US 12,443,920 B2
Management of pharmacy kits using multiple acceptance criteria for pharmacy kit segments
Kevin William MacDonald, Miami, FL (US); David Mario Pedra, Washington, DC (US); Timothy James Leo Kress-Spatz, Arlington, VA (US); Christian Lee Doyle, Silver Spring, MD (US); and Eric Brody, Reston, VA (US)
Assigned to Bluesight, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed by Bluesight, Inc., Alexandria, VA (US)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/433,199.
Application 18/433,199 is a continuation of application No. 17/325,923, filed on May 20, 2021, granted, now 11,907,902.
Application 17/325,923 is a continuation of application No. 15/269,371, filed on Sep. 19, 2016, granted, now 11,017,352, issued on May 25, 2021.
Application 15/269,371 is a continuation of application No. 14/472,410, filed on Aug. 29, 2014, granted, now 9,449,296, issued on Sep. 20, 2016.
Application 14/472,410 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/554,342, filed on Jul. 20, 2012, granted, now 8,990,099, issued on Mar. 24, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/021,927, filed on Jul. 8, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/514,231, filed on Aug. 2, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2024/0346446 A1, Oct. 17, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/0875 (2023.01); G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)
CPC G06Q 10/0875 (2013.01) [G16H 20/10 (2018.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01); G16H 70/40 (2018.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing a pharmacy kit, comprising:
receiving, via a user interface of an information processing system, one or more rules associated with stocking a segment of the pharmacy kit, wherein the one or more rules are associated with a pharmacy item that forms at least a portion of the pharmacy kit and each of the one or more rules identify at least a pharmacy item concentration for the pharmacy item;
causing an antenna coupled to a pharmacy kit container to emit a radio signal at least within the pharmacy kit container;
receiving, in response to the antenna emitting the radio signal, a plurality of unique identifiers corresponding to a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags located within the pharmacy kit container, the plurality of RFID tags coupled to a plurality of pharmacy item containers configured to temporarily store different groups of a pharmacy item,
wherein the pharmacy kit container provides electromagnetic shielding,
wherein a first RFID tag of the plurality of RFID tags is coupled to a first pharmacy item container of the plurality of pharmacy item containers, and
wherein the first RFID tag is associated with a first pharmacy data of a first pharmacy item, the first pharmacy data comprising at least an identifier of the first pharmacy item and a concentration of the first pharmacy item;
determining, based on pharmacy data associated with the plurality of RFID tags, one or more deficiencies in the segment;
determining a plurality of fill options for one of the one or more deficiencies based at least in part on the one or more rules and the received plurality of unique identifiers; and
causing a display to display information associated with the one or more deficiencies and the plurality of fill options.