System for tracking nutritional content of food purchases
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1. A method of tracking food purchasing history comprising:
- providing identifier data relating to at least a food item;
providing user identification data corresponding to a user;
purchasing the food item;
storing storage data on a server, the storage data derived from the identifier data and the user identification data, the server having an Internet connection;
providing the storage data to the user via the Internet connection; and
, providing nutritional data associated with the storage data.
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Abstract
A personal nutrition system is disclosed. The system uses data collected during the purchase of food items at a grocery store or over the Internet. The system tracks the dietary purchase history of a consumer and determines rates of consumption for a variety of different nutrients. Based upon these rates of consumption and goals provided by the consumer, the system suggests changes to the diet both in terms of rates of consumption and alternative food items. Data collected by the system is optionally provided to a third party which use the data to provide highly targeted marketing and consumer incentives.
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1. A method of tracking food purchasing history comprising:
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providing identifier data relating to at least a food item;
providing user identification data corresponding to a user;
purchasing the food item;
storing storage data on a server, the storage data derived from the identifier data and the user identification data, the server having an Internet connection;
providing the storage data to the user via the Internet connection; and
,providing nutritional data associated with the storage data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A nutritional data tracking system comprising:
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a bar code reader for reading bar coded information provided on a food item;
a personal authentication device for verifying an identity of a purchaser of at least a food item;
a first computing device for providing a data record corresponding to the identity of the purchaser and the least a food item;
a commerce device for processing a purchase of the at least a food item; and
,a computer server for receiving the data record from the first computing device and storing the data record, the computer server having a communication port for communicating with other computers via an Internet connection, the computer server having access to a nutrition database, the nutrition database for providing nutrition data corresponding to food item data stored within the data record. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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