Weight Management System with Simple Data Input

• US 20080255955A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Bodlaender, Maarten Peter, Goris, Annelies, Simons-Nikolova, Mariana, Schneider, Olivier
• Granted Patent: US 7,769,635 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/21
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 19/4146 for controlling caloric intake, e.g. diet control
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3735 using a digital network
• CPC Class Codes: G01G 23/3742 using a mobile telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/202 Interconnection or interaction of plural electronic cash registers [ECR] or to host computer, e.g. network details, transfer of information from host to ECR or from ECR to ECR
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/65 stored on portable record carriers, e.g. on smartcards, RFID tags or CD
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

A weight management system comprises a cash register (CRS), a user client (UC) and a weight management module (WM), coupled via a wide area network (WAN). A user has a personal card (PC) with a code, the code identifying the user to the cash register and being related to a user ID. The cash register system (CRS) is arranged for sending, when the user pays the food item, corresponding food intake information and the user ID to the weight management module (WM). The weight management module (WM) comprises a food information system, a calorie intake component and a calorie balance component. The food information system stores a respective calorie content for a plurality of food items. The calorie intake component is coupled to the food information system and calculates an amount of calories taken by the user based on the received food intake information.

Claims

1. A weight management system comprising:

a cash register, a user client and a weight management module, coupled via a wide area network, and

a personal card with a code, the code identifying a user to the cash register and being related to a user ID,

the cash register being coupled to the weight management module via the wide area network for sending, when the user pays a food item, corresponding food intake information and the user ID to the weight management module,

the weight management module comprising;

a food information system for storing respective calorie content for a plurality of food items,

a calorie intake component, coupled to the food information system, for calculating an amount of calories taken by the user based on the received food intake information,

a calorie balance component, coupled to the calorie intake component, for calculating a calorie balance for the user, based on the amount of calories taken by the user.

the user client being arranged for obtaining the calorie balance from the weight management module and comprising output means for providing the calorie balance to the user.

2. A weight management system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a further personal card with a further code, the further code identifying a user to an activity registration device and being related to the user ID

the activity registration device being coupled to the weight management module via the wide area network and being arranged for registering a performance of an activity sending the corresponding activity information and the user ID to the weight management module, the weight management module further comprising;

an activity information system for storing a respective calorie expense for a plurality of activities,

a calorie expenditure component, coupled to the activity information system, for calculating an amount of calories expended by the user based on the received activity information, and wherein

the calorie balance component is further coupled to the calorie expenditure component and is arranged for calculating the calorie balance further based on the amount of calories expended by the user.

3. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the user client comprises input means for enabling the user to provide food intake information for sending to the weight management module.

4. A weight management system according to claim 2, wherein the user client comprises input means for enabling the user to provide food intake information and activity information for sending to the weight management module.

5. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the food intake information is formatted according to a uniform weight management system format.

6. A weight management system according to claim 2, wherein the activity information is formatted according to a uniform weight management system format.

7. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the calorie intake component comprises a converter for converting the food intake information to a uniform weight management system format.

8. A weight management system according to claim 2, wherein the calorie expenditure component comprises a converter for converting the activity information to a uniform weight management system format.

9. A weight management system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the food information system comprises a calorie content for a plurality of food ingredients, the weight management system further comprising a calorie source group client, coupled to the food information system for calculating the food intake information for a new food item, based on a list of ingredients of the new food item.

10. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the code is the user ID.

11. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the code is one of a credit card number, a bank account number and a member registration number, and wherein the weight management system further comprises a database for relating the code to the user ID.

12. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein the personal card is a smart card.

13. A weight management system according to claim 1, wherein

the food information system further stores at least one respective nutritional value other than the calorie content for the plurality of food items,

the calorie intake component further calculates a total amount of the at least one nutritional value taken by the user, and

the weight management module further comprises a nutritional value monitor for monitoring a nutritional value balance for the user, based on the amount of the at least one nutritional value taken by the user,

the user client being further arranged for obtaining the nutritional value balance from the weight management module and the output means being further arranged for providing the nutritional value balance to the user.

14. A personal card for use in the weight management system according to claim 1, comprising the user ID and at least one of a credit card number, a bank account number and a member registration number.

15. An activity registration device for use in the weight management system according to claim 2, comprising means for, when the user performs an activity, registering the performance and communication means for sending the corresponding activity information and the user ID to the weight management module.