US 12,293,817 B2
Authenticating, establishing and tracking eligibility of a patient to purchase an over-the-counter drug
Rama Penta, San Jose, CA (US); Jeffrey Brittain, Memphis, TN (US); William Hanisak, Pipersville, PA (US); Audrey Belkin, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); and Steven Rusche, North Wales, PA (US)
Assigned to Bayer HealthCare LLC, Indianola, PA (US)
Filed by Bayer HealthCare LLC, Indianola, PA (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,862.
Application 18/432,862 is a continuation of application No. 18/181,433, filed on Mar. 9, 2023, granted, now 11,923,060.
Application 18/181,433 is a continuation of application No. 15/733,572, granted, now 11,636,935, issued on Apr. 25, 2023, previously published as PCT/IB2019/051638, filed on Feb. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/637,598, filed on Mar. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0177820 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G06Q 30/018 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2023.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01)
CPC G16H 20/10 (2018.01) [G06Q 30/018 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0601 (2013.01); G16H 10/20 (2018.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured to implement a backend platform for authenticating, and establishing and tracking eligibility of a patient to purchase an over-the-counter (OTC) drug, the apparatus comprising:
a memory configured to store computer-readable program code; and
a processor configured to access the memory, and execute the computer-readable program code to cause the apparatus to communicate with a server of a retailer of the OTC drug to authenticate, and establish and track eligibility of the patient to purchase the OTC drug, the server configured to effect an online sale of the OTC drug to the patient using a client device or terminal, the server configured to redirect the client device or terminal to the apparatus that is caused to communicate with the client device or terminal to at least:
authenticate the patient;
establish eligibility of the patient to purchase the OTC drug, or determine that the patient is ineligible to purchase the OTC drug; and
redirect the client device or terminal back to the server to complete the online sale of the OTC drug to the patient when eligibility of the patient is established, or cancel the online sale of the OTC drug to the patient when the patient is ineligible to purchase the OTC drug.