Ingestible event marker data framework

Abstract

The ingestible event marker data framework provides a uniform, comprehensive framework to enable various functions and utilities related to ingestible event marker data (IEM data). The functions and utilities include data and/or information having an aspect of data derived from, collected by, aggregated by, or otherwise associated with, an ingestion event.

1 . A system comprising:
 ingestible event marker data;   a hub to receive the ingestible event marker data; and   at least one ingestible event marker data system to receive, directly or indirectly, the ingestible event marker data from the hub.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible event marker data is generated by an ingestible event marker device. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible event marker device comprises an ingestible event marker and a receiver. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver comprises a personal signal receiver. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the ingestible event marker data is associated with a unique identifier of an individual. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the hub comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a base station, a personal communication device, and a mobile telephone. 
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the base station comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, and an intelligent device/appliance. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the personal communication device comprises a mobile computer. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one ingestible event marker data system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of: a feedback loop system, a decision support system, an auto refill system, patient tools, a behavioral medicine system, an incentive system, personalized commercial products/services, an auto billing system, a tracking system, an interdiction system, a subscription system, an ingestible event marker data collection, an approval system, a forecasting system, a financial system, an ingestible event marker data phone system, and a social network system. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one ingestible event marker data system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a computer, a receiver, a transmitter, an application, a data storage medium, a processor, a memory component, a personal communication device, software, and a mobile telephone. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an ingestible event marker data source to at least one of generate at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data and transmit at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the ingestible event marker data source is selected from a group consisting essentially of an ingestible event marker data source device, a product, an event, a patient specific parameter, an ingestible event marker data algorithm, and a storage repository. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one commercial system associated with at least one of the ingestible event marker data, the hub, and at least one of the ingestible event marker data systems. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the commercial system comprises at least one element selected from a group consisting essentially of a healthcare system, a pharmacy system, a pharmaceutic system, a university system, a financial transaction system, a physician system, a family caregiver system, a web community, a regulatory agency system, and a wholesaler/retailer system. 
     
     
         17 . A method comprising:
 receiving, via a hub, ingestible event marker data; and   communicating, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17  in a form of a machine-readable medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, causes the machine to perform the method of  claim 17 . 
     
     
         21 . An article comprising:
 a storage medium having instructions, that when executed by a computing platform, result in execution of a method communicating ingestible event marker data via an ingestible event marker framework, comprising:
 receiving, via a hub, the ingestible event marker data; and 
 communicating, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system. 
   
     
     
         22 . The article of  claim 21 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event. 
     
     
         23 . The article of  claim 21 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event. 
     
     
         24 . A system comprising:
 a receive module to receive, via a hub, ingestible event marker data; and   a communicate module to communicate, via the hub, at least a portion of the ingestible event marker data to at least one ingestible event marker data system.   
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 24 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about an ingestion event. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 25 , wherein the ingestible event marker data comprises information about a response to an ingestion event.