Patent ID: 7178729
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A smart medicine cabinet, comprising: a storage area; a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) reader configured for reading RFID tag data for a medical product stored in the storage area; a user interface configured for communication with a user; a network interface configured for communication with a network; a door; a scanner for detecting a user of the smart medicine cabinet; a memory containing user-specific medical information for each of one or more users of the smart medicine cabinet; and a controller configured to retrieve user-specific medical information corresponding to the user detected by the scanner, obtain product-specific medical information based on the RFID tag data received from the RFID reader and to control the smart medicine cabinet according to the user-specific medical information and the product-specific medical information, and wherein the controller is further configured to, upon detection of the pressing of an emergency open button by the user, communicate across a network to a third party requesting authorization to open the smart medicine cabinet.