Management control of pharmaceutical substances
First Claim
1. A computerised identity matching management process for the supply of a pharmaceutical substance to an authorised person, the process comprising the steps of:
- identifying a person who is requesting the supply of the substance, comprising the steps of;
a management computer receiving a request, from capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process representative of the person to initiate the capture process;
the management computer responding to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and where receipt of the message containing the code at the capture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process;
the management computer, after returning the message, receiving a captured biometric representative of the person from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time; and
the management computer operating, when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric and initiate a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against stored biometric records and to retrieve an identification code representative of the person when a match is found;
retrieving a date stamp and using the identification code to retrieve a stored data record of the person which includes at least a substance the person is prescribed, a quantity in which the substance is to be supplied and a date at which the substance is to be supplied;
determining whether the date stamp matches the date at which the substance is to be supplied, and if a match is determined, supplying the substance in the prescribed quantity and recording information to form a record to update the supply of the substance to the person.
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Abstract
A computerised identity matching management process for the supply of a pharmaceutical substance to an authorised person. The process identifies a person who is requesting the supply of the substance which includes the steps of a management computer receiving a request, from capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process representative of the person to initiate the capture process. The management computer responds to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and receipt of the message containing the code at the capture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process. The management computer, after returning the message, receives a captured biometric representative of the person from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time. The management computer operates, when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric and initiate a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against stored biometric records and to retrieve an identification code representative of the person when a match is found. The management computer retrieves a date stamp and uses the identification code to retrieve a data record of the person which includes at least a substance the person is prescribed, a quantity in which the substance is to be supplied and a date at which the substance is to be supplied and determines whether the date stamp matches the date at which the substance is to be supplied. If a match is determined, the substance is supplied in the prescribed quantity and information is recorded to form a record to update the supply of the substance to the person.
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23 Claims
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1. A computerised identity matching management process for the supply of a pharmaceutical substance to an authorised person, the process comprising the steps of:
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identifying a person who is requesting the supply of the substance, comprising the steps of;
a management computer receiving a request, from capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process representative of the person to initiate the capture process;
the management computer responding to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and where receipt of the message containing the code at the capture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process;
the management computer, after returning the message, receiving a captured biometric representative of the person from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time; and
the management computer operating, when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric and initiate a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against stored biometric records and to retrieve an identification code representative of the person when a match is found;
retrieving a date stamp and using the identification code to retrieve a stored data record of the person which includes at least a substance the person is prescribed, a quantity in which the substance is to be supplied and a date at which the substance is to be supplied;
determining whether the date stamp matches the date at which the substance is to be supplied, and if a match is determined, supplying the substance in the prescribed quantity and recording information to form a record to update the supply of the substance to the person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computerised identity matching management system for the authorised supply of a pharmaceutical substance to an authorised person, comprising:
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a data depository for storing data records which include, for each person, at least the substance a person is prescribed, the quantity in which the substance is to be supplied and the date at which the substance is to be supplied;
a management computer programmed to;
receive a request, from capture apparatus waiting to commence a biometric capture process, to initiate the capture process to identify a person who is requesting the supply of a substance;
respond to the request to return a message to the capture apparatus at a first instant in time, the message containing a unique code, and where receipt of the message containing the code at the capture apparatus causes initiation of the capture process;
after returning the message, receiving a captured biometric from the capture apparatus coded with the code, at a second instant in time; and
when the second instant is less than a predetermined time later than the first instant, to decode the captured biometric;
an authentication server to perform a matching process to find a match for the decoded captured biometric against stored biometric records and to retrieve the identification code representative of the person who is requesting the supply of a pharmaceutical substance when a match is found, the server further retrieving a date stamp and using the identification code to retrieve the person'"'"'s stored data record to determine whether the date stamp matches the date at which the substance is to be supplied, and if a match is determined updating the person'"'"'s stored data record relating to the supply of the substance in the prescribed quantity to the person. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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