Communication regarding aspects of a dispensed consumable composition

• US 8,362,914 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2007
• Issued: 01/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gearbox LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Leuthardt, Eric C., Lord, Robert W., Tegreene, Clarence T., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Colbert, Ella
• Application Number:
  US12/004,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20090144184A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,868 Days
• Field of Search: 340/307.7, 340/309.16, 340/573.1, 340/573.4, 340/619, 340/384, 700/231, 700/237, 700/240, 700/242
• US Class Current: 340/815.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass

Abstract

A method and system for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following (a) dispensing a dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; and (b) communicating an aspect of the consumable composition to a system associated with a monitoring entity. The method may comprise one or more of the following steps: (a) dispensing a dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; and (b) controlling the functionality of a device according to an aspect of the consumable composition. The system for administering a consumable composition may comprise one or more of the following: (a) means for dispensing a dose of a consumable composition according to a programmed dosing schedule; and (b) means for communicating an aspect of the consumable composition to a system associated with a monitoring entity and further comprise the following: means for controlling the functionality of a device according to an aspect of the consumable composition.

Claims

1. A method for administering a consumable composition, the method comprising:

detecting a dispensation of a dose of a consumable composition from a dispensing device according to a programmed dosing schedule;

controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition.

2. A system for administering a consumable composition, the system comprising:

means for detecting a dispensation of a dose of a consumable composition from a dispensing device according to a programmed dosing schedule;

means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of an automobile according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a computing device according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a communications device according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a gaming device according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

7. The system of claim 2, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a financial system according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a financial system according to the aspect of the consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a credit system according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for controlling the functionality of a financial system according to the aspect of the consumable composition further comprises:

means for controlling the functionality of a banking system according to the aspect of the consumable composition.

10. A system for administering a consumable composition, the system comprising:

circuitry for dispensing detecting a dispensation of a dose of a consumable composition from a dispensing device according to a programmed dosing schedule;

circuitry for controlling the functionality of a device external to the dispenser device according to an aspect of a dispensed consumable composition.