Patents by Inventor Averill D. Gordon

Averill D. Gordon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11742066
    Abstract: A system to verify the identity of a recipient requesting fulfillment of a prescription for a pharmaceutical product includes a point-of-sale retail personal identification number entry device (pinpad) and a workstation that stop a transaction for the pharmaceutical product from proceeding in response to a request associated with a claim for dispensing the pharmaceutical product. A first input for data identifying a member of a rewards program is entered with the pinpad, and a second input for data identifying a recipient of the prescription is entered with the workstation. The workstation compares the data identifying the member of the rewards program against the data identifying the recipient of the prescription. If there is a match between the data identifying the member of the rewards program and the data identifying the recipient of the prescription, the pinpad and workstation allow the transaction for the pharmaceutical product to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Nicolet L. Leonardo, Averill D. Gordon, Ugochi C. Baker
  • Patent number: 10543152
    Abstract: A system, apparatus, and method for providing an auditing feature capable of verifying a prescription has been correctly dispensed by a pharmacy are disclosed. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to a system, apparatus, and/or method for automatically checking a customer's prescription information against known information related to the customer and/or the prescription contents in order to verify that the dispensed prescription is correct. It follows that an attentive and accurate dispensing process may be made available for a pharmacy to dispense prescriptions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Nichole R. Cotter, Donnamarie A. Christie, Averill D. Gordon
  • Patent number: 10503874
    Abstract: A system to verify the identity of a recipient requesting fulfillment of a prescription for a pharmaceutical product includes a point-of-sale retail personal identification number entry device (pinpad) and a workstation that stop a transaction for the pharmaceutical product from proceeding in response to a request associated with a claim for dispensing the pharmaceutical product. A first input for data identifying a member of a rewards program is entered with the pinpad, and a second input for data identifying a recipient of the prescription is entered with the workstation. The workstation compares the data identifying the member of the rewards program against the data identifying the recipient of the prescription. If there is a match between the data identifying the member of the rewards program and the data identifying the recipient of the prescription, the pinpad and workstation allow the transaction for the pharmaceutical product to proceed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: WALGREEN CO.
    Inventors: Nicolet L. Leonardo, Averill D. Gordon, Ugochi C. Baker