Patent ID: 8149111

Claim:
A method for a central facility to communicate with a portable container via a mobile device, comprising: receiving, at a computer at the central facility, usage data in association with identification tag information for the portable container, from the mobile device associated with the portable container, the usage data generated by a usage sensor in the portable container receiving, at the computer at the central facility, environmental data from the mobile device associated with the portable container, the environmental data generated by an environmental sensor, receiving, at the computer at the central facility, patient data from the mobile device associated with the portable container, the patient data generated by a patient sensor, storing, at the computer at the central facility, the usage data, the environmental data and the patient data in a record associated with the identification tag information, analyzing, at the computer at the central facility, the usage data, the environmental data and the patient data relative to a situational rule, to determine an action, sending, from the computer at the central facility, action data to the mobile device associated with the portable container, sending, from the computer at the central facility, notice data to a third party in accordance with a notification rule, and storing, at the computer at the central facility, the action data and the notice data in the record associated with the identification tag information.