PHARMACY DATABASE ACCESS METHODS AND SYSTEMS

• US 20170093832A1
• Filed: 12/07/2015
• Published: 03/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CVS Pharmacy Incorporated (CVS Health Corporation)
• Original Assignee: CVS Pharmacy Incorporated (CVS Health Corporation)
• Inventors: Schwartz, Andrew, Conrad, Carolyn, Kwauk, Sabrina
• Granted Patent: US 10,897,461 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity

Abstract

An electronic image that includes information related to a pharmacy prescription of a user of a first account (e.g., a store account) is received from a client device. The pharmacy prescription information is electronically extracted from the electronic image, and a second account (e.g., a pharmacy account) is identified based thereon. If the user of the first account is different from the user of the second account and if the user of the second account has approved the user of the first account, the user of the first account is granted access to a subset of the information in the pharmacy account.

Claims

1. A method for authenticating a user of a first account to a second account, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client device of the user, authentication information related to the first account;

authenticating the user to the first account using the authentication information;

receiving, from the client device of the user, electronic data captured from a physical object and comprising information related to a pharmacy prescription;

electronically extracting, using the electronic data, the information related to the pharmacy prescription;

identifying the second account based at least in part on the information related to the pharmacy prescription;

identifying the user as being approved for accessing the second account by the owner of the second account; and

granting access to the user to a subset of information stored in the second account.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying information captured from a second physical object and identifying a competitor'"'"'s pharmacy based on the information captured from the second physical object.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a prompt to the client device to transfer a prescription from the competitor'"'"'s pharmacy to the second account.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subset of information is determined based on a relationship between the user and the owner of the second account.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the relationship is a doctor-patient relationship, a caregiver-patient relationship, or a family relationship.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting, to the client device, a request for additional authentication information based at least in part on information in the first account or second account.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a type of the additional authentication information varies based at least in part on an assessment that the user is fraudulent or erroneous in attempting to link the second account to the first.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first account comprises a store account and the second account comprises a pharmacy account.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the information related to a pharmacy prescription comprises NFC data, RFID data, or an image of a prescription bottle label, prescription bag label, or prescription monograph.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the image comprises a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code that encodes a prescription number, order number, pharmacy number, or customer number.

11. A system for authenticating a user of a first account to a second account, the system comprising:

a network interface configured for communication with a client device of the user;

a non-volatile computer memory for storing information associated with the first account and information associated with the second account; and

a computer processor configured for executing software instructions to;

i. receive, from a client device of the user, authentication information related to the first account;

ii. authenticate the user to the first account using the authentication information;

iii. receive, from the client device of the user, electronic data captured from a physical object and comprising information related to a pharmacy prescription;

iv. electronically extract, using the electronic data, the information related to the pharmacy prescription;

v. identify the second account based at least in part on the information related to the pharmacy prescription;

vi. identify the user as being approved for accessing the second account by the owner of the second account; and

vii. grant access to the user to a subset of information stored in the second account.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer processor is further configured to execute software instructions to identify information captured from a second physical object and identifying a competitor'"'"'s pharmacy based on the information captured from the second physical object.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer processor is further configured to execute software instructions to transmit a prompt to the client device to transfer a prescription from the competitor'"'"'s pharmacy to the second account.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the subset of information is determined based on a relationship between the user and the owner of the second account.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the relationship is a doctor-patient relationship, a caregiver-patient relationship, or a family relationship.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the computer processor is further configured to execute software instructions to transmit, to the client device, a request for the additional authentication information based at least in part on information in the first account or second account.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein a type of the additional authentication information varies based at least in part on an assessment that the user is fraudulent or erroneous in attempting to link the second account to the first.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first account comprises a store account and the second account comprises a pharmacy account.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the information related to a pharmacy prescription comprises NFC data, RFID data, image of a prescription bottle label, prescription bag label, or prescription monograph.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the image comprises a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code that encodes a prescription number, order number, pharmacy number, or customer number.