Patent ID: 7676382

Claim:
A method of dispensing a pharmaceutical product, the pharmaceutical product being associated with packaging having disposed thereon or therein coded data, at least some of the coded data being indicative of at least an identity of the pharmaceutical product, the method including: sensing by a sensing device at least some of the coded data and generating indicating data indicative of the identity of the pharmaceutical product based on the sensed coded data, the coded data being arranged in accordance with at least one layout having n-fold rotational symmetry, where n is at least two, the layout including n identical sub-layouts rotated 1/n revolutions apart about a center of rotation, at least one sub-layout including rotation-indicating data that distinguishes that sub-layout from each other sub-layout; receiving by a processor the indicating data from the sensing device; determining by the processor based on the indicating data at least one criterion for displaying the pharmaceutical product; and causing by the processor the pharmaceutical product to be dispensed based on the at least one criterion being satisfied.