System and method for optimized dietary menu planning
First Claim
1. A method of creating an optimized dietary menu for an individual, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving personal characteristics of the individual;
(b) receiving a desired physiological change rate for the individual;
(c) calculating dietary constraints, said dietary constraints being based upon said personal characteristics and said desired physiological change rate;
(d) receiving food preferences for the individual;
(e) creating the optimized dietary menu comprising a plurality of food items, and said food items being selected on the basis of said dietary constraints and said food preferences for the individual; and
(f) outputting said optimized dietary menu.
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Abstract
A dietary menu planning system. The dietary menu planning system receives personal characteristics and food preferences for an individual. The personal characteristics includes a desired physiological rate of change for the individual. Based on the physiological rate of change and other personal characteristics, a set of dietary constraints is developed for the individual. A dietary menu plan is created for the individual including food items selected by the individual and with quantities determined to maximize the food preferences of the individual while satisfying the dietary constraints. The creation of the dietary menu plan includes applying an optimization function to maximize the food preferences. The dietary menu planning system is implemented as a stand-alone application for a computer or as a networked-system, for example, as a fee-for-service basis through the Internet.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of creating an optimized dietary menu for an individual, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving personal characteristics of the individual;
(b) receiving a desired physiological change rate for the individual;
(c) calculating dietary constraints, said dietary constraints being based upon said personal characteristics and said desired physiological change rate;
(d) receiving food preferences for the individual;
(e) creating the optimized dietary menu comprising a plurality of food items, and said food items being selected on the basis of said dietary constraints and said food preferences for the individual; and
(f) outputting said optimized dietary menu. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for creating optimized dietary menu planning for an individual, said dietary menu planning system comprising:
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(a) a user interface for receiving personal characteristics and food preferences for individual;
(b) memory for storing said personal characteristics and said food preferences;
(c) a food items database, said food items database including a plurality of food items;
(d) a component operable to generate dietary constraints from said personal characteristics;
(e) a component to create a dietary menu, said component being operable to select a plurality of food items and quantities of said food items for said dietary menu from said food items database wherein said selected food items maximize the food preferences of the individual and satisfy said dietary constraints; and
(f) a component operable to output said dietary menu to the individual. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for providing a dietary menu optimized for a client, said method comprising:
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storing personal information for the client, including information on personal characteristics for the client and information for a desired physiological rate of change for the client;
storing food preferences for the client;
calculating dietary constraints for the client, said dietary constraints being based upon said personal characteristics information and said dietary constraints information;
providing a dietary menu to the client, said dietary menu being based on the calculated dietary constraints and the food preferences. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method for selling dietary menus, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing information for a plurality of clients, said information including, identification information, personal characteristics and a desired physiological change rate;
storing information on a plurality of food items;
receiving a request to purchase a dietary menu plan, the request including identification information for the client;
receiving payment from the client;
storing preferences of the client for said food items;
calculating dietary constraints for the client based on said personal characteristics and said desired physiological change rate;
generating a dietary menu comprising a plurality of said food items, said food items being selected on the basis of said dietary constraints and said preferences of the client. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer-readable signal embodied in a carrier wave, said carrier wave comprising:
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(a) a dietary menu plan code segment; and
(b) said dietary menu plan code segment comprising a plurality of food items, said food items satisfying dietary constraints for an individual, and said food items maximizing food preferences of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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