Patent ID: 8731711

Claim:
A method comprising: releasing a prescription container into a pocket section of a wheel assembly, the wheel assembly having an inner guide member rotatable about a center axis, the inner guide member including a plurality of pocket sections about its circumference, the pocket section being at a first alignment stage of rotation of the wheel assembly; rotating the wheel assembly such that the pocket section with the prescription container is rotated away from the first alignment stage to a second alignment stage of rotation of the wheel assembly; acquiring an attribute of the prescription container at the second alignment stage; identifying a prescription drug order to which the prescription container belongs based on the acquired attribute; rotating the wheel assembly such that the pocket section with the prescription container is rotated to a third alignment stage of rotation of the wheel assembly, a location of the third alignment stage being selected based on identification of the prescription drug order; and receiving the prescription container to group with an additional prescription container in the prescription drug order.