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Patent US7801745 - Methods and apparatus for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsMethods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first...http://www.google.com/patents/US7801745?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7801745 - Methods and apparatus for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicinesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7801745 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/423,891Publication dateSep 21, 2010Filing dateJun 13, 2006Priority dateMar 10, 2000Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS8055509, US8069056, US20060218014, US20060218015, US20070073560Publication number11423891, 423891, US 7801745 B2, US 7801745B2, US-B2-7801745, US7801745 B2, US7801745B2InventorsJay S. Walker, Magdalena Mik, Michiko Kobayashi, Russell Pratt Sammon, Andrew P. Golden, Geoffrey M. Gelman, Terry E. MayfieldOriginal AssigneeWalker Digital, LlcExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (106), Non-Patent Citations (127), Referenced by (16), Classifications (27), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethods and apparatus for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicinesUS 7801745 B2Abstract Methods and apparatus are provided for increasing and/or monitoring a party's compliance with a schedule for taking medicines. In a first embodiment, a method is provided for use by a first container that is adapted to store a first medicine. The method includes storing information regarding the first medicine and wirelessly communicating a signal between the first container and a second container adapted to store a second medicine. In a second embodiment, a method is provided that includes determining if a first container for storing a first medicine is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. The method further includes generating data based at least in part on whether the first container is positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with the second container. In a third embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal and, based at least in part on the received signal, determining whether a first container for storing a first medicine was positioned so as to wirelessly communicate with a second container for storing a second medicine. In a fourth embodiment, a method is provided that includes receiving a signal from a device that monitors whether a first container for storing a first medicine and a second container for storing a second medicine are positioned so as to communicate. The method further includes determining if at least one party has complied with a schedule for taking the first medicine and the second medicine based at least in part on the received signal. Systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided for carrying out the above-described embodiments and numerous other embodiments.
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