US 11,694,781 B1
System and method for supply chain of pharmaceuticals and other goods
Matthew Cook, Long Grove, IL (US); Rex A. Swords, Cedar Hill, TX (US); Michael Bleser, Deerfield, IL (US); and William Sunna, Wheeling, IL (US)
Assigned to WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed by WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/63,645.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2023.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/10 (2018.01) [G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); G06Q 10/0832 (2013.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer system for facilitating delivery of prescription medication, the computer system comprising:
a pharmacy computer system comprising one or more processors configured to: (i) receive a prescription, (ii) review the prescription, and (iii) send the prescription to an intermediate cloud layer;
the intermediate cloud layer comprising one or more processors configured to:
receive the reviewed prescription from the pharmacy computer system;
determine, based on at least one criteria, a warehouse of a plurality of warehouses to send medication of the prescription to, wherein the at least one criteria comprises at least one of: (i) a health insurance plan; (ii) whether the medication comprises a controlled substance; (iii) whether the medication must be refrigerated during shipping; (iv) a warehouse shipping address; or (v) a fulfillment cap of a warehouse; and
send an indication of the determined warehouse of the plurality of warehouses to a warehouse computer system.