| US 11,798,668 B1 | ||
| Systems and methods for a numeric waiting bin for prescription fulfillment | ||
| Nathaniel D. Gilman, Groton, CT (US); Christopher J. Goody, Mapleville, RI (US); Kyle J. McGrath, Kingstown, RI (US); Jeffrey Swindling, Smithfield, RI (US); Jared P. Tancrelle, Smithfield, RI (US); and Li Mei Zhang, Dedham, MA (US) | ||
| Assigned to CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Woonsocket, RI (US) | ||
| Filed by CVS Pharmacy, Inc., Woonsocket, RI (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/588,272. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 62/740,025, filed on Oct. 2, 2018. | ||
| Int. Cl. G16H 20/13 (2018.01); A61J 1/00 (2023.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2023.01); G06Q 10/08 (2023.01) | ||
| CPC G16H 20/13 (2018.01) [A61J 1/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06Q 10/087 (2013.01); A61J 2205/30 (2013.01); A61J 2205/50 (2013.01)] | 12 Claims |
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1. A system comprising:
a plurality of physical bins configured to receive and store prescriptions for customer pick-up; and a computing system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory; and
a numeric waiting bin engine stored in the at least one memory and executable by the at least one processor to:
receive a plurality of bin configuration values, wherein the bin configuration values include:
a number of bins value; and
a preferred capacity value;
store the plurality of bin configuration values in a bin configuration file in non-volatile storage;
assign a plurality of serial identifiers to the plurality of physical bins using the bin configuration values, wherein each physical bin of the plurality of physical bins receives a unique serial identifier from the plurality of serial identifiers;
selectively assign a slot serial identifier from the plurality of serial identifiers to a selected prescription, wherein the selected prescription has a size value and the size value is less than the preferred capacity value; and
display, responsive to a request for the selected prescription, the slot serial identifier for the selected prescription on a graphical user interface of the computing system.
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