Portable prescription transaction payment device
First Claim
1. A portable prescription sample transaction payment device comprising:
- a substrate having surface with an image rendering thereon that corresponds to a prescription medical supply sample;
andmemory, in contact with the substrate, having data encoded therein including;
an identifier for the prescription medical supply sample;
a quantity for the prescription medical supply sample;
a dosage for the prescription medical supply sample; and
an identifier for a patient;
a pharmaceutical company account for a dispensing pharmacist to charge the cost of the prescription medical supply sample for payment to a dispensing pharmacist account to reimburse the dispensing pharmacist for the prescription medical supply sample;
an image corresponding to the prescription medical supply sample; and
an identifier for a prescribing medical practitioner prescribing the prescription medical supply sample to the patient.
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Abstract
A portable prescription sample transaction payment device has a substrate with a surface rendering corresponding to a prescription medical supply sample. Memory, in contact with the substrate, stores an identifier for the prescription medical supply sample, a quantity for the prescription medical supply sample, a dosage for the prescription medical supply sample, and an identifier for a patient. The memory also stores a pharmaceutical company account for a dispensing pharmacist to charge the cost of the prescription medical supply sample for payment to a dispensing pharmacist account to reimburse the dispensing pharmacist for the prescription medical supply sample. An image corresponding to the prescription medical supply sample is stored in the memory, as is an identifier for a prescribing medical practitioner prescribing the prescription medical supply sample to the patient.
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28 Claims
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1. A portable prescription sample transaction payment device comprising:
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a substrate having surface with an image rendering thereon that corresponds to a prescription medical supply sample; and memory, in contact with the substrate, having data encoded therein including; an identifier for the prescription medical supply sample; a quantity for the prescription medical supply sample; a dosage for the prescription medical supply sample; and an identifier for a patient; a pharmaceutical company account for a dispensing pharmacist to charge the cost of the prescription medical supply sample for payment to a dispensing pharmacist account to reimburse the dispensing pharmacist for the prescription medical supply sample; an image corresponding to the prescription medical supply sample; and an identifier for a prescribing medical practitioner prescribing the prescription medical supply sample to the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A portable prescription transaction payment device comprising:
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memory, embedded in a substrate, having stored therein; an identifier, quantity, and dosage for each of a plurality of; a prescription medical supply sample prescribed by a prescribing medical practitioner to a patient; and a non-sample prescription medical supply each being prescribed by a corresponding said prescribing medical practitioner to the patient; for each said prescription medical supply sample, a pharmaceutical company account for a dispensing pharmacist to charge the cost of the prescription medical supply sample for payment to a dispensing pharmacist account to reimburse the dispensing pharmacist for the prescription medical supply sample; an identifier for the patient; an identifier for each said prescribing medical practitioner; an identifier for a consumer account issued by an issuer to the patient; and an identifier to correlate which said prescription for the patient was prescribed by which said prescribing medical practitioner, wherein; the pharmaceutical company account and the consumer account are each an account in a payment processing network by which a consumer can engage in a plurality of transactions on the account with a plurality of merchants in the payment processing network; the payment processing network includes a plurality of said merchants and said consumers engaging in the plurality of said transactions on a plurality of respective said accounts that respective said issuers issue to the consumers; and each said transaction involves the merchant submitting the transaction to an acquirer for processing by a transaction handler who requests the issuer to obtain payment for the transaction from the account, wherein the issuer forwards the payment to the transaction handler who forwards the payment to the acquirer to reimburse the merchant for the transaction; and means for providing access to the information in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A portable prescription transaction payment device comprising:
memory, embedded in a substrate, having information stored therein, wherein; the substrate has an image on a surface thereof that includes a representation of at least a portion of the information in the memory for being read by the image being scanned by a scanner at a Point of Service terminal; the information includes; an identifier, quantity, and dosage for each of a plurality of; a prescription medical supply sample prescribed by a prescribing medical practitioner to a patient; and a non-sample prescription medical supply prescribed by a corresponding said prescribing medical practitioner to the patient; an image, having multiple portion, of each said prescription for the patient that was prescribed by the corresponding said prescribing medical practitioner, wherein the portions of the image correspond to; the identifier for the patient; the identifier for the prescribing medical practitioner; and the identifier, quantity, and dosage identifier for the prescription medical supply sample; and the identifier, quantity, and dosage identifier for the non-sample prescription medical supply; for each said prescription medical supply sample, a pharmaceutical company account for a dispensing pharmacist to charge the cost of the prescription medical supply sample for payment to a dispensing pharmacist account to reimburse the dispensing pharmacist for the prescription medical supply sample; and an identifier to correlate which said prescription for the patient was prescribed by which said prescribing medical practitioner, wherein; the pharmaceutical company account and the consumer account are each an account in a payment processing network by which a consumer can engage in a plurality of transactions on the account with a plurality of merchants in the payment processing network; the payment processing network includes a plurality of said merchants and said consumers engaging in the plurality of said transactions on a plurality of respective said accounts that respective said issuers issue to the consumers; and each said transaction involves the merchant submitting the transaction to an acquirer for processing by a transaction handler who requests the issuer to obtain payment for the transaction from the account, wherein the issuer forwards the payment to the transaction handler who forwards the payment to the acquirer to reimburse the merchant for the transaction; and means for providing access to the information in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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