Indirect bio-feedback health and fitness management system
First Claim
1. A method of managing health and fitness of an individual, the method comprising steps of:
- a) acquiring a weight value of the individual while the individual is weighed on a weight acquisition device, wherein the weight acquisition device is configured to not directly or indirectly convey the acquired weight value to the individual being weighed by the weight acquisition device;
b) providing an output including the weight value from the weight acquisition device to a computer processing device, wherein the computer processing device is remote from the weight acquisition device and operates in accordance with an algorithm included within an operating instruction set;
c) calculating, by the computer processing device, a health index number of the individual as a function of the output including the weight value and at least one age value associated with the individual, in accordance with the operating instruction set;
d) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the individual'"'"'s health index number to determine a trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness at a current time compared to a previous time;
e) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness to determine and present guidance, by at least one display device coupled to the computer processing device, to the individual, wherein the guidance is configured to improve the management of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness; and
f) presenting, by the at least one display device, at least one of the individual'"'"'s health index number and the trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness to the individual.
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Abstract
A health and fitness management system that employs an algorithm to determine suggested recommended actions for a user to improve their health and fitness. The system obtains a user'"'"'s weight from a scale. The user is never informed of their weight. Other data can be collected and included when calculating a health index number. Base line data, such as age, ideal age, initial weight, current weight, ideal weight, etc. can be considered in the algorithm. Examples include the user'"'"'s environment, sleep habits, exercise routines, medical records, and the like. The health index number is used to determine recommended actions, which can include changes to environments, routines, activities, etc. Data collection, the algorithm, and other features of the system can be provided by an Application operating on a portable computing device. Features of the portable computing device can be employed to automatically acquire data for the algorithm.
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1. A method of managing health and fitness of an individual, the method comprising steps of:
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a) acquiring a weight value of the individual while the individual is weighed on a weight acquisition device, wherein the weight acquisition device is configured to not directly or indirectly convey the acquired weight value to the individual being weighed by the weight acquisition device; b) providing an output including the weight value from the weight acquisition device to a computer processing device, wherein the computer processing device is remote from the weight acquisition device and operates in accordance with an algorithm included within an operating instruction set; c) calculating, by the computer processing device, a health index number of the individual as a function of the output including the weight value and at least one age value associated with the individual, in accordance with the operating instruction set; d) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the individual'"'"'s health index number to determine a trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness at a current time compared to a previous time; e) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness to determine and present guidance, by at least one display device coupled to the computer processing device, to the individual, wherein the guidance is configured to improve the management of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness; and f) presenting, by the at least one display device, at least one of the individual'"'"'s health index number and the trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness to the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of managing health and fitness of an individual, the method comprising steps of:
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a) acquiring a weight value of the individual while the individual is weighed on a weight management scale, wherein the weight management scale is configured to not directly or indirectly convey the acquired weight value to the individual being weighed on the weight management scale; b) providing the weight value obtained from the weight management scale to a computer processing device, wherein the computer processing device operates in accordance with an algorithm included within an operating instruction set, the computer processing device being integrated into one of;
(i) the weight management scale, (ii) a computing device, and (iii) a portable computing device;c) calculating, by the computer processing device, a health index number of the individual as a function of the weight value acquired from the weight management scale and at least one age value associated with the individual, the computer processing device operating in accordance with the operating instruction set; d) utilizing, by the computer processing device, the individual'"'"'s health index number to determine a trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness at a current time compared to a previous time; e) presenting, to the individual by way of display device coupled to at least one of (i) the weight management scale, (ii) the computing device, and (iii) the portable computing device, at least one of the individual'"'"'s health index number and the trend of an individual'"'"'s health and fitness; and f) presenting, to the individual by way of the display device, feedback based on the trend of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness configured to improve the management of the individual'"'"'s health and fitness. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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