Method and apparatus for enhanced personal care with interactive diary function

• US 9,838,508 B2
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mores, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mores, Inc.
• Inventors: Salem, Ayman
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): DOAN, HIEN VAN
• Application Number:
  US14/952,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080527A1
• Time in Patent Office: 741 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/13 delivered from dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/70 relating to mental therapies, e.g. psychological therapy or autogenous training
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A method and apparatus for enhancing a user'"'"'s lifestyle and personal care is provided. The design includes a personal care combination display/mirror device comprising a surface operating as a reflective surface and a plurality of connection ports, each connection port configured to receive a hardware personal care module to facilitate personal care of a user, wherein personal care comprises at least one of health, fitness, wellness, fashion, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. The personal care combination display/mirror device is configured to transmit and receive user personal care communications personalized to the user, for the user to freely substitute selected and different hardware personal care modules in the plurality of connection ports, and to maintain an interactive diary for the user.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a personal care combination display/mirror device comprising a surface operating as a reflective surface and a plurality of connection ports, each connection port configured to physically interconnect with a hardware personal care module, wherein personal care comprises at least one of nutrition and pharmaceuticals; and

a remote central server device arrangement;

wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device is configured;

to transmit user personal care communications personalized to the user to and receive user personal care communications personalized to the user from the remote central server device arrangement;

for the user to freely substitute selected and different hardware personal care modules in the plurality of connection ports; and

to maintain an interactive diary for the user, the interactive diary configured to collect information regarding personal care assessed for the user over a period of time using at least one personal care module, wherein the apparatus is configured to employ information collected for the user and user preferences regarding personal care to selectively provide suggested actions to be taken by the user;

wherein at least one hardware personal care module connects to a sensor;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a computing device display that functions as a reflective surface.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one connection port comprises a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection port.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a processor.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a storage unit and communication components configured to facilitate communication with the remote central server device arrangement.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device comprises at least one from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a sensor, and a fingerprint reader.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a handheld unit configured to interface with the personal care combination display/mirror device and collect user personal care data, wherein the handheld unit comprises at least one connection port configured to receive a hardware personal care module.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the personal care combination display/mirror device is separately formed from a frame surrounding a display/mirror, and the frame includes the plurality of connection ports.

17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the interactive diary is employed to:

compare the information regarding personal care assessed for the user over a period of time with rules or known recommendations to determine at least one user suggestion for at least one of health, fitness, wellness, fashion, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals; and

provide the at least one user suggestion to the user.

9. A method for facilitating personal care of a user, comprising:

receiving, at a remote central server device arrangement, user personal care data personalized to the user transmitted by a user personal care combination display/mirror computing device;

determining at the remote central server device arrangement a user personal care recommendation specifically for the user based on the user personal care data personalized to the user received;

transmitting the user personal care recommendation specifically for the user from a transmitter provided with the remote central server device to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device; and

maintaining an interactive diary for the user;

wherein the user personal care combination display/mirror device comprises a plurality of connection ports, each connection port configured to receive a hardware personal care module;

wherein personal care comprises at least one of nutrition and pharmaceuticals;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care combination display/mirror device to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the remote device central server device arrangement comprises a plurality of computing devices.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the user personal care data received has been collected using a hardware personal care module connected to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device, the hardware personal care module comprising software facilitating performance of at least one personal care function.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the user personal care data received has been collected using a handheld unit configured to provide the user personal care data to the user personal care combination display/mirror computing device.

18. The method of claim 9 wherein the interactive diary is employed to:

compare the information regarding personal care assessed for the user over a period of time with rules or known recommendations to determine at least one user suggestion for at least one of health, fitness, wellness, fashion, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals; and

provide the at least one user suggestion to the user.

13. A personal care display device, comprising:

a computing device display; and

a housing surrounding the computing device display, the housing comprising a plurality of connection ports configured to physically interconnect with hardware personal care modules, wherein personal care comprises at least one of nutrition and pharmaceuticals;

wherein the housing comprises at least one from the group consisting of a camera, a microphone, a speaker, a sensor, and a fingerprint reader, and further wherein the personal care device is configured to

maintain an interactive diary for the user, the interactive diary configured to collect information regarding personal care assessed for the user over a period of time using at least one personal care module, wherein the apparatus is configured to employ information collected for the user and user preferences regarding personal care to selectively provide suggested actions to be taken by the user;

wherein at least one hardware personal care module connects to a sensor;

wherein a first hardware personal care module comprises a pharmaceutical personal care module and a second hardware personal care module comprises a nutritional personal care module, and wherein the pharmaceutical personal care module is used with the personal care display to assess user pharmaceutical needs and provide pharmaceutical information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user, and the nutritional personal care module is used with the personal care display to assess user nutritional status and provide nutritional information and recommendations specifically for the user to the user.

14. The personal care display of claim 13, further comprising a processor, a data storage device, and a communication arrangement.

15. The personal care display of claim 14, further comprising a handheld unit configured to collect user personal care data and provide the user personal care data to the processor.

16. The personal care display of claim 13, wherein at least one connection port comprises a USB (Universal Serial Bus) connection port.

19. The personal care display of claim 13, wherein the interactive diary is employed to:

compare the information regarding personal care assessed for the user over a period of time with rules or known recommendations to determine at least one user suggestion for at least one of health, fitness, wellness, fashion, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals; and

provide the at least one user suggestion to the user.