Computational systems and methods for monitoring medication events

1. A system for monitoring medication events relating to an individual, comprising:

circuitry for analyzing received data for an identifier of a first medication event for an individual;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute of an individual;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute relating to a medication during the first medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the first medication event;

circuitry for determining a compliance likelihood for the first medication event based on the analyses of the received data; and

circuitry for indicating the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for an identifier of a first medication event for an individual comprises:

circuitry for analyzing the received data for an identifier that includes at least one non-visual information feature.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute of the individual comprises:

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute of the individual;

circuitry for comparing the at least one attribute of the individual with a set of attribute parameters for an expected individual; and

circuitry for determining, based on the comparison, an attribute score for the at least one attribute of the individual.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute relating to a medication during the first medication event comprises:

circuitry for associating the identifier of the first medication event with an expected medication;

circuitry for retrieving one or more specific identifiers associated with the expected medication;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for the presence or absence of at least one of the one or more specific identifiers; and

circuitry for indicating the presence or absence of the expected medication based on the analysis.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

circuitry for identifying a visual information component of the received data;

circuitry for comparing the identified visual information component of the received data with at least one visual information parameter; and

circuitry for determining a likelihood of sufficiency for the visual information component of the received data based on the comparison.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

circuitry for analyzing the received data for the at least one feature of the non-visual information including auditory information.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

circuitry for identifying a non-visual information component of the received data;

circuitry for comparing the identified non-visual information component of the received data with at least one non-visual information parameter; and

circuitry for determining a likelihood of sufficiency for the non-visual information component of the received data based on the comparison.

8. The system of claim 1 , comprising:

circuitry for comparing the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event to a determined compliance likelihood for a second medication event for the individual;

circuitry for comparing the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event and the determined compliance likelihood for the second medication event to a compliance goal for the individual; and

circuitry for indicating the comparison.

9. The system of claim 1 , comprising:

circuitry for comparing the analyses with a set of standard analysis parameters for a standard medication event;

circuitry for determining, based on the comparison, if the analyses are within the standard analysis parameters for the standard medication event; and

circuitry for indicating the determination.

10. The system of claim 1 , comprising:

circuitry for analyzing received data for an identifier of a second medication event for the individual;

circuitry for analyzing received data for the at least one attribute of the individual;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for the at least one attribute relating to a medication during the second medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the second medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the second medication event;

circuitry for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the second medication event;

circuitry for determining the compliance likelihood for the second medication event based on the analyses of the received data; and

circuitry for indicating the determined compliance likelihood for the second medication event.

11. A computer-readable storage medium including executable instructions for monitoring medication events relating to an individual, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for analyzing received data for an identifier of a first medication event for an individual;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute of an individual;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute relating to a medication during the first medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the first medication event;

instructions for determining a compliance likelihood for the first medication event based on the analyses of the received data; and

instructions for indicating the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one attribute of the individual comprises:

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one attribute of the individual;

instructions for comparing the at least one attribute of the individual with a set of attribute parameters for an expected individual; and

instructions for determining, based on the comparison, an attribute score for the at least one attribute of the individual.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one attribute relating to the medication during the first medication event comprises:

instructions for associating the identifier of the first medication event with an expected medication;

instructions for retrieving one or more specific identifiers associated with the expected medication;

instructions for analyzing the received data for the presence or absence of at least one of the one or more specific identifiers; and

instructions for indicating the presence or absence of the expected medication based on the analysis.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

instructions for identifying a visual information component of the received data;

instructions for comparing the identified visual information component of the received data with at least one visual information parameter; and

instructions for determining a likelihood of sufficiency for the visual information component of the received data based on the comparison.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one feature of non-visual information including auditory information.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the first medication event comprises:

instructions for identifying a non-visual information component of the received data;

instructions for comparing the identified non-visual information component of the received data with at least one non-visual information parameter; and

instructions for determining a likelihood of sufficiency for the non-visual information component of the received data based on the comparison.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , comprising:

instructions for comparing the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event to a determined compliance likelihood for a second medication event for the individual;

instructions for comparing the determined compliance likelihood for the first medication event and the determined compliance likelihood for the second medication event to a compliance goal for the individual; and

instructions for indicating the comparison.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , comprising:

instructions for comparing the analyses with a set of standard analysis parameters for a standard medication event;

instructions for determining, based on the comparison, if the analyses are within the standard analysis parameters for the standard medication event; and

instructions for indicating the determination.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , comprising:

instructions for analyzing the received data for an identifier of a second medication event for the individual;

instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one attribute of the individual;

instructions for analyzing the received data for the at least one attribute relating to a medication during the second medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of visual information relating to the individual during the second medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for at least one feature of non-visual information relating to the individual during the second medication event;

instructions for analyzing the received data for a time associated with the second medication event;

instructions for determining a compliance likelihood for the second medication event based on the analyses of the received data; and

instructions for indicating the determined compliance likelihood for the second medication event.

