Patents Assigned to Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11789469
    Abstract: A package delivery system for delivering a plurality of packages with one or more unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a package receptacle to receive and store the plurality of packages. A charging station charges a plurality of UAV batteries which power the one or more UAVs. A UAV landing pad permits the one or more UAVs to land thereon. A loader loads a package of the plurality of packages and/or a UAV battery of the plurality of UAV batteries onto the UAVs when the UAVs are on the UAV landing pad. A transporter moves the packages and/or the UAV batteries s toward the loader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ciliberti, Jacob J. Reinhardt, Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11787578
    Abstract: The cleaner assembly is configured for cleaning an automated dispensing device is described herein. The cleaner assembly includes a pallet; a plurality of side walls enclosing an inner chamber; a blower configured to propel contaminants into said inner chamber; and at least one roller operably supported by and projecting above at least one of said side walls, said at least one roller being configured to scrape contaminants off of a base plate of the automated dispensing device and towards said blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig F. Mortimer
  • Patent number: 11779518
    Abstract: A container forming apparatus includes a plurality of forming members that have outer forming surfaces, which are shaped to form pockets in a sheet of material. A plurality of actuators are in mechanical connection with the forming members. The actuators are able to extend and retract the forming members. A controller is in electrical communication with the plurality of actuators. The controller is able to simultaneously extend any one or any combination of the forming members to create a plurality of pockets in a determined pattern in the sheet of material to produce a customized blister pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Davis, Kenneth G. Coulter, David C. Trice
  • Patent number: 11783186
    Abstract: Methods and systems for predicting drug directions of a prescription are described. In one embodiment, values of a plurality of required pharmacy elements of a corresponding prescription are received and pre-processed, the values are weighted, a machine learning model to be used by a plurality of machine learning algorithms in predicting drug directions of the prescription is created, and a plurality of drug directions of the prescription are predicted by executing the machine learning algorithms on the weighted values of the plurality of required pharmacy elements of the prescription.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Sudipto Dey, Pulla Reddy P. Yeduru
  • Patent number: 11779272
    Abstract: A wearable computing device for monitoring and facilitating prescription adherence by a patient is provided. The wearable computing device is in communication with an inventory management server. The wearable computing device includes a processor and a memory. The processor is configured to receive a set of prescription plan data including at least a prescription identifier and a prescription rate associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is further configured to determine an inventory level associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is also configured to determine, based at least on the prescription rate, a time value representing a period of time in which a patient is prescribed to take a pharmaceutical associated with the prescription identifier. The processor is additionally configured to present a prescription inventory indicator representing the inventory level. The processor is also configured to present a timer indicator representing the time value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Lazo
  • Patent number: 11783273
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle for retrieval and delivery of a medical package includes determining a thermal control period for the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying a relevant retrieval location corresponding to the medical package. The disclosure also includes identifying at least one environmental characteristic of an environment that includes a delivery three-dimensional flight path between the relevant retrieval location and a delivery location, wherein the at least one environmental characteristic indicates an actual weather value at the relevant retrieval location. The disclosure also includes determining whether to retrieve the medical package based on the thermal control period and the at least one environmental characteristic, using the unmanned aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: John Ciliberti
  • Patent number: 11776672
    Abstract: A method for dynamically scoring aspects of a data object includes receiving a first data object indicating and determining a first sum of a product of a first value and a first weight value plus a product of a second value and a second weight value and generating a first score based on a result of the first sum. The method also includes determining a second sum of a product of a third value and a third weight value plus a product of a fourth value and a fourth weight value and generating a second score based on a result of the second sum. The method also includes determining a first data object score for the first data object based on, at least, the first score, the second score, and a fifth value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: John C. Petch, Billeigh Barackman, Stephen J. Bergner, Christopher Greer
  • Patent number: 11775376
    Abstract: A method is provided for diagnosing probable root causes of anomalies in computing environments. The method is performed by an anomaly analytics server in networked communication with hosts. The method includes (a) receiving a topology map; (b) receiving event data associated with each host; (c) receiving an anomaly baseline defining thresholds for identifying an anomalous status in each host application; (d) analyzing the event data and the anomaly baseline to determine a host anomaly status for each host; (e) analyzing the host anomaly status and the topology map to determine a tier anomaly status for each of the host tiers; (f) identifying at least one host tier as a root cause host tier by processing the tier anomaly statuses and the set of tier dependencies; and (g) generating an alert identifying each root cause host tier as a probable root cause of an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason T. Graklanoff, Michael D. Trapani, Scott H. Reid, Raoul J. Paver, James Norberg, Jason A. Pinto
  • Patent number: 11772838
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical extractor and associated components and methods for removing pharmaceuticals from a plurality of containers. The extractor includes a plurality of holders. Each holder is configured to hold at least one container of the plurality of containers. Each holder is repeatedly cycled through a series of container operation locations of the pharmaceutical extractor. In the series of container operation locations, the holders receive containers, the containers are cut to form pharmaceutical outlets in the containers, pharmaceuticals are moved out of the pharmaceutical outlets, and empty containers are dropped by the holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11775824
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for receiving a data set that includes demographic data and population data; training, based on the data set, a neural network to establish a relationship between different physical layouts of messages and responses to the different physical layouts of the messages; applying the trained neural network to a user profile to predict a physical layout of a message; generating instructions for an electronic device based on the predicted physical layout of the message, the instructions comprising the message; and transmitting the instructions to the electronic device to create a physical label having a layout corresponding to the predicted physical layout of the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Andy Hahn, Thomas E. Henry, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11776673
