Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Medical professionals such as physicians, pharmacists, pharma cy technicians, etc. use shorthand abbreviations, commonly referred to as SIGs o r sig codes to specify directions for use of a medicine. Sig codes are commonly used to encode instructions for a patient to follow during a prescription regime n, and may be printed on packaging (e.g., in an information sheet accompanying a prescription, on a bottle, inhaler, etc.)