Health and wellbeing monitoring and advisory system

• US 20040176666A1
• Filed: 01/15/2004
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daryl Chait
• Original Assignee: Daryl Chait
• Inventors: Chait, Daryl
• Application Number:
  US10/483,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20040176666A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/300
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A health and wellbeing system is disclosed which has particular application to monitoring dietary intake. The system includes a user mobile telephone (15) which a user uses to transmit information relating to food products to be consumed by a user or other health related issues to a database (12) and processor (14) at a remote location. The database (12) maintains data relating to the user, and which is personal to the user, as well as general data which relates to dietary content of food products and other health and wellbeing parameters. Upon transmission of information from the user mobile telephone (15) by SMS message to the database (12), the processing section (14) determines an appropriate response based on the specific user data stored in the database section (12a) and/or general information stored in the database section (12b), and transmits a message back to the user by way of SMS message to the telephone (15). The information supplied may relate to advice as to whether the user should consume a food product, undertake a specific activity or may contain general information as to the user'"'"'s progress with a health and wellbeing program.

Claims

1. A health and wellbeing advisory system, including:

a central database which holds information and data relating to a specific user, and information relating to health and wellbeing parameters, the central database being contactable by a transmitter used by a user, which transmitter is able to transmit information relating to a user to the database;

processing means for receiving the user information and determining a response to the user information based on the data relating to the specific user and/or the information relating to the health and wellbeing parameters; and

return transmitting means for transmitting a response back to the user'"'"'s transmitter.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing means is stored with predetermined protocols against which the response is determined based on those protocols, as well as the user information transmitted to the central database, and the information and data relating to the specific user and/or the health and wellbeing parameters.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the transmitter is a wireless transmitter.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the wireless transmitter is a mobile telephone and the database receives information identifying the user by the mobile telephone number which is transmitted with the data to the database, and the return transmitting means is a mobile telephone transmitting means which transmits the response to a user by way of a mobile telephone call.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the information is transmitted from the user mobile telephone by an SMS message, and the response is transmitted back to the user from the return transmitting means by an SMS message.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the database includes a first database section which includes personal records at which specific user information is stored relating to the specific users of the system, and a second database section in which health and wellbeing parameters are stored.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the database includes an SMS modem for receiving the information from the user and for supplying the information to the database and the processing means.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein a health and nutrition evaluation centre is coupled to the system so that information relating to a specific user can be input into the system by consultation with a lifestyle consultant.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the health and nutrition evaluation centre is connectable to the system over the Internet.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the user transmitter includes input means for inputting data into the system for transmission to the database.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the input means comprises a scanner connectable to the wireless transmitter so that a bar code of a product can be scanned to provide the information relating to the product.

12. The system of claim 10 wherein the transmitter includes a menu of products and the input is by selection from a draw down menu in the transmitter.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the transmitter includes voice recognition software and the input is by way of a spoken word which is recognised by the software in the transmitter, so that data relating to the voice input is transmitted by the transmitter to the database.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the user transmitter includes a display for displaying the quantity of the food characteristic consumed by a user.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the processing means also includes processing means for calculating an ideal intake of calories having regard to the user information and data and the requirements or end result the user wishes to achieve.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the system also allows input of information relating to the calories burnt by a user during the user'"'"'s daily activity.

17. A diet monitoring system, including:

a mobile telephone for communicating with a central facility to provide a communication signal, and having input means for input of information relating to a food product to be consumed; and

a central facility having;

(i) memory means for storing a databank of data relating to food products and characteristics of those food products and information and data relating to a specific user;

(ii) receiving means for receiving the communication signal;

(iii)processing means for receiving the communication signal and processing the signal so that the characteristic of a food product to be consumed by the specific user can be determined from the memory means and stored to provide a measure of the consumption of the particular characteristic in a given time period; and

(iv) transmitter means for transmitting information relating to the food to be consumed back to the mobile telephone.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the mobile telephone includes indicating means for providing an indication as to the quantity of a food characteristic consumed by the user.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the indicating means comprises a display for displaying the quantity of total characteristic consumed by a user.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the mobile telephone also include alarm means for generating an alarm when the total amount of a particular food characteristic consumed by a user approaches or reaches a pre-determined level.

21. The system of claim 17 wherein the input means comprises a scanner so that a barcode on a food product can be scanned to input data relating to the food product such as calorie content, fat content, fibre content, alcohol content, etc.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the input means further includes a keypad for manual input of data in the event that a food product does not include a barcode.

23. A diet monitoring system including:

a mobile telephone for transmitting information and receiving a response;

memory means for storing data relating to a plurality of food products and characteristics of those food products;

input means associated with the telephone for receiving data relating to a food to be consumed by a user and transmitting that data by a mobile telephone call;

processing means for comparing the data received by the input means with the data stored in the memory so as to extract from the memory an amount of at least one of the characteristics of the food the consumer is to consume, and transmitting the response to the mobile telephone; and

display means associated with the telephone for displaying that response.

24. The system of claim 23 wherein the system also includes alarm means for generating an alarm when the total amount of a particular food characteristic consumed by a user approaches or reaches a pre-determined level.

25. The system of claim 23 wherein the input means comprises a scanner so that a barcode on a food product can be scanned to input data relating to the food product such as calorie content, fat content, fibre content, alcohol content, etc.

26. The system of claim 23 wherein the input means further includes a keypad for manual input of data in the event that a food product does not include a barcode.