Patent ID: 9690908
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A61J,G06Q,G16H

Claim:
1. A method for managing medicine taking in a system comprising a user terminal, a server, and a medicine container, wherein the method is performed by the user terminal comprising a mobile terminal that comprises a controller operably coupled to a short range wireless communication unit, a detection unit, a communication unit, a memory, a display, and a microphone, the method comprising: detecting, via the detecting unit, identification information of a medicine inscribed on the medicine container, the detecting unit comprising at least a camera or a bar code scanner; transmitting, via the communication unit, the detected identification information to a server; receiving, via the communication unit, medicine taking information corresponding to the detected identification information from the server; transmitting, via the short range wireless communication unit, the received medicine taking information to the medicine container; setting, by the controller, a medicine taking schedule of a user in accordance with the medicine taking information; storing, in the memory, the set medicine taking schedule; comparing, by the controller, a time for taking the medicine according to the set medicine taking schedule and average time at which the user has actually taken the medicine; adjusting, by the controller, the set medicine taking schedule based on a difference between the time according to the set medicine taking schedule and the average time; transmitting, via the communication unit or the short range wireless communication unit, the adjusted medicine taking schedule to the server and the medicine container; displaying, via the display, a notification notifying time to take the medicine; and determining, by the controller, that the user has taken the medicine in response to a user input or an output signal generated from a sensor of the medicine container, the output signal generated when a lid of the medicine container is open or closed, and the user input comprising a user input received via a user interface displayed on the display or a user's voice received via the microphone.