Drug calendar and reminder system

• US 8,949,738 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Felt, Michelle
• Primary Examiner(s): Bycer, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US13/277,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20130104077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,202 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2, 705/3, 705/7.18, 715/810, 715/963
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 15/00 ICT specially adapted for medical reports, e.g. generation or transmission thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 70/40 relating to drugs, e.g. their side effects or intended usage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/963 Calendar or scheduling

Abstract

A drug calendar and reminder system is provided which allows for a user to be reminded when and how to take regularly scheduled drugs. The drug calendar and reminder system allows a user to input one or more drugs including their dosage instructions and schedule, and creates interactive reminders to facilitate the regular taking of these drugs. The drug calendar and reminder system can be further configured to receive content from content providers, such as drug interaction services, drug databases, doctors, and pharmacies such that a user can readily access information from these providers as needed. The drug calendar and reminder system can also be configured to compile the user'"'"'s drug information, and can be configured to allow content providers access to this information.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

presenting, via a display associated with a device, a first user interface to permit a user to specify a drug;

receiving, from the user via the first user interface, input specifying the drug;

storing, in a memory associated with the device, the input specifying the drug;

presenting, via the display associated with the device, a second user interface to permit a user to specify dosing information,

the dosing information identifying;

a dosage time, and

a dosage condition;

receiving, from the user via the second user interface, input specifying the dosing information for the drug;

storing, in the memory associated with the device, the dosing information for the drug;

receiving, by a processor of the device, an instruction from the user of the device to prepare a calendar using the input specifying the drug and the dosing information;

preparing, by the processor of the device, a calendar using the input specifying the drug and the dosing information;

receiving, by the processor of the device, an instruction to display the calendar;

providing, via the display, a graphical user interface of the calendar that includes a graphical representation of the drug and at least one of a graphical representation of a container associated with the drug or a graphical representation of an ingestion method associated with the drug;

modifying, based on receiving information indicating that the drug was partially taken, the graphical representation of the drug to visually represent only a remaining portion of the drug to be taken; and

revising the graphical user interface of the calendar to include the modified graphical representation of the drug.

2. The method of claim 1, where receiving, from the user via the first user interface, the input specifying the drug includes:

presenting, via the first user interface, an interactive input area in which the user can enter a portion of a drug name;

receiving the portion of the drug name via the interactive input area;

presenting, via the first user interface, images of possible drugs based on the portion of the drug name; and

receiving a selection of the drug from the images of possible drugs presented via the first user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, where receiving, from the user via the first user interface, the input specifying the drug includes:

presenting the first user interface to enable the user to select the drug along with the dosage time and the dosage condition from a list or a set of icons; and

where receiving the dosing information includes;

receiving a selection, via the first user interface, of the drug, the dosage time and the dosage condition.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preparing a reminder associated with the drug based on the dosing information; and

providing, via the display, the reminder at a time indicated by the dosing information.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, based on providing the reminder, the information indicating that the drug was partially taken.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving, based on providing the reminder, the information indicating that the drug was partially taken;

preparing an additional reminder based on the information indicating that the drug was partially taken; and

providing the additional reminder for display,

the additional reminder including the modified graphical representation of the drug, and

the additional reminder indicating that the drug was partially taken.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

presenting a visual notification reminder comprising the graphical representation of the drug and the dosing information via the display, or

presenting an audible notification reminder associated with the drug and the dosing information via a speaker associated with the device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

preparing a reminder based on the information indicating that the drug was partially taken; and

providing the reminder for display,

the reminder including the modified graphical representation of the drug.

9. The method of claim 1, where receiving the input specifying the dosing information for the drug further includes:

receiving, from a content provider, additional dosing information,

the additional dosing information including content provider information for the drug; and

where the providing the graphical user interface of the calendar includes;

providing a graphical representation of the content provider information for the drug in a visual calendar format,

where the content provider information includes one or more of;

drug interaction information from a drug interaction server,

drug database information from a drug database server,

medical information from a doctor server, or

pharmacy dosing information from a pharmacy server.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

compiling a list of the drug, a dosage time, a dosage condition, and the content provider information;

transmitting the list to the drug interaction server, the doctor server, or the pharmacy server; and

receiving, based on transmitting the list, information regarding adverse interactions between the drug and another drug associated with the user from the drug interaction server, the doctor server, or the pharmacy server.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a third user interface to permit the user to specify another drug for an additional person;

receiving an input specifying the other drug;

storing the input specifying the other drug;

presenting a fourth user interface to permit the user to specify dosing information for the other drug;

receiving the dosing information for the other drug,

where the dosing information for the other drug includes a dosage time and a dosage condition for the other drug;

storing the dosing information for the other drug;

receiving an instruction to prepare a shared calendar including the drug and the other drug for the additional person based on the dosing information for the drug and the dosing information for the other drug;

preparing the shared calendar;

receiving an instruction to provide the shared calendar for display; and

providing the shared calendar for display based on the instructions,

the shared calendar including the graphical representation of the drug and a graphical representation of the other drug in a visual calendar format.

