Patent ID: 7928835

Claim:
A drug containment unit, comprising: a drug container; memory coupled to the drug container, the memory for storing data indicative of when dosages of a drug held by the container are to be removed from the container in accordance with an expected drug regime; a sensor coupled to the drug container, the sensor configured to sense a parameter indicating when a portion of the drug is removed from the container; and logic coupled to the drug container, the logic configured to monitor the parameter sensed by the sensor and to automatically trigger, based on the data and the parameter sensed by the sensor, a reminder notification for reminding a user to take at least one dosage of the drug, the logic configured to determine a value indicative of an amount of the drug removed from the drug container and to perform a comparison between the value and the data to determine whether the amount of the drug removed from the drug container is consistent with the expected drug regime, the logic further configured to trigger, based on the comparison, a real-time notification for warning the user prior to consuming the amount of the drug removed from the drug container if the comparison indicates that the amount of the drug removed from the drug container is inconsistent with the expected drug regime.