Patents by Inventor Karl E. Meehan

Karl E. Meehan 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: 6891946
    Abstract: A method of automatically routing a telephone call in a pharmacy, comprising the steps of: activating a telephone when a pharmacy employee signs onto a workstation; identifying a position type for the pharmacy employee, wherein the position type is associated with a set of functions available to the pharmacy employee; assigning a phone priority to the pharmacy employee after the pharmacy employee signs onto the workstation; identifying a type of phone call associated with a caller; evaluating a set of resources available to handle the type of phone call; directing the caller to an available pharmacy employee having the position type preferred to handle the call type and having the highest phone priority; placing the caller in a hierarchical holding cue if no pharmacy employee having the position preferred to handle the call type is available until a pharmacy employee having the position type preferred to handle the call type becomes available; and deactivating the telephone when the pharmacy employee signs of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Walgreen, Co.
    Inventors: Dejan Kozic, Karl E. Meehan
  • Publication number: 20040172289
    Abstract: A method and a system for remotely verifying a prescription are described herein. In particular, a first site may provide prescription information based on a prescription of a patient to a second site. The prescription information is inputted by a staff member at the first site. The second site is remotely located from the first site and operatively coupled to the first site. The first site may also provide a prescription image based on the prescription so that a pharmacist at the second site may review and compare the prescription information and the prescription image. Further, the first site may provide medical information associated with the patient to the second site so that the pharmacist at the second site may review and determine a condition suggesting a potential for an adverse effect on the patient by the drugs based on the medical information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventors: Dejan Kozic, Karl E. Meehan, Dianne Isley, Li Ding, Mike Simko
  • Publication number: 20030142810
    Abstract: A method of automatically routing a telephone call in a pharmacy, comprising the steps of: activating a telephone when a pharmacy employee signs onto a workstation; identifying a position type for the pharmacy employee, wherein the position type is associated with a set of functions available to the pharmacy employee; assigning a phone priority to the pharmacy employee after the pharmacy employee signs onto the workstation; identifying a type of phone call associated with a caller; evaluating a set of resources available to handle the type of phone call; directing the caller to an available pharmacy employee having the position type preferred to handle the call type and having the highest phone priority; placing the caller in a hierarchical holding cue if no pharmacy employee having the position preferred to handle the call type is available until a pharmacy employee having the position type preferred to handle the call type becomes available; and deactivating the telephone when the pharmacy employee signs of
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Dejan Kozic, Karl E. Meehan