12. A method, comprising:

presenting, by a processor of a device and via a display associated with the device, an interactive input area in which a user can enter a portion of a drug name;

receiving, by the processor, the portion of the drug name via the interactive input area;

presenting, by the processor and via a first user interface, images of possible drugs based on the portion of the drug name;

receiving, by the processor and from the user via the first user interface, a selected drug image from the images of possible drugs presented via the first user interface,

the selected drug image specifying a drug;

storing, by the processor and in a memory associated with the device, the selected drug image and information identifying the drug;

presenting, by the processor and via the display, a second user interface;

receiving, by the processor and via the second user interface, input specifying dosing information associated with the drug,

the dosing information including;

information indicating a dosage time associated with the drug, and

information indicating a dosage condition associated with the drug;

storing, by the processor and in the memory, the dosing information;

preparing a first reminder associated with the drug based on the dosing information;

providing, based on the dosage time, the first reminder for display,

the first reminder comprising the selected drug image, a graphical representation of a container associated with the drug, and a graphical representation of an ingestion method associated with the drug;

modifying, based on information indicating that the drug was partially taken, the selected drug image to visually represent only a remaining portion of the drug to be taken; and

providing a second reminder for display, the second reminder including the modified selected drug image.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

presenting a third user interface for display;

receiving the information indicating that the drug was partially taken via the third user interface;

preparing a calendar based on the information indicating that the drug was partially taken; and

providing the calendar for display,

the calendar including the modified selected drug image to indicate that the drug was partially taken.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an input indicating that another drug was taken;

preparing a calendar based on the information indicating that the drug was partially taken and the input indicating that the other drug was taken; and

providing the calendar for display,

the calendar including a graphical representation indicating that the other drug was taken, and the modified selected drug image.

15. The method of claim 12, where providing the first reminder for display includes:

presenting an audible notification reminder associated with the drug and the dosing information via a speaker associated with the device.

16. The method of claim 12, where receiving the input specifying the dosing information for the drug includes:

receiving, from a content provider, additional dosing information,

the additional dosing information including information identifying a dosage time associated with the drug, information indicating a dosage condition associated with the drug, and content provider information for the drug; and

where the providing the first reminder includes;

providing a graphical user interface reminder that includes a graphical representation of the content provider information for the drug in a visual reminder format,

where the content provider information includes drug interaction information from a drug interaction server, drug database information from a drug database server, medical information from a doctor server, or pharmacy dosing information from a pharmacy server.

17. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

presenting a third user interface to permit the user to specify another drug for an additional person;

receiving input specifying the other drug;

storing the input specifying the other drug;

presenting a fourth user interface to permit the user to specify dosing information for the other drug for the additional person;

receiving the dosing information for the drug,

where the dosing information includes a dosage time and a dosage condition;

storing the dosing information for the other drug;

preparing a shared calendar,

the shared calendar including the selected drug image, an image corresponding to the other drug, the dosing information for the drug, and the dosing information for the other drug; and

providing the shared calendar for display in a visual calendar format.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an instruction from the user of the device to prepare a calendar including the selected drug image and the dosing information;

determining that the calendar is scheduled to be displayed; and

providing a graphical user interface calendar comprising the selected drug image and a graphical representation of the dosing information.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

present a user interface to permit a user to specify drugs for at least two people;

receive an input specifying the drugs;

store the input specifying the drugs;

receive dosing information for the drugs,

the dosing information including information identifying dosage times associated with the drugs and dosage conditions associated with the drugs;

store the dosing information for the drugs;

prepare a calendar using the input specifying the drugs and the input specifying the dosing information for the drugs;

receive an instruction to display the calendar;

provide the calendar for display based on the instructions,

the calendar including graphical representations of the drugs, graphical representations of the dosing information, a graphical representation of a respective container associated with each of the drugs, and graphical representations of a respective ingestion method associated with each of the drugs;

prepare reminders associated with the drugs;

determine, based on the dosing information, that one of the reminders is scheduled to be displayed; and

provide, when the one of the reminder is scheduled to be displayed, a graphical user interface reminder comprising a graphical representation of one of the drugs, the dosing information associated with the one of the drugs, the respective container associated with the one of the drugs, and the respective ingestion method associated with the one of the drugs.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, where the plurality of instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

receive, from a content provider, additional dosing information,

the additional dosing information including input specifying dosage times, dosage conditions, and content provider information for the drugs,

where the content provider information includes drug interaction information from a drug interaction server, drug database information from a drug database server, medical information from a doctor server, or pharmacy dosing information from a pharmacy server; and

provide a graphical representation of the content provider information for the drugs for display.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19, where the plurality of instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

modify, based on information indicating that the one of the drugs was partially taken, the graphical representation of the one of the drugs to visually present only a remaining portion of the one of the drugs.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 19, where the plurality of instructions further cause the at least one processor to:

receive a selection of an image of a generic container to be associated with the one of the drugs,

where the graphical representation of the container corresponds to the selected image of the generic container.

23. A system, comprising:

a device including at least one processor to;

present for display, a first user interface to permit a user to specify a drug,

the first user interface presenting graphical images of drugs for selection by the user;

receive, from the user via the first user interface, a selection of a graphical image of the drug from the graphical images of drugs;

present for display, a second user interface to permit the user to input dosing information for the drug,

the dosing information identifying;

a dosage time, and

a dosage condition;

receive, from the user via the second user interface, input specifying the dosing information;

prepare a calendar using the selected graphical image of the drug and the dosing information;

provide the calendar for display,

the calendar including the selected graphical image of the drug, a graphical representation of a container associated with the drug, and a graphical representation of an ingestion method associated with the drug;

prepare a reminder associated with the drug;

provide, when the reminder is scheduled to be displayed, the reminder associated with the drug for display;

modify, based on information that the drug was partially taken, the selected graphical image of the drug to visually represent only a remaining portion of the drug to be taken; and

revise the calendar to include the modified graphical image of the drug.