SYSTEM, METHODS, & DEVICE FOR MANAGING A PRODUCT

• US 20200135321A1
• Filed: 12/26/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2017
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Optimize Systems Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Pillsy, Inc.
• Inventors: LEBRUN, Jeffrey, ONWUNEME, Chukwuma, SIPE, Benjamin Otto
• Application Number:
  US16/727,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20200135321A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1412 Containers with closing means, e.g. caps
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 2200/30 Compliance analysis for taking medication
• CPC Class Codes: 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
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/04 Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms

Abstract

A dose management system receives a product characteristic for a product. The dose management system then associates the product with user, along with a smart monitor device that includes an embedded token. When the user thereafter installs a dose management application on a user device of the user, the dose management system receives the token, thereby authenticating the user device. The dose management system can additionally authenticate the user based on user access credentials of the user. Once the user device is authenticated, the user device, smart monitor device, and the dose management system remain in contact with each other, thereby permitting management of the product. For example, the dose management system can initiate a product refill, automatically or based on a user'"'"'s request. The dose management system can also discern whether the user likely missed a dose (or not) and provide intelligent reminders to the user regarding the product.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for fulfilling a refill request for a user, comprising:

associating, by one or more computing devices, a product that is to be refilled with a smart monitor device;

determining, by one or more computing devices, one or more management parameters for the product, wherein the one or more management parameters are determined from one or more received product characteristics of the product and wherein the one or more one or more received product characteristics identify a number of refills available for the product;

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the smart monitor device with a user;

receiving, by the one or more computing devices and from the user device, a refill request, wherein the refill request identifies the user;

determining, by the one or more computing devices and based on the identity of the user and the one or more management parameters, a refill eligibility for the refill request; and

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initiating, by the one or more computing devices and based on a determination that the refill request is refill eligible, a refill for the refill request.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user comprises

obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, a first token associated with the smart monitor device,

associating, by the one or more computing devices, the first token with a user device of the user, and

authenticating, by the one or more computing devices and based on the first token, the user device of the user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user further comprises recording, by the one or more computing devices, the first token in a token log.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein authenticating the user device further comprises:

receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a second token from the user device;

comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the received second token to the token log; and

identifying, by the one or more computing devices and based on the comparison of the received second token to the token log, a token match between the first token and the second token, wherein the token match authenticates the user device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining the refill eligibility further comprises comparing, by the one or more computing devices, the refill request of the user with the one or more management paraments and wherein the comparison identifies an available refill for the product.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the smart monitor device comprises a user control option and wherein the refill request is received in response a user input into the user control option.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying, by the one or more computing devices, the user that the refill request has been processed.

8. A system to provide a product refill, comprising:

a storage device;

a processor communicatively coupled to the storage device, wherein the processor executes application code instructions that are stored in the storage device to cause the system to;

associate a product that is to be refilled with a smart monitor device;

determine one or more management parameters for the product, wherein the one or more management parameters are determined from one or more received product characteristics of the product and wherein the one or more one or more received product characteristics identify a number of refills available;

associate the smart monitor device with a user;

receive, from the user device, a refill request, wherein the refill request identifies the user;

determine, based on the identity of the user and the one or more management parameters, a refill eligibility for the refill request; and

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initiate, based on a determination that the refill request is refill eligible, a refill for the refill request.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user comprises obtaining a first token associated with the smart monitor device, associating, the first token with a user device of the user, and authenticating the user device of the user based on the first token.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user further comprises recording the first token in a token log.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein authenticating the user device further comprises:

receiving a second token from the user device;

comparing the received second token to the token log; and

identifying, based on the comparison of the received second token to the token log, a token match between the first token and the second token, wherein the token match authenticates the user device.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein determining the refill eligibility further comprises comparing the refill request of the user with the one or more management paraments and wherein the comparison identifies an available refill for the product.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the smart monitor device comprises a user control option and wherein the refill request is received in response a user input into the user control option.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising notifying the user that the refill request has been processed.

15. A computer program product, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage device having computer-readable program instructions embodied thereon that when executed by a computer cause the computer to provide a product refill, the computer-executable program instructions comprising;

computer program instructions to associate a product that is to be refilled with a smart monitor device;

computer program instructions to determine one or more management parameters for the product, wherein the one or more management parameters are determined from one or more received product characteristics of the product and wherein the one or more one or more received product characteristics identify a number of refills available;

computer program instructions to associate the smart monitor device with a user;

computer program instructions to receive, from the user device, a refill request, wherein the refill request identifies the user;

computer program instructions to determine, based on the identity of the user and the one or more management parameters, a refill eligibility for the refill request; and

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computer program instructions to initiate, based on a determination that the refill request is refill eligible, a refill for the refill request.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user comprises obtaining a first token associated with the smart monitor device, associating, the first token with a user device of the user, and authenticating the user device of the user based on the first token.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein associating the smart monitor device with the user further comprises recording the first token in a token log.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein authenticating the user device further comprises:

receiving a second token from the user device;

comparing the received second token to the token log; and

identifying, based on the comparison of the received second token to the token log, a token match between the first token and the second token, wherein the token match authenticates the user device.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein determining the refill eligibility further comprises comparing the refill request of the user with the one or more management paraments and wherein the comparison identifies an available refill for the product.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the smart monitor device comprises a user control option and wherein the refill request is received in response a user input into the user control option.