Interactive dieting and exercise system

• US 20060074279A1
• Filed: 09/29/2004
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Evgeny Brover
• Original Assignee: Evgeny Brover
• Inventors: Brover, Evgeny
• Application Number:
  US10/951,779
• Publication Number:
  US 20060074279A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A system for providing a user with a diet and exercise program and on-line support, comprises: a central server having a diet and exercise model, a database of personal profiles of a plurality of users, a communication unit for communicating with said plurality of users over a network, an advice calculator unit for using said diet and exercise model together with respective personal profiles to plan a personalized diet and exercise program for a given user, and a scheduler for scheduling sending of details of said program to said remote user via said communication unit, thereby to provide said user with a time-based diet and exercise program. Additionally, a query unit provides a facility for allowing the user to make on-line queries of the database. Queries may range from asking about nutritional values of given foods to requesting modifications of the diet and exercise program.

Claims

1. A system for diet and exercise comprising:

a central server having a diet and exercise model,

a database of personal profiles of a plurality of users,

a communication unit for communicating with said plurality of users over a network,

an advice calculator unit for using said diet and exercise model together with respective personal profiles to plan a personalized diet and exercise program for a given user,

an interaction unit for obtaining at least one query from said given user, using said query with said diet and exercise model and said corresponding personal profile to provide a modification to said personalized diet and exercise program, and sending said modified advice to said communication unit for communication to said remote user.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a scheduler for scheduling sending of details of said program to said remote user via said communication unit, thereby to provide said user with a time-based diet and exercise program.

3. The system of claim 1, configured to operate in conjunction with at least one sensor based system at a user to provide a diet and exercise program modified in light of output data of said sensor-based system.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein said scheduler is user reprogrammable via said communication unit to provide a customized user schedule.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via an IP-based network.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via web-based forms.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via at least one of a group comprising text messaging, voice mail, a voice interactive system and multi-media messaging (MMS).

8. The system of claim 7, wherein said communication unit is configured for SMS messaging via a cellular telephony network.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via an Interactive TV network.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via the public switched telephone network.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points based system in which food is assigned points in a first polarity and exercise is assigned points in a second polarity, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said total is determined from said personal profile according to predefined criteria in said model.

13. The system of claim 12, comprising a plurality of daily menus for each one of a plurality of totals.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein there is provided at least fifty menus for each of said plurality of totals.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising a learning engine for recognizing patterns from user interactions to modify said menus for a given user.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity and different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-and-constraints-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity, different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity, and constraints are set of at least one of a maximum of exercise points, and points required from different kinds of food, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile and further calculates at least one of a personal menu and a personal exercise program using said totals and said constraints.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a learning engine to recognize patterns from query information from a given user to modify said at least one of a personal menu and a personal exercise program.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-and-constraints-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity, different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity, and constraints are set of at least one of a maximum of exercise points, and points required from different kinds of food, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile and further calculates both a personal menu and a personal exercise program using said totals and said constraints.

20. A system for diet and exercise comprising:

a central server having a diet and exercise model,

a database of personal profiles of a plurality of users,

a communication unit for communicating with said plurality of users over a network,

an advice calculator unit for using said diet and exercise model together with respective personal profiles to plan a personalized diet and exercise program for a given user, and

a scheduler for scheduling sending of details of said program to said remote user via said communication unit, thereby to provide said user with a time-based diet and exercise program.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein said scheduler is user reprogrammable via said communication unit to provide a customized user schedule.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via an IP-based network.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via web-based forms.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein said communication unit is configured for communication via messaging.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said communication unit is configured for for at least one of a group comprising text messaging, voice mail, a voice interactive system and multi-media messaging (MMS) via a cellular telephony network.

26. The system of claim 20, wherein said communication network is configured for communicating via the public switched telephone network.

27. The system of claim 20, wherein said communication network is configured for communicating via an interactive television network.

