Patent ID: 8731961

Claim:
A method of confirming administration of medication in a clinical trial, comprising the steps of: identifying a particular medication prescription regimen in accordance with the clinical trial; predefining one or more identifiable gestures indicative of ingestion of the medication in accordance with the medication prescription regimen for the clinical trial; providing on a display of a local device one or more instruction prompts directing performance of the one or more predefined identifiable gestures indicative of proper ingestion of the medication; capturing video activity sequences by the local device of actual medication ingestion following the one or more instruction prompts directing performance of the one or more predefined identifiable gestures indicative of proper ingestion of the medication by a video capture device; storing the captured video activity sequences to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the local device; comparing the stored video activity sequences to the predefined one or more gestures indicative of ingestion of the medication by a computer processor of the local device; determining differences between the stored video activity sequences and the predefined one or more gestures indicative of ingestion of the medication by the computer processor of the local device, indicating proper ingestion of the medication has failed; providing on the display of the local device, in real time in response to the determined differences, one or more further instruction prompts for further directing current performance of the one or more predefined identifiable gestures indicative of proper ingestion of the medication; capturing second video activity sequences by the local device of actual medication ingestion following the one or more further instruction prompts by the video capture device; storing the second captured video activity sequences to the non-transitory computer readable storage medium of the local device; comparing the second stored video activity sequences to the predefined one or more gestures indicative of ingestion of the medication by a computer processor of the local device; and determining there are no differences between the second stored video activity sequences and the predefined one or more gestures indicative of ingestion of the medication by the computer processor of the local device.