Patent ID: 8165929
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06Q,G07F,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for adaptive storage of pharmaceutical products within a pharmacy at plural pharmaceutical product storage locations having rankings based on relative ease-of-accessibility to a pharmacy workstation so that more frequently used products are more easily accessible to a human user working from the pharmacy workstation based on updated product usage frequency rankings, the method comprising: placing plural pharmaceutical product containers into storage locations each having an ease-of-accessibility ranking, there being an excess of storage locations to permit adaptive placement of containers into the storage locations; creating with a processing device a database record of the storage location of each container; automatically visually indicating the storage location of a container for a pharmaceutical product required for prescription fulfillment with a visible indicator proximate the storage location which guides the user to the storage location; picking the container from the indicated storage location; fulfilling the prescription at the workstation with product from the container; updating with the processing device the database to indicate use of the product; determining with the processing device a usage frequency ranking of the product; determining with the processing device an updated storage location for the container if product remains in the container or for a further container of the product based on the usage frequency ranking of the product, the updated storage location having an ease-of-accessibility ranking commensurate with the usage frequency ranking of the product; automatically visually indicating the updated storage location with a visible indicator proximate the updated storage location which guides the user to the updated storage location; and placing the container at the indicated updated storage location.