Patent ID: 8583457

Claim:
A system of coordinating and displaying a short name for a drug, the system comprising a computer having computer-executable instructions for: receiving, from a patient or an agent of the patient, first user input for creating a common naming convention; storing the common naming convention so that the common naming convention is accessible to both (1) the patient or the agent of the patient, and (2) a pharmaceutical professional at a filling entity that performs at least one step in filling prescriptions, the filling entity including a computing device in communicative connection with the computer; and receiving, from the patient, the agent of the patient, or the pharmaceutical professional, second user input for creating a short name corresponding to a drug name, the drug name corresponding to a prescription for the patient for a drug, wherein: (i) the drug name is at least one of a brand name, generic name, or chemical name for the drug, (ii) the short name is based on the common naming convention, (iii) at least one of: a number of characters of the short name is less than a number of characters of the drug name, and the characters of the short name are nonnumeric, or the short name includes a graphical symbol; and (iv) the short name is unique across a set of short names corresponding to a set of prescriptions for the patient; and causing the short name to be presented at a user interface.