Nutritional guidance system, nutritional guidance apparatus and recording medium

• US 20030175666A1
• Filed: 01/31/2003
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Tanabe, Yoshinori, Genno, Hirokazu
• Application Number:
  US10/356,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20030175666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/236
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0092 Nutrition
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets

Abstract

A nutritional guidance system has a terminal 40 for a patient for transmitting menu information to a server 10, a terminal 30 for a dietitian for accessing the menu information managed by the server 10 and for transmitting, to the server 10, nutritional intake information based on the menu information and nutritional guidance information based on the nutritional intake information, and a terminal 20 for a doctor for transmitting, to the server 10, an access permission to the nutritional guidance information for the terminal 40 for a patient. The server 10 limits access to the nutritional guidance information, which is managed by the server 10, by the terminal 40 for a patient, based on the existence of an access permission from the terminal 20 for a doctor.

Claims

1. A nutritional guidance system for providing nutritional guidance according to a menu, comprising:

a first terminal apparatus for accepting menu information of the menu;

a second terminal apparatus for displaying the accepted menu information;

a central unit for accepting and storing nutritional intake information based on the accepted menu information and nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance based on the nutritional intake information; and

a third terminal apparatus for transmitting, to the central unit, an access permission to the nutritional guidance information for the first terminal apparatus,

wherein the central unit accepts an access permission from the third terminal apparatus and limits access to the nutritional guidance information by the first terminal apparatus, based on the existence of an access permission.

2. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus transmits, to the central unit, an instruction for nutritional guidance, and

the central unit accepts the instruction for nutritional guidance from the third terminal apparatus and accepts nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance in accordance with said accepted instruction from the second terminal apparatus, which displays the accepted instruction.

3. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 2,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises a controller capable of updating nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit, and

the central unit accepts an update of nutritional guidance information by the third terminal apparatus as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

4. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 2,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises a controller capable of performing the operations of:

printing out nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit; and

transmitting a notice of completion of printing to the central unit, and

the central unit accepts the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

5. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises a controller capable of updating nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit, and

the central unit accepts an update of nutritional guidance information by the third terminal apparatus as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

6. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises a controller capable of performing the operations of:

printing out nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit; and

transmitting a notice of completion of printing to the central unit, and

the central unit accepts the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

7. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises a controller capable of transmitting, to the central unit, a send-back request indicating a request for sending nutritional guidance information back to the second terminal apparatus, and

the central unit stores an evaluation table in which evaluation points changing according to an access permission or a send-back request accepted from the third terminal apparatus are set, and determines whether an access permission to the nutritional guidance information is to be transmitted to the first terminal apparatus automatically or not, based on the evaluation points.

8. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises update means for updating nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit, and

the central unit accepts an update of nutritional guidance information by the third terminal apparatus as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

9. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises:

printing means for printing out nutritional guidance information stored in the central unit; and

transmission means for transmitting a notice of completion of printing to the central unit, and

the central unit accepts the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information as an access permission to the nutritional guidance information.

10. The nutritional guidance system according to claim 1,

wherein the third terminal apparatus comprises means for transmitting, to the central unit, a send-back request indicating a request for sending nutritional guidance information back to the second terminal apparatus, and

the central unit stores an evaluation table in which evaluation points changing according to an access permission or a send-back request accepted from the third terminal apparatus are set, and determines whether an access permission to the nutritional guidance information is to be transmitted to the first terminal apparatus automatically or not, based on the evaluation points.

11. A nutritional guidance apparatus for providing nutritional guidance according to a menu, comprising:

a controller capable of performing the operations of;

accepting menu information of the menu from a first apparatus;

accepting nutritional intake information based on said accepted menu information and nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance based on the nutritional intake information from a second apparatus, which displays the accepted menu information; and

accepting an access permission to the nutritional guidance information for the first apparatus; and

a storage unit for storing the nutritional intake information and the nutritional guidance information,

whereby access to the nutritional guidance information by the first apparatus is limited based on the existence of an access permission.

12. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the controller accepts an instruction for nutritional guidance,

whereby nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance in accordance with said accepted instruction is accepted from the second apparatus, which displays the accepted instruction.

13. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the controller accepts a notice of completion indicating the completion of printing of nutritional guidance information,

whereby the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information is utilized as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.

14. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the controller accepts a notice of completion indicating the completion of printing of nutritional guidance information,

whereby the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information is utilized as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.

15. A nutritional guidance apparatus for providing nutritional guidance according to a menu, comprising:

means for accepting menu information of the menu from a first apparatus;

means for accepting nutritional intake information based on said accepted menu information and nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance based on the nutritional intake information from a second apparatus, which displays the accepted menu information;

acceptance means for accepting an access permission to the nutritional guidance information for the first apparatus; and

means for storing the nutritional intake information and the nutritional guidance information,

whereby access to the nutritional guidance information by the first apparatus is limited based on the existence of an access permission.

16. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the acceptance means accepts an instruction for nutritional guidance,

whereby nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance in accordance with said accepted instruction is accepted from the second apparatus, which displays the accepted instruction.

17. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 16,

wherein the acceptance means accepts a notice of completion indicating the completion of printing of nutritional guidance information,

whereby the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information is utilized as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.

18. The nutritional guidance apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the acceptance means accepts a notice of completion indicating the completion of printing of nutritional guidance information,

whereby the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information is utilized as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.

19. A recording medium that is readable by a computer for recording a computer program that allows a computer to accept menu information from a first apparatus, to accept nutritional intake information based on said accepted menu information and nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance based on the nutritional intake information from a second apparatus, which displays the accepted menu information, and to store the nutritional intake information and the nutritional guidance information,

wherein the computer program comprises:

a procedure for allowing a computer to accept an access permission to the nutritional guidance information for the first apparatus; and

a procedure for allowing a computer to limit access to the nutritional guidance information by the first apparatus, based on the existence of an access permission.

20. The recording medium according to claim 19, wherein the computer program further comprises:

a procedure for allowing a computer to accept an instruction for nutritional guidance; and

a procedure for allowing a computer to accept nutritional guidance information concerning nutritional guidance in accordance with said accepted instruction from the second apparatus, which displays the accepted instruction.

21. The recording medium according to claim 20, wherein the computer program further comprises:

a procedure for allowing a computer to accept a notice of completion indicating completion of printing of nutritional guidance information; and

a procedure for allowing a computer to utilize the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.

22. The recording medium according to claim 19, wherein the computer program further comprises:

a procedure for allowing a computer to accept a notice of completion indicating completion of printing of nutritional guidance information; and

a procedure for allowing a computer to utilize the notice of completion of printing of nutritional guidance information as an access permission to said nutritional guidance information.