored medical containers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4 wherein said information regarding said medication is received from a pharmacy which dispensed each of said monitored medical containers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 wherein said processing unit transmits information which identifies said container and said host monitoring system is configured to generate an alert when said detected activities are associated with at least two of said plurality of medical containers corresponding to a single patient and said at least two of said plurality of medical containers contain medication which poses a threat of interaction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6 wherein said detected activities comprise detection that medication associated with said at least two of said plurality of monitored medical containers is being taken within a designated period of time. ### Claim 8 A medical container content monitoring system comprising: a container; a cap mounted to said container; and a content monitoring apparatus configured monitor said container, the content monitoring apparatus comprising: a user input device for accepting input from a user to unlock said cap; at least one activity detector which detects activity associated with said container; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the at least one activity detector, said processor configured to detect said user input and, when said user input is determined to comprise an authorizing input, to unlock said cap to allow said user to remove said cap and access said container and to transmit activity information to one or more remote devices in response to the detection of activity by said at least one activity detector. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system in accordance with claim 8 wherein said user input comprises a PIN. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system in accordance with claim 8 wherein said user input device comprises a fingerprint reader and said user input comprises a fingerprint. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system in accordance with claim 8 wherein said at least one activity detector comprises one or more of a mass sensing device, an accelerometer and a volume measuring device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system in accordance with claim 8 wherein said one or more remote devices comprises a communication device of said user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system in accordance with claim 8 wherein said user input is provided to a mobile communication device of said user and is transmitted from said mobile communication device to said processing unit of said container. ### Claim 14 A closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system comprising: a host monitoring system comprising at least one server comprising a processor, a communication interface, a database, a memory and machine-readable code stored in the memory and executable by the processor; and a plurality of monitored medical containers, each monitored medical container comprising a container and at least one monitoring apparatus comprising at least one activity detector associated with said container 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 configured to transmit information regarding a detected activity at said monitored medical container; said host monitoring system configured to receive information from one or more pharmacies regarding monitored medical containers which have been dispensed and to store said information in said database, said information comprising at least an ID of said monitored medical container, information regarding medication associated with said container; said host monitoring system further configured to store in said database information regarding a plurality of patients and to associate information regarding monitored medical containers issued to each of said plurality of patients to said information regarding said patients, said information regarding each of said plurality of patients comprising one or more of a name of the patient, contact information for the patient and contact information for one or more third parties designated by said patient. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 14 wherein said host monitoring system generates and transmits an alert to the one or more third parties designated by a patient when said host monitoring system receives information regarding a detected activity associated with a monitored medical container which is linked to said patient. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 15 wherein said alert comprises a message transmitted to a mobile communication device of said third party. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 16 wherein said host monitoring system receives secondary information from a secondary device of at least one patient and stored said secondary information in said database in association with said patient. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 17 wherein said secondary information comprises nutritional information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 15 wherein said host monitoring system generates and transmits information to a physician of a patient in response to receiving information regarding a detected activity associated with a monitored medical container which is linked to said patient. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The closed-loop content monitoring and feedback system in accordance with claim 19 wherein said information which is transmitted to said physician comprises medication compliance information.