Method for tailoring strategy messages from an expert system to enhance success with modifications to health behaviors
First Claim
1. A computerized system for personalizing and sending to portable device users tailored messages to promote modifications to dietary health behaviors, comprising:
- a first computerized database configured to store personal and diet preference data for a plurality of portable device users;
(i) said personal data comprising contact data for sending messages to portable devices of said portable device users; and
(ii) said diet preference data comprising at least one preferred meal time of day;
a second computerized database configured to store dietary and nutritional data for a plurality of foods and recipes;
a server executing programming instructions for;
(a) analyzing diet preference data from said first computerized database for said plurality of users;
(b) analyzing dietary and nutritional data from said second computerized database;
(c) generating a tailored message for each of said plurality of users wherein said tailored message comprises;
(i) a meal suggestion based on said analysis of diet preference data and dietary and nutritional data; and
(ii) an acceptance option for said meal suggestion;
(d) defining a time interval consisting of a plurality of minutes for scheduling message delivery times;
(e) scheduling pre-determined times for delivering said tailored messages to said portable devices wherein said pre-determined times are within said time interval in advance of said preferred meal time of day specified by each of said plurality of users;
(f) sending from said server said tailored messages to said portable devices for delivery at said pre-determined times; and
(g) receiving at said server from said portable devices responses to said acceptance option.
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Abstract
A system and method for assisting with the maintenance of healthy lifestyle habits by generating tailored strategy messages within an expert system and then pushing those messages to the corresponding individual users of the cellular phones or other portable devices. The system and method allows diet and exercise plans to be tailored to individual users based on their preferences and provides consistent and appropriate strategy messages designed to encourage and motivate users toward successfully maintaining healthy lifestyle habits. Users complete initial assessments which detail individual food and physical activity preferences. The system uses the assessments to generate individualized messages that are pushed to user devices through a system incorporating cellular technologies. Tailored messages are pushed from the computer based expert system to user devices at predetermined times each day.
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1. A computerized system for personalizing and sending to portable device users tailored messages to promote modifications to dietary health behaviors, comprising:
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a first computerized database configured to store personal and diet preference data for a plurality of portable device users; (i) said personal data comprising contact data for sending messages to portable devices of said portable device users; and (ii) said diet preference data comprising at least one preferred meal time of day; a second computerized database configured to store dietary and nutritional data for a plurality of foods and recipes; a server executing programming instructions for; (a) analyzing diet preference data from said first computerized database for said plurality of users; (b) analyzing dietary and nutritional data from said second computerized database; (c) generating a tailored message for each of said plurality of users wherein said tailored message comprises; (i) a meal suggestion based on said analysis of diet preference data and dietary and nutritional data; and (ii) an acceptance option for said meal suggestion; (d) defining a time interval consisting of a plurality of minutes for scheduling message delivery times; (e) scheduling pre-determined times for delivering said tailored messages to said portable devices wherein said pre-determined times are within said time interval in advance of said preferred meal time of day specified by each of said plurality of users; (f) sending from said server said tailored messages to said portable devices for delivery at said pre-determined times; and (g) receiving at said server from said portable devices responses to said acceptance option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computerized method for personalizing messages from an expert system to modify health behavior comprising:
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(a) receiving at a server from a user personal and preference data; (i) said personal data comprising contact information for a portable device; and (ii) said preference data comprising dietary and exercise preferences including a preferred time of day for completing activities related to said diet and exercise preferences; (b) generating at said server for said user a tailored message comprising; (i) an activity to be performed by said user consistent with said dietary and exercise preferences; and (ii) an acceptance option for said activity; (c) determining at said server said user'"'"'s preferred time of day for starting said activity; (d) defining at said server a time interval consisting of a plurality of minutes for scheduling message delivery times; (e) scheduling at said server a pre-determined time to deliver said tailored message to said portable device wherein said pre-determined time is within said time interval in advance of said user'"'"'s preferred time of day; (f) sending said tailored message from said server to said portable device at said pre-determined time; and (g) receiving at said server from said portable device a response to said acceptance option. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computerized method for personalizing messages from an expert system to modify health behavior comprising:
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(a) receiving at a server from a user; (i) personal data comprising contact information for a portable device; and (ii) preference data comprising health activity preferences; (iii) a health goal; (iv) selection of a health behavior challenge; (v) selection of a challenge strategy; (b) generating at said server and transmitting from said server to said portable device a tailored activity message comprising a health activity to be performed by said user consistent with; (i) said health activity preferences; and (ii) said health goal; (c) generating at said server and transmitting from said server to said portable device a tailored gauging message comprising a request to rate performance of said health activity; (d) receiving at said server said user response to said gauging message; (e) generating at said server and transmitting from said server to said portable device a tailored strategy suggestion message consistent with; (i) said user selected health behavior challenge; and (ii) said user selected challenge strategy. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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