US 11,942,199 B1
Location triggering for prescription ready notifications
Timothy P. McCauley, Evanston, IL (US); Jon Turkington, Huntley, IL (US); Abhinav Dhar, Naperville, IL (US); Dejan Kozic, Wadsworth, IL (US); and Nicholas L. Eby, Downers Grove, IL (US)
Assigned to WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed by WALGREEN CO., Deerfield, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 1, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/529,305.
Application 16/529,305 is a continuation of application No. 14/249,492, filed on Apr. 10, 2014, granted, now 10,430,556.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01)
CPC G16H 20/10 (2018.01) [H04W 4/023 (2013.01); H04W 40/244 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for improved providing of a prescription pickup location notification for a prescription order, comprising:
initializing a pharmacy application in a mobile computing device, the pharmacy application configured to prompt a user for a location acceptance via a question prompt notification,
launching the pharmacy application in a continuously running background process of the mobile computing device, without user intervention, wherein the pharmacy application is configured to
transmit a location of the mobile computing device and customer identification information to a remote pharmacy computing system, and
receive a ready prescription notification including the prescription pickup location at a predetermined pharmacy location from the remote pharmacy computing system,
when the background process determines that the mobile computing device is within a proximity of the predetermined pharmacy location,
displaying, on the mobile computing device, an indication that a ready prescription is available at the prescription pickup location.