    Abstract: A method includes capturing, by an image-capturing device, a one or more images of at least a portion of a pharmacy workstation. The method also includes identifying, by a processor in communication with the image capturing device, objects of interest in a first image of the one or more images and classifying, by the processor, the detected objects of interest using a convolutional neural network associated with the processor. The method also includes identifying, by the processor, a boundary defining an opening of a container in a second image of the one or more images. The method also includes updating, by the processor, an objects in container list based on a determination that at least one of the classified objects passed the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Myers, Ellen E. Seeser
  • Patent number: 11753245
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical container holder for holding pharmaceutical containers includes a receiver having an interior sized and shaped to receive and hold the pharmaceutical containers as a stack of pharmaceutical containers. The receiver has a removal location from which the pharmaceutical containers are removed from the receiver. A lift raises the pharmaceutical containers disposed in the interior of the receiver upward to move the pharmaceutical containers toward the removal location. A lift controller operates the lift to move the pharmaceutical containers upward toward the removal location after an upper-most pharmaceutical container of the stack of pharmaceutical containers has been removed from the removal location to move a subsequent upper-most pharmaceutical container of the stack of pharmaceutical containers to the removal location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Schultz, Edward E. West, Scott Walter
  • Patent number: 11747821
    Abstract: Methods and systems for prescription drug shipping selection are provided. The methods and systems include operations comprising: obtaining, by a server, activity data from a plurality of devices associated with a location, the activity data representing different types of activities that take place at the location over a threshold period of time; aggregating, by the server, the activity data to generate a location-based presence model for the location, the location-based presence model indicating likelihoods that a person is present at the location at a plurality of different time windows; and identifying, by the server, based on the location-based presence model, a time window for delivery of a perishable item to the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy B. Clise, Randy L. Canis
  • Patent number: 11741102
    Abstract: A query processing method includes receiving a query from a requestor. The query is directed to a first data model specifying multiple base data fields. The method includes determining a set of extension bindings for the first data model based on the query. Each binding specifies an extension to the first data model from a set of model extensions and specifies one of the base data fields of the first data model as a node at which the extension is added. The method includes generating a data object from base data values and extension data values according to an extended data model. The extended data model is defined by the first data model extended by, for each binding of the set, adding data fields from the specified extension to the first data model at the specified node. The method includes returning the data object to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Fuglsang, Robert W. Scanlon
  • Patent number: 11738948
    Abstract: Drug packets may be dispensed as a belt of drug packets. Machine-readable identifiers in the belt may be automatically read to identify drug packets and associate the drug packets with the received orders. The drug packets may be automatically inspected to confirm contents of the drug packets against the received orders. The belt may be automatically separated into segments of drug packets. Each of the segments may correspond to a supply period and each of the drug packets within each of the segments may correspond to a drug dose event for the multi-drug regimen within the supply period. The segments of the belt may be automatically accumulated into belt rolls such that, for each of the belt rolls, a first segment end is on an interior of the belt roll and a second segment end is on an exterior of the belt roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 11740952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system, including at least one processor and a memory component having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, including presenting data from a distributed network of data sources via a user interface of a user device, by identifying a set of frames associated with the user, the frames including data from the data sources loaded into frames of a container page, authenticating the set of frames, and generating the container page for display. Operations include facilitating secure communications between the authenticated frames of the container page, by receiving a message from one of the authenticated frames, verifying authenticated status of the sender frame, and transmitting the message to target frames. Operations further include presenting an updated version of the data from the data sources, based on the secure communications, by updating the container page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher L. Creighton, Jason M. Creighton, Michael S. Ha, Zachary Clark, Daniel J. Rueschhoff, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11738899
    Abstract: A pharmaceutical order filling system uses a physical parameter that occurs during attaching cap to a pharmaceutical container to determine if the cap is properly engaged. The physical parameter may be torque on the cap when placed on the container. An order processing device receives a pharmaceutical order and sends the order to a dispensing device that fills the container with a pharmaceutical in the pharmaceutical order. A cap device is configured to apply the cap the container containing the pharmaceutical from the dispensing device, wherein the cap device is configured to sense the physical parameter, e.g., torque, to the cap when applying the cap to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan W. Joplin
  • Patent number: 11734162
    Abstract: A computer system for testing a user interface (UI) includes a test execution module and an analysis module. The analysis module is configured to (i) analyze a state of the UI, (ii) in response to determining that the state satisfies criteria for a goal associated with the UI, output a success indicator, and (iii) in response to determining that the state does not satisfy the criteria, output a set of actions. The test execution module is configured to, in response to the output being the set of actions: execute an action from the set of actions; update a test distance, and supplement test data. The test execution module is further configured to (i) in response to the output being the success indicator, store the test distance and the test data in a collection of completed tests and (ii) determine a shortest path to the goal in the UI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher M. Myers
  • Patent number: 11728015
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a data access request at a computing system. The data access request is for completion of a first data processing task using the computing system. The method also includes accessing a plurality of first document types associated with a plurality of data processing tasks that include the first data processing task. The plurality of first document types indicates which of various subsets of data are required to complete the plurality of data processing tasks. The method also includes accessing a plurality of second document types that indicate assignments of the plurality of data processing tasks to a plurality of system requestors that includes the first system requestor, and executing the first data processing task based on the plurality of first document types and the plurality of second document types.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hutchison, Corinne M. Bradley-Pollack, Kevin Mulligan, Leah E. Sterman-Kabrt, Melissa Orlando, Laurie Littlecreek
  • Patent number: D999777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Express Scripts Strategic Development, Inc.
    Inventors: David Addis, Xin Lei, Sukyoung Lee, Seth Samuels, Bhavna Devani