Patent ID: 8777012

Claim:
An ordering system configured to process a multiple tablet order, the ordering system comprising: a system database that stores information for a plurality of medicinal tablets, the plurality of tablets selected from a group consisting of prescription and non-prescription medications, vitamins, supplements, herbs, and oils; an ordering server for receiving a plurality of multiple tablet orders, each multiple tablet order including at least two tablets for consumption during a particular time of day; a production facility for fulfilling the plurality of multiple tablet orders; a production facility server associated with the production facility, the production facility server communicatively coupled to the system database and the ordering server, the production facility server configured to control the production facility to fill the plurality of multiple tablet orders; an order processing system configured to receive the multiple tablet orders from the ordering server, the order processing system including an inventory management module that determines if the medications for the prescription order are available; the order processing system configured to automatically order additional inventory, when the inventory of at least one of prescription medication or nonprescription medication is running low; a tablet management system communicatively coupled to the order processing system, wherein the tablet management system further includes, a plurality of tablet refill modules, in which each tablet refill module houses a particular medication, a tablet refill control system configured to communicate with each tablet refill module and the inventory management module; a plurality of multiple tablet containers, each multiple tablet container configured to be filled with the tablets corresponding to one of the plurality of multiple tablet orders and labeled with tablet specific information, the tablet specific information for each multiple tablet container including the time for consuming the tablets in the container; each tablet refill module including a sensor that counts the number of tablets dispensed into each multiple tablet container, wherein each refill module is configured to communicate the number of tablets counted by the refill module to the tablet refill control system that is communicatively coupled to the inventory management module; and an automated inspection module for performing an inspection of the multiple tablet container to identify the first tablet medication and the second tablet medication within each multiple tablet container after the multiple tablet container is filled with the tablets, wherein the automated inspection includes an inspection module that operates at visual wavelengths and analyzes a tablet color and a tablet shape.