Weight management system with simple data input
First Claim
1. A weight management system comprising:
- a personal card with a code, the code identifying a user to a cash register and being related to a user IDa cash register, a user client and a weight management module, coupled via a wide area network, the cash register being coupled to the weight management module via the wide area network for sending, when the user pays a food item, corresponding food intake information and the user ID to a weight management module, the user client being arranged for obtaining a calorie balance from the weight management module and comprising output means for providing the calorie balance to the user, and the weight management module comprising;
a food information system for storing respective calorie content for a plurality of food items,a calorie intake component, coupled to the food information system, for calculating an amount of calories taken by the user based on the received food intake information, anda calorie balance component, coupled to the calorie intake component, for calculating a calorie balance for the user, based on the amount of calories taken by the user.
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Abstract
A weight management system comprises a cash register (CRS), a user client (UC) and a weight management module (WM), coupled via a wide area network (WAN). A user has a personal card (PC) with a code, the code identifying the user to the cash register and being related to a user ID. The cash register system (CRS) is arranged for sending, when the user pays the food item, corresponding food intake information and the user ID to the weight management module (WM). The weight management module (WM) comprises a food information system, a calorie intake component and a calorie balance component. The food information system stores a respective calorie content for a plurality of food items. The calorie intake component is coupled to the food information system and calculates an amount of calories taken by the user based on the received food intake information.
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19 Claims
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1. A weight management system comprising:
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a personal card with a code, the code identifying a user to a cash register and being related to a user ID a cash register, a user client and a weight management module, coupled via a wide area network, the cash register being coupled to the weight management module via the wide area network for sending, when the user pays a food item, corresponding food intake information and the user ID to a weight management module, the user client being arranged for obtaining a calorie balance from the weight management module and comprising output means for providing the calorie balance to the user, and the weight management module comprising; a food information system for storing respective calorie content for a plurality of food items, a calorie intake component, coupled to the food information system, for calculating an amount of calories taken by the user based on the received food intake information, and a calorie balance component, coupled to the calorie intake component, for calculating a calorie balance for the user, based on the amount of calories taken by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A weight management system comprising:
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a cash register system which reads user IDs from personal cards, food identifications which identify food items purchased, and credit card information and which includes an output for outputting the user IDs, food identifications, and credit card information to a wide area network; a weight management module connected to the wide area network which receives the user IDs and food identifications from the cash register system, the weight management module including;
a food information system which stores at least calorie content of the food items identified by the food identifications, a calorie intake component which calculates an amount of calories taken by the user based on the calorie contents from the food information system of the food items output by the cash register system with the ID of a selected user, and a calorie balance component which compares the calculated amount of calories taken with a calorie budget and calculates a calorie balance based on the comparison; anda plurality of wireless user client devices each associated with a corresponding user ID and connected with the wide area network, each user client device including a display on which an output of the calorie balance component is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A weight management system comprising:
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a cash register system which reads user IDs from personal cards and food identifications which identify food items purchased by users identified by one of the user IDs carried on one of the personal cards presented at a time of purchase, the cash register system being connected with a wide area network for outputting identifications of food items and corresponding user IDs; and at least one processor connected with the wide area network and programmed to perform the steps of; storing respective calorie content amounts for each of a plurality of food items identified by the food identifications; calculating an amount of calories taken in by a corresponding user in each purchase from the cash register system based on the calorie content of the food items identified by the cash register system and the corresponding user ID output by the cash register system; calculating a calorie balance for the corresponding user based on the calorie content amount, any prior calorie balance for the corresponding user, and a calorie budget for the corresponding user calculated by the calorie balance component, each user client device including a display on which the calorie balance calculated by the calorie balance component for the corresponding user ID is calculated; transmitting the calorie balance via the wide area network for the corresponding user ID; and a plurality of wireless user client devices each associated with a corresponding user ID and connected with the wide area network to receive the calorie balance associated with the corresponding user ID, each user client device including a display on which the calculated calorie balance corresponding to the user ID of the user client device is displayed.
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