Testing-dependent administration of a nutraceutical

• US 20070150306A1
• Filed: 11/30/2005
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Persephone Biome, Inc.
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Malamud, Mark, Tegreene, Clarence, Lord, Robert, Levien, Royce, Rinaldo, John, K.Y. Jung, Edward, Wood, Lowell
• Granted Patent: US 8,532,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A method, system, and computer program product are described for receiving a test result of a state of a subject and indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a test result of a state of a subject; and

indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

receiving an indication of a nominal quantity of the nutraceutical within each of one or more delivery units.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

receiving an indication of a visible attribute of the subject as the test result.

45. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

receiving the test result electronically from a local test site.

46. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

receiving the test result via a local user interface.

47. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

receiving the test result via a communication network.

53. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

storing at least a portion of the regimen locally before receiving the test result.

60. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

displaying a cost relating to the regimen.

62. The method of claim 1, wherein indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

displaying a performance ratio of the regimen relating to a potential result of following the regimen.

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83. A system comprising:

means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject; and

means for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

94. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for receiving a behavioral observation about the subject as the test result.

96. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for configuring a test site.

98. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

means for digitally indicating the amount via a display after receiving a validation.

100. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

means for suggesting an order at least partly based on the amount.

111. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

means for receiving a query identifying at least one of the nutraceutical or a symptom.

118. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

means for retrieving at least a portion of the regimen at least partly based on one or more attributes of the subject.

123. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for receiving biometric data for identifying the subject.

124. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for authenticating a received security code.

145. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for receiving the test result within a system from a testing site within the system.

147. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for responding to an indication of an abnormality.

156. The system of claim 83, wherein the means for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

means for obtaining a temperature measurement as the test result.

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163. A system comprising:

circuitry for receiving a test result of a state of a subject; and

a module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

164. The system of claim 163, wherein the circuitry for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

logic for prompting the test result by requesting a test that partly depends on a medical history of the subject.

167. The system of claim 163, wherein the circuitry for receiving a test result of a state of a subject comprises:

logic for storing the test result with other medical history data of the subject.

168. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

logic for selecting the amount of the nutraceutical partly based on a medical history of the subject.

169. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

logic for determining the amount of the nutraceutical responsive to test data from one or more other members of a population that includes the subject.

170. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

logic for receiving an indication of a nominal quantity of the nutraceutical within each of one or more delivery units.

173. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

a display configured for graphically indicating the amount of the nutraceutical.

175. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

the module, operable to receive input from an inventory manager.

177. The system of claim 163, wherein the module for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen comprises:

a sensor operable for performing a test for obtaining the test result.

178. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

a sensor operable for obtaining the test result.

179. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

a link to a network.

180. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

circuitry for accessing an online nutraceutical research resource remotely.

183. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

circuitry for communicating with a consultant remotely.

184. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

circuitry for communicating with a test site.

186. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

a test site operable to receive a fluid sample.

187. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

a test site operable to receive a tissue sample.

188. The system of claim 163, further comprising:

a test site operable to receive a sample in contact with a reagent.

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189. A system comprising:

a computing device; and

one or more instructions that when executed on the computing device cause the computing device to perform at least one of

receiving a test result of a state of a subject; and

indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

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197. A computer program product comprising:

a signal-bearing medium bearing at least one of

one or more instructions for receiving a test result of a state of a subject; and

one or more instructions for indicating an amount of a nutraceutical partly based on the test result and partly based on a regimen.

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