System for facilitating weight control embodied on hand-held computing device
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said system comprising:
- a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon, the weight control software executing on said hand-held computing device maintaining a meal plan for the user, said hand-held computing device comprising;
a memory unit operable to store data associated with the meal plan;
an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software through said hand-held computing device and to manipulate the meal plan; and
a display operable to present the meal plan to the user.
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Abstract
A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user includes a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon for maintaining a meal plan for the user. The hand-held computing device includes a comprehensive information database having comprehensive information relating to a plurality of at least one of foods, exercises and meals stored thereon, a favorites information database having favorites information relating to at least one of favorite foods, favorite exercises and favorite meals of the user stored thereon, the favorites information being a subset of the comprehensive information, a display operable to present to the user the meal plan and the favorites information, and an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software in order to select at least one favorite food, favorite exercise or favorite meal from the favorites information so as to manipulate the meal plan.
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34 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said system comprising:
a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon, the weight control software executing on said hand-held computing device maintaining a meal plan for the user, said hand-held computing device comprising;
a memory unit operable to store data associated with the meal plan;
an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software through said hand-held computing device and to manipulate the meal plan; and
a display operable to present the meal plan to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
- 19. A system for facilitating control of body weight of a user, said system comprising a hand-held computing device operable to execute a software program having a plurality of software elements operable to facilitate control of body weight of the user, the software elements operable to facilitate control of body weight of the user utilizing at least two sources of input, a first input source being a planned set of food items to be consumed based on a current weight of the user and a second input source being an actual set of food items consumed by the user, the software elements further operable to receive updated weight of the user and to alter the planned set of food items for future food item consumption based at least in part upon the received updated weight of the user.
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23. A method for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said method comprising the steps of:
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maintaining a meal plan for the user with weight control software executing on a hand-held computing device;
storing data associated with the meal plan on a memory unit of the hand-held computing device;
providing an interface, via an input/output device of the hand-held computing device, for the user to operate the weight control software through the hand-held computing device and to manipulate the meal plan; and
presenting the meal plan to the user via a display of the hand-held computing device. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said system comprising:
a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon, said hand-held computing device comprising;
a comprehensive information database having comprehensive information relating to a plurality of at least one of foods, exercises and meals stored thereon;
a favorites information database having favorites information relating to at least one of favorite foods, favorite exercises and favorite meals of the user stored thereon, the favorites information being a subset of the comprehensive information;
a display operable to present to the user the favorites information without also presenting to the user portions of the comprehensive information which do not also comprise favorites information; and
an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software through said hand-held computing device in order to select at least one favorite food, favorite exercise or favorite meal from the favorites information. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing comprehensive information relating to a plurality of at least one of foods, exercises and meals on a comprehensive information database of a hand-held computing device;
storing favorites information relating to at least one of favorite foods, favorite exercises and favorite meals of the user on a favorites information database of the hand-held computing device, the favorites information being a subset of the comprehensive information;
presenting to the user, via a display on the hand-held computing device, the favorites information without also presenting to the user portions of the comprehensive information which do not also comprise favorites information; and
providing an interface for the user to, through input/output device of the hand-held computing device, select at least one favorite food, favorite exercise or favorite meal from the favorites information. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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34. A system for facilitating the control of body weight of a user, said system comprising:
a hand-held computing device having weight control software executing thereon, the weight control software executing on said hand-held computing device maintaining a meal plan for the user, said hand-held computing device comprising;
a comprehensive information database having comprehensive information relating to a plurality of at least one of foods, exercises and meals stored thereon;
a favorites information database having favorites information relating to at least one of favorite foods, favorite exercises and favorite meals of the user stored thereon, the favorites information being a subset of the comprehensive information;
a display operable to present to the user the meal plan and the favorites information; and
an input/output device operable to provide an interface for the user to operate the weight control software through said hand-held computing device in order to select at least one favorite food, favorite exercise or favorite meal from the favorites information so as to manipulate the meal plan.
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