Health and wellbeing monitoring and advisory system
First Claim
1. A health and wellbeing advisory system, including:
- a central database which holds information and data relating to a specific user, and information relating to health and wellbeing parameters, the central database being contactable by a transmitter used by a user, which transmitter is able to transmit information relating to a user to the database;
processing means for receiving the user information and determining a response to the user information based on the data relating to the specific user and/or the information relating to the health and wellbeing parameters; and
return transmitting means for transmitting a response back to the user'"'"'s transmitter.
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Abstract
A health and wellbeing system is disclosed which has particular application to monitoring dietary intake. The system includes a user mobile telephone (15) which a user uses to transmit information relating to food products to be consumed by a user or other health related issues to a database (12) and processor (14) at a remote location. The database (12) maintains data relating to the user, and which is personal to the user, as well as general data which relates to dietary content of food products and other health and wellbeing parameters. Upon transmission of information from the user mobile telephone (15) by SMS message to the database (12), the processing section (14) determines an appropriate response based on the specific user data stored in the database section (12a) and/or general information stored in the database section (12b), and transmits a message back to the user by way of SMS message to the telephone (15). The information supplied may relate to advice as to whether the user should consume a food product, undertake a specific activity or may contain general information as to the user'"'"'s progress with a health and wellbeing program.
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26 Claims
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1. A health and wellbeing advisory system, including:
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a central database which holds information and data relating to a specific user, and information relating to health and wellbeing parameters, the central database being contactable by a transmitter used by a user, which transmitter is able to transmit information relating to a user to the database;
processing means for receiving the user information and determining a response to the user information based on the data relating to the specific user and/or the information relating to the health and wellbeing parameters; and
return transmitting means for transmitting a response back to the user'"'"'s transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A diet monitoring system, including:
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a mobile telephone for communicating with a central facility to provide a communication signal, and having input means for input of information relating to a food product to be consumed; and
a central facility having;
(i) memory means for storing a databank of data relating to food products and characteristics of those food products and information and data relating to a specific user;
(ii) receiving means for receiving the communication signal;
(iii)processing means for receiving the communication signal and processing the signal so that the characteristic of a food product to be consumed by the specific user can be determined from the memory means and stored to provide a measure of the consumption of the particular characteristic in a given time period; and
(iv) transmitter means for transmitting information relating to the food to be consumed back to the mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A diet monitoring system including:
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a mobile telephone for transmitting information and receiving a response;
memory means for storing data relating to a plurality of food products and characteristics of those food products;
input means associated with the telephone for receiving data relating to a food to be consumed by a user and transmitting that data by a mobile telephone call;
processing means for comparing the data received by the input means with the data stored in the memory so as to extract from the memory an amount of at least one of the characteristics of the food the consumer is to consume, and transmitting the response to the mobile telephone; and
display means associated with the telephone for displaying that response. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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