Patent ID: 7793836

Claim:
A method for medicine management comprising: providing information on a pill; and, providing a reader for said information, where said providing information is done using a technique selected from a group consisting essentially of: engraving; masking; ion deposit means; surface modification means; internal doping means; or covering said pill with an edible covering; wherein said internal doping means consists of doping with appropriate inert substances that reflect electromagnetic waves, and wherein when said providing information consists of internal doping means said reader is configured to read electromagnetic waves, wherein covering said pill consists of covering said pill with rice paper and wherein information is provided on said rice paper, said rice paper and information thereon being ingestible; and further including providing a pill dispenser, wherein said reader is configured with said pill dispenser to read said information that is provided on said pills, information that is provided on said rice paper covering said pill, or information provided on both.