Patent ID: 7295890

Claim:
A medication compliance device comprising: a base station having a local wireless communication link, user interface and a memory; a portable cap assembly for association with a container of medication, the portable cap assembly comprising: a local wireless communication link; a memory; an indicator; a sensor; a cap; a collar between the can and an opening of the container for attaching the cap to the container, the collar including the memory of the cap assembly and a movable base movable relative to the container while the collar is attached to the container from a first position in which the opening is substantially covered to a second position in which the opening is exposed for dispensing medication from the container; and a controller for directing the communication link to receive and transmit medication-taking data for directing the memory to store the medication-taking data, for directing the indicator to activate according to the medication-taking data, for directing the sensor to gather and the memory to store compliance data that indicates whether the sensor sensed that a user has taken a plurality of doses of the medication in compliance with the medication-taking data, and for directing the local wireless communication link to transmit the compliance data to the base station, wherein the base station receives the compliance data from the cap assembly via the local wireless communication link, stores the compliance data in the memory of the base station, and presents the compliance data via the user interface.