Patent ID: 8448873
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, using a processing device, scanned information from a prescription label of a vial presented by a user at a pharmacy; extracting, using the processing device, an identifier from the scanned information; sending, using the processing device, a request to a prescription database storing a plurality of prescriptions for a prescription message corresponding to the identifier; receiving, using the processing device, the prescription message, wherein the prescription message includes a SIG code and a free text portion; parsing, using the processing device, the SIG code from the prescription message; obtaining a translation, using the processing device, of the SIG code into a language; concatenating, using the processing device, the translated SIG code with the free text portion to produce prescription timing information; and initiating, using the processing device, a transfer of the prescription timing information to a prescription bottle cap.