Patent ID: 8489430
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A system of coordinating and displaying a short name for a drug, the system comprising a computer having computer-executable instructions for: receiving first user input for creating, by a patient or an agent of the patient, a common naming convention; storing the common naming convention created by the patient or the agent of the patient so that the common naming convention is accessible to both (1) the patient or the agent of the patient, and (2) a pharmaceutical professional at a filling entity that performs at least one step in filling prescriptions and that is in communicative connection with the computer; receiving a selection of the common naming convention created by the patient or the agent of the patient; receiving second user input for creating, by the patient, the agent of the patient, or the pharmaceutical professional, a first short name corresponding to a first drug name, the first drug name corresponding to a first prescription for the patient for a first drug, wherein the first drug name is at least one of a brand name, generic name or chemical name for the first drug, and the first short name based on the selected common naming convention, wherein at least one of: receiving third user input for creating, by the patient, the agent of the patient, or the pharmaceutical professional, a second short name corresponding to a second drug name, the second drug name corresponding to the first or a second prescription for the patient for a second drug, wherein the second drug name is at least one of a brand name, generic name or chemical name for the second drug, and the second short name based on the selected common naming convention, wherein at least one of: causing the first and second short names to be printed, wherein the first short name is unique across a set of short names corresponding to a set of drug names, the set of drug names includes the first and the second drug names, and the second short name is unique across the set of short names.