Patent ID: 8738383
Filing Date: 2014-05-27
Classification: G08C,G10L,G16H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first input device configured to receive information associated with two or more tasks to be performed in relation to one or more medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices; an output device configured to communicate an instruction, associated with at least one of the two or more tasks, to a user operating at least one of the one or more medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices; a processor in communication with the first input device and the output device; a memory in communication with the processor, said memory storing the information associated with the two or more tasks, said memory further storing an application executable by the processor, wherein the application is configured, upon execution, (a) to dynamically prioritize the two or more tasks based at least in part on a set of rules defining the relative priorities associated with the two or more tasks, (b) to prioritize one or more actions associated with at least one of the two or more tasks based at least in part on historical data representing options previously selected by one or more users in relation to the one or more actions, and (c) to automatically communicate, via the output device, an instruction, associated with one of the two or more tasks based at least in part on the dynamic prioritization, to a user operating at least one of the one or more medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices; a second input device configured to receive an audible command from a user operating the apparatus in response to the instruction based at least in part on the dynamic prioritization, the application further configured, upon execution, to convert the audible command into an instruction associated with the at least one of the one or more medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices; and a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the instruction converted from the audible command to the at least one of the one or more medication storing, dispensing and packaging devices for execution.