Methods and apparatus for increasing, monitoring and/or rewarding a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines
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1. A method comprising:
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determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine based at least in part on the signal.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or for monitoring a party'"'"'s compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving information regarding whether at least two medicine containers were able to communicate during a pre-determined time period, and determining a level to which the party complied to a medicine schedule based on the information. The method further includes rewarding the party based on the party'"'"'s level of compliance. Systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for carrying out the above-described embodiments and numerous other embodiments.
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34 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal; and determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine based at least in part on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. The method of 1 wherein determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine based at least in part on the signal comprises determining whether the signal indicates that the first container for storing the first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container for storing the second medicine during a pre-determined time period.
- 10. The method of 1 further comprising determining if at least one party has complied with a schedule for taking the first medicine and the second medicine based at least in part on the received signal.
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13. An apparatus comprising:
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a communication device adapted to receive a signal; a processor coupled to the communication device, the processor adapted to obtain the signal via the communication device; and a computer program, the computer program executable by the processor so as to direct the processor to; receive the signal; and determine whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine based at least in part on the signal. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A system for rewarding at least one party for complying with a schedule for taking a first medicine and a second medicine comprising:
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a first container adapted to store a first medicine; a second container adapted to store a second medicine and to communicate with the first container; a compliance monitoring device adapted to; communicate with at least the first container; determine, based on at least a communication with the first container, whether the first container is positioned so as to communicate with the second container; generate data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to communicate with the second container; and output the data; and a server adapted to; receive the data output by the compliance monitoring device; and reward at least one party based on the received data. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method for rewarding a party for complying with a medicine schedule comprising:
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receiving information regarding whether at least one first container for storing a first medicine was able to communicate with at least one second container for storing a second medicine during a pre-determined time period; determining a level to which the party complied with a medicine schedule based on the information; and rewarding the party based on the level. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A computer program product comprising:
a medium readable by a computer, the computer-readable medium having; program code adapted to obtain information regarding whether at least one first container for storing a first medicine was able to communicate with at least one second container for storing a second medicine during a pre-determined time period; program code adapted to determine a level to which the party complied with a medicine schedule based on the information; and program code adapted to determine a reward for the party based on the level. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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means for obtaining information that identifies whether at least one first container for storing a first medicine was able to communicate with at least one second container for storing a second medicine during a pre-determined time period; and means for rewarding a party based on the information.
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22. A method comprising:
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receiving a signal from a device that monitors whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine; and determining if at least one party has complied with a schedule for taking the first medicine and the second medicine based at least in part on the received signal. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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a step for obtaining information that identifies whether at least one first container for storing a first medicine was able to communicate with at least one second container for storing a second medicine during a pre-determined time period; and a step for rewarding a party based on the information.
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