20. A system for monitoring medication events, comprising:

circuitry for accepting data regarding a medication event for an individual;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more identifiers of the medication;

circuitry for comparing the one or more identifiers of the medication with a set of standard medication identifier parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more visual features of the medication event;

circuitry for comparing the one or more visual features of the medication event with a set of medication event parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more non-visual features of the medication event;

circuitry for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, a time associated with the medication event;

circuitry for comparing the time associated with the medication event with an expected medication event time for the individual; and

circuitry for saving the comparisons into a memory.

21. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for accepting data regarding the medication event for the individual comprises:

circuitry for accepting data originating from a plurality of devices.

22. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more visual features of the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting the one or more visual features over time.

23. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for comparing the one or more visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters comprises:

circuitry for determining, from a set of standard medication event visual features, at least one expected visual feature; and

circuitry for comparing the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual with the determined at least one expected visual feature.

24. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting the one or more non-visual features over time.

25. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting one or more audio features.

26. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting one or more near-infrared (IR) features.

27. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting one or more thermal features.

28. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters comprises:

circuitry for determining, from the set of standard medication event non-visual parameters, expected parameters for at least one expected non-visual feature; and

circuitry for comparing the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual with the expected parameters for at least one expected non-visual feature.

29. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the time associated with the medication event comprises:

circuitry for extracting a time interval associated with the medication event.

30. The system of claim 20 , wherein the circuitry for comparing the time associated with the medication event with the expected medication event time for the individual comprises:

circuitry for determining, from a set of standard medication event times, at least one expected medication event time; and

circuitry for comparing the extracted time associated with the medication event with the determined at least one expected medication event time.

31. The system of claim 20 , comprising:

circuitry for accepting data regarding a second medication event for the individual;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more identifiers of the medication;

circuitry for comparing the one or more identifiers of the medication with a set of standard medication identifier parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more visual features of the medication event;

circuitry for comparing the one or more visual features of the second medication event with a set of medication event parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more non-visual features of the second medication event;

circuitry for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the second medication event with the set of medication event parameters;

circuitry for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, a time associated with the second medication event;

circuitry for comparing the time associated with the second medication event with an expected second medication event time for the individual; and

circuitry for saving the comparisons associated with the second medication event into a memory.

32. A computer-readable storage medium including executable instructions for monitoring medication events relating to an individual, the computer-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for accepting data regarding a medication event for an individual;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more identifiers of the medication;

instructions for comparing the one or more identifiers of the medication with a set of standard medication identifier parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more visual features of the medication event;

instructions for comparing the one or more visual features of the medication event with a set of medication event parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, one or more non-visual features of the medication event;

instructions for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, a time associated with the medication event;

instructions for comparing the time associated with the medication event with an expected medication event time for the individual; and

instructions for saving the comparisons into a memory.

33. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for accepting data regarding the medication event for the individual comprises:

instructions for accepting data originating from a plurality of devices.

34. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more visual features of the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting one or more visual features over time.

35. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for comparing the one or more visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters comprises:

instructions for determining, from a set of standard medication event visual features, at least one expected visual feature; and

instructions for comparing the accepted data regarding a medication event for the individual with the determined at least one expected visual feature.

36. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting one or more non-visual features over time.

37. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting one or more audio features.

38. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting one or more near-infrared (IR) features.

39. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the one or more non-visual features of the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting one or more thermal features.

40. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the medication event with the set of medication event parameters comprises:

instructions for determining, from a set of standard medication event non-visual parameters, expected parameters for at least one expected non-visual feature; and

instructions for comparing the accepted data regarding a medication event for the individual with the expected parameters for at least one expected non-visual feature.

41. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the medication event for the individual, the time associated with the medication event comprises:

instructions for extracting a time interval associated with the medication event.

42. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , wherein the instructions for comparing the time associated with the medication event with the expected medication event time for the individual comprises:

instructions for determining, from a set of standard medication event times, at least one expected medication event time; and

instructions for comparing the extracted time associated with the medication event with the determined at least one expected medication event time.

43. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 32 , comprising:

instructions for accepting data regarding a second medication event for the individual;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more identifiers of the medication;

instructions for comparing the one or more identifiers of the medication with the set of standard medication identifier parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more visual features of the medication event;

instructions for comparing the one or more visual features of the second medication event with the set of medication event parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, one or more non-visual features of the second medication event;

instructions for comparing the one or more non-visual features of the second medication event with the set of medication event parameters;

instructions for extracting, from the accepted data regarding the second medication event for the individual, a time associated with the second medication event;

instructions for comparing the time associated with the second medication event with an expected second medication event time for the individual; and

instructions for saving the comparisons associated with the second medication event into a memory.