Reminder Notification System and Method

• US 20080293392A1
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dane A. Strother
• Original Assignee: Dane A. Strother
• Inventors: Strother, Dane A.
• Application Number:
  US12/123,770
• Publication Number:
  US 20080293392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42085 Called party identification service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/432 Arrangements for calling a subscriber at a specific time, e.g. morning call service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5158 in combination with automated outdialling systems devices for signalling identity of wanted subscriber H04M1/26
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5166 in combination with interactive voice response systems or voice portals, e.g. as front-ends
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53391 dependent on calling party

Abstract

A system and method of providing medication reminder notifications to a plurality of users is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprise storing data of mobile telephone number for each of the plurality of users in a memory, storing medication data in association with each of the plurality of users in a memory that comprises information identifying one or more medications of the user. The method may further include storing notification schedule data in association with each user in a memory that comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a medication reminder notification that comprises a reminder to take a medication, determining medication content for a medicine reminder notification based, at least in part, on the medication data in association with that user; and transmitting one or more medication reminder notifications, that include the determined medication content, to the mobile telephone number(s) destinations associated with each user according to the notification schedule data associated with the user.

Claims

1. A method of providing medication reminder notifications to a plurality of users, comprising:

storing data of one or more destinations for each of the plurality of users in a memory;

wherein at least one destination for a multitude of the plurality of users comprises a mobile telephone number;

storing in a memory, in association with each of the plurality of users, medication data that comprises information identifying one or more medications of each user;

storing in a memory, in association with each of the plurality of users, notification schedule data that comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a medication reminder notification that comprises a reminder to take a medication;

for each of the plurality of users, determining medication reminder content for a medication reminder notification based, at least in part, on the medication data in association with each user; and

for each of the plurality of users, transmitting, to the one or more destinations associated with the user, a medication reminder notification that comprises the determined medication reminder content and wherein said transmitting is performed a plurality of times and in accordance with the notification schedule data associated with the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement of receipt of a medication reminder notification from a first group of the plurality of users.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising failing to receive an acknowledgement of receipt of a medication reminder notification from a second group of the plurality of users within a predetermined time frame and retransmitting the medication reminder notification to the one or more destinations associated with each user of the second group of users.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification schedule data associated with each user includes one or more times selected by the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting a refill notification reminder to the one or more destinations associated with each of the plurality of users that comprises a reminder to order a refill of a medication.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising wherein the medication reminder notification transmitted to the one or more destinations associated with each user includes an advertisement.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the medication data for a first group of users includes information identifying a plurality of medications of the user.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification schedule data associated with at least some users includes data of time periods during which the users desire not to receive a medication reminder notification.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing in memory prescription expiration data for each user that comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a prescription expiration notification to the user that comprises a notice that a prescription of the user will expire.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the notification schedule data associated with each user includes data retrieved from a database that relates to the number of times a day that a user should take a medication.

11. A method of providing medication reminder notifications to a plurality of users, comprising:

storing a mobile telephone number for each of the plurality of users in a memory;

storing notification parameter data for each user in a memory;

wherein the notification parameter data for each user comprises;

first data for determining one or more times for providing a first medication reminder notification to the user that comprises a reminder to take a first medication,

second data for determining one or more times for providing a refill reminder notification to the user that comprises a reminder to order a refill of a medication,

determining a first set of one or more times to transmit the first medication reminder notification to each of the plurality of users based, at least in part, on the notification parameter data;

for each of the plurality of users and at the first set of one or more times, transmitting the first medication reminder notification to the mobile telephone of the user;

determining a refill reminder time to transmit a refill reminder notification to each of the plurality of users; and

for each of the plurality of users and at the refill reminder time, transmitting a refill reminder notification to the mobile telephone of the user.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising receiving an acknowledgement of receipt of the first medication reminder notification from a first group of the plurality of users.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprising failing to receive an acknowledgement of receipt of the first medication reminder notification from a second group of the plurality of users within a predetermined time frame and retransmitting the first reminder medication notification to the mobile telephone of each user of the second group of users.

14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification parameter data includes one or more times selected by the user at which that user desires to receive a notification reminder.

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification parameter data for each user comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a prescription expiration notification to the user that comprises a notice that a prescription for a medication will expire.

16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification parameter data for a first group of users further comprises information for determining one or more times for providing a second medication notification reminder to the user that includes a reminder to take a second medication.

17. The method according to claim 11, wherein the mobile telephone number of each user comprises a first destination, the method further comprising:

storing information of a second destination associated with each of the plurality of users in a memory; and

wherein said transmitting the first medication reminder notification comprises transmitting the first medication reminder notification to the second destination associated with each of the plurality of users.

18. The method according to claim 11, wherein the notification parameter data of at least some users comprises data of time periods during the user desires not to receive a reminder notification.

19. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a reply to the refill reminder notification from the mobile telephone of each of a group of users; and

wherein the reply comprises a request to refill a medication.

20. A method of providing medication reminder notifications to a plurality of users, comprising:

for each of the plurality of users, storing a mobile telephone number in association with information identifying the user in a memory;

storing in memory in association with each user;

first data identifying a first medication of each of the plurality of users;

second data for determining when to provide a refill reminder notification that comprises a reminder to order a refill of the first medication;

for each of the plurality of users, determining a first set of one or more times to provide the first medication reminder notification that comprises a reminder to take the first medication;

for each of the plurality of users, at each of the first set of one or more times transmitting the first medication reminder notification to the mobile telephone number associated with the user;

for each of the plurality of users, determining a date to provide the refill reminder notification; and

for each of the plurality of users, transmitting the refill reminder notification to the mobile telephone associated with the user on the determined date.