28. The system of claim 20, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points based system in which food is assigned points in a first polarity and exercise is assigned points in a second polarity, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein said total is determined from said personal profile according to predefined criteria in said model.

30. The system of claim 29, comprising a plurality of daily menus for each one of a plurality of totals.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein there is provided at least fifty menus for each of said plurality of totals.

32. The system of claim 30, further comprising a learning engine for recognizing patterns from user interactions to modify said menus for a given user.

33. The system of claim 20, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity and different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile.

34. The system of claim 20, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-and-constraints-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity, different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity, and constraints are set of at least one of a maximum of exercise points, and points required from different kinds of food, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile and further calculates at least one of a personal menu and a personal exercise program using said totals and said constraints.

35. The system of claim 34, further comprising a learning engine configured to additionally use past query information from a given user to modify said at least one of a personal menu and a personal exercise program.

36. The system of claim 20, wherein said dieting and exercise model comprises a points-and-constraints-based system in which different kinds and portion sizes of food are assigned points in a first polarity, different kinds, levels and durations of exercise are assigned points in a second, opposite polarity, and constraints are set of at least one of a maximum of exercise points, and points required from different kinds of food, and said advice calculator totals food and exercise to a total determined from a respective personal profile and further calculates both a personal menu and a personal exercise program using said totals and said constraints.

37. An Interactive system for diet and exercise comprising:

a user profile builder for obtaining information from a user and building a profile of data from said user relevant to diet and exercise;

a diet and exercise model for utilizing said profile to assign a given user with a score indicating nutritional need;

a database of nutritional plans associated with different scores;

a database of exercise plans;

a personalization unit for assigning a given user with a combined nutritional and exercise plan;

a scheduler for scheduling notifications to users of their respective plans;

a query unit for receiving queries from respective users and responding with requested data or with modifications to said plans; and

a learning unit for discerning patterns in queries of respective users and using said patterns to modify said nutritional plans to provide a set of customized nutritional plans for said respective users.

38. The system of claim 37, wherein said combined nutritional and exercise plan is in accordance with a user respective score.

39. The system of claim 37, wherein said users are remotely connected thereto by an IP-based network.

40. The system of claim 37, wherein said users are remotely connected thereto via a cellular telephony network.

41. The system of claim 37, wherein said users are remotely connected thereto via an interactive television network.

42. The system of claim 37, wherein said users are remotely connected thereto via the public switched telephone network.

43. A method for interactive support for users for a diet and exercise program comprising:

providing an electronic diet and exercise model,

providing a database of personal profiles of a plurality of remote users,

providing a communication unit for communicating with said plurality of remote users over a network,

using said diet and exercise model together with respective personal profiles to plan a personalized diet and exercise program for a given remote user,

obtaining at least one query from said given remote user,

using said query with said diet and exercise model and said corresponding personal profile to provide a modification to said personalized diet and exercise program, and

sending said modified advice to said remote user.

44. A method for interactive support of users in a diet and exercise program comprising:

providing an electronic diet and exercise model,

constructing a database of personal profiles of a plurality of remote users,

communicating with said plurality of remote users over a network,

using said electronic diet and exercise model together with respective personal profiles to plan a personalized diet and exercise program for a given user, and

scheduling sending of details of said program to said remote user thereby to provide said user with a time-based diet and exercise program.

45. A method for interactive support of users in a diet and exercise program comprising:

obtaining information from a user and building a profile of data from said user relevant to diet and exercise;

utilizing said profile to assign a given user with a score indicating nutritional need;

providing a database of nutritional plans associated with different scores;

providing a database of exercise plans;

assigning a given user with a combined nutritional and exercise plan based on a corresponding score;

scheduling notifications to users of their respective plans;

receiving queries from respective users and responding with requested data or with modifications to said plans; and

discerning patterns in queries of respective users, and

using said patterns to modify said nutritional plans to provide a set of customized nutritional plans for said respective users.