Pill Case and Medication Reminder System

A pill case and medication reminder system, comprising a pill case, a reminder system in data transfer communication with the pill case, and a global positioning system in data transfer communication with the reminder system, wherein:

• the pill case comprises a compartment configured to hold a medication, a sensor configured to detect the amount of medication in the pill case, a pill case processor configured to generate a data signal pertaining to the amount of medication in the pill case, and a pill case transmitter configured to transmit the data signal to the reminder system;
• the global positioning system comprises a global positioning signal receiver, a positioning processor, and a positioning transmitter, the global positioning signal receiver being configured to receive global positioning signals, the positioning processor being configured to generate a position coordinate signal based on received global positioning signals, and the positioning transmitter being configured to transmit the position coordinate signal to the reminder system;
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• the reminder system comprises at least one receiver and a system processor, the at least one receiver being configured to receive the data signal from the pill case transmitter and to receive the position coordinate signal from the global positioning system, and the system processor being programmed to generate alerts pertaining to the medication, based on the data signal and the position coordinate signal.