The present invention relates to a multi-functional package system. This
integrated package system integrates the aspects authentication,
prompting the consumer to consume a product from the package as per a
prescribed plan including appropriate patient feedback from clinical
trials and/or collection of pharmacovigilance data, real time recording
of the history of product dispensed from the package,
communicating/interacting with an external device, establishing and
converting the package into a non-authentic package after the validity
period/expiry period has elapsed or the package has been tampered with or
after the entire contents of the package has been dispensed. This
multi-functional capability is achieved by the synergistic combination of
a tailored coupling/decoupling of the dispensing system, product sensing
system, data processing system and communicating/interacting with an
external device/system along with the unique identification information
provided on the package.