Wellness and weight management system and method

• US 8,777,624 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2012
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elencee, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Elencee, Inc.
• Inventors: Klein, Laura
• Primary Examiner(s): Utama, Robert J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Zaman, Sadaruz
• Application Number:
  US13/662,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20140106312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 624 Days
• Field of Search: 434/127
• US Class Current: 434/127
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/02 with visual presentation of the material to be studied, e.g. using film strip
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A wellness and weight management system, method, program and software application configured to provide feedback for healthy and unhealthy lifestyle decisions that accommodates a wide variety of wellness goals, behaviors, dietary preferences, activity preferences, exercise preferences and body weight objectives.

Claims

1. A process for improving human wellness, the process comprising the steps of:

receiving at a processing device at least one input based on at least one of a user consumed food, a user activity, and a user behavior;

assigning a value to each of said at least one input, each value being one of a positive, a negative and a neutral value and derived by a diminishing return calculation, where the value assigned to an n^th occurrence of the at least one input that has a sign different from sign of the value assigned to a first occurrence of the at least one input, the n^thoccurrence is subsequent to the first occurrence, and the value assigned to the n^th occurrence is dependent on the value assigned to the first occurrence;

calculating, based on each value, a total credit value; and

causing the processing device to display a value related to the total credit value.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the negative value reduces the total credit value in relation to a target goal.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the positive value increases the total credit value in relation to a target goal.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on a measurement of an amount of the user consumed food.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on a nutritional quality of the user consumed food.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on a characteristic of other food consumed by the user.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on a time of day the user consumed food is consumed.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on at least one of a location where the user consumed food is purchased and a location where the user consumed food is consumed.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on duration of the user activity.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on an intensity level of the user activity.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on an intensity level of the behavior.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the value is assigned based on a duration associated with the behavior.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the diminishing return calculation assigns less value for a second occurrence of at least one of the user consumed food, the user activity, and the user behavior than for a first occurrence of the user consumed food, the user activity, and the user behavior.

14. A method for tracking health and wellness of a person, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving at a processing device a plurality of inputs based on a combination of at least one user consumed food, at least one user activity, and at least one user behavior;

relating at least one positive value to one of the plurality of inputs;

relating at least one negative value to one of the plurality of inputs;

calculating a total credit value based on the positive and negative values, the total credit value reduced in relation to the at least one negative value; and

causing the processing device to display a value related to the total credit value.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein one of the at least one positive value and the at least one negative value is assigned based on at least one of:

a measurement of an amount of the user consumed food;

a nutritional quality of the user consumed food;

a time of day the user consumed food is consumed;

a location where the user consumed food is consumed; and

a location where the user consumed food is purchased.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein one of the at least one positive value and the at least one negative value is assigned based on at least one of:

a duration of the user activity; and

an intensity level of the user activity.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein one of the at least one positive value and the at least one negative value is assigned based on an intensity level of the behavior.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein one of the at least one positive value and the at least one negative value is assigned based on the duration of the behavior.

19. The method of claim 14 wherein the assigned values are weighted less for a second occurrence of at least one of the user consumed food, the user activity, and the user behavior than for a first occurrence of the user consumed food, the user activity, and the user behavior.

20. A method for improving human wellness, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a processing device operable to display a user-selectable menu that includes at least two of;

a user consumed food selection;

a user activity selection; and

a user behavior selection;

receiving at the user-selectable menu at least one input indicating an attribute of at least one of;

a user consumed food;

a user activity; and

a user behavior;

assigning a value to the at least one input, the assigned value being one of a positive, a negative, and a neutral value and derived by a diminishing return calculation, where the value assigned to an n^th occurrence of the at least one input that has a sign different from sign of the value assigned to a first occurrence of the at least one input, the n^th occurrence is subsequent to the first occurrence, and the value assigned to the n^th occurrence is dependent on the value assigned to the first occurrence;

calculating, based on each assigned value, a total credit value; and

causing the processing device to display a value related to the total credit value.