Cell Phone Nutrition service

• US 20080034001A1
• Filed: 08/07/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Loretta G. Noel
• Original Assignee: Loretta G. Noel
• Inventors: Noel, Loretta G.
• Application Number:
  US11/835,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20080034001A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/104.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

A cellular phone-based nutrition information system. The cellular phone-based nutrition information system is designed to provide nutrition information to an end-user corresponding to the menu of a specified food service provider in order to allow the end-user to make informed decisions when ordering a meal through the use of a cellular phone communicating with a database providing nutrition information associated with food items offered by a food service provider.

Claims

1. A nutrition information system operating on a cellular service network for retrieving nutrition information about food items associated with a food service provider, said nutrition information system comprising:

a database system having at least one database storing customer information, menu information, and nutrition information, said customer information including a phone number as a unique identifier, said nutrition information including food items associated with a food service provider and nutritional information associated with said food items, said database system returning selected information upon receipt of a request;

a mobile client application adapted to run on a cellular phone, said mobile client application adapted to generate a dynamic menu using menu information retrieved from said database system, said mobile client application adapted to display said dynamic menu, said mobile client including an input device, said dynamic menu providing at least one option selectable using said input device, said mobile client application generating said request and forwarding said request to said database system over the cellular service network, said mobile client application receiving said selected information from said database system and displaying said selected information, and

a web portal providing an interface between said mobile client application and said database system, said web portal comprising a plurality of web pages presenting outputs to and receiving inputs from an end user.