Longitudinal Personal Health Management System Using Mobile Data Capture
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining and tracking longitudinal data for the maintenance and management of health on a personal digital assistant comprising the steps of:
- a. capturing coded data identifier, b. processing, on the personal digital assistant the captured coded data identifier to identify related informational content from a data base stored on the personal digital assistant, c. entering related informational content into a longitudinal database stored on the personal digital assistant, and d. providing means to view compiled longitudinal data from the personal digital assistant.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking longitudinal data for the maintenance and management of health of an individual. The method entails marking numerous groceries, drugs, beverages, etc., with labels that may be read by a scanner or reader embedded in a PDA or cell phone or similar small electronic device, and providing users with a suitable scanner or reader. Users scan the labels of the products they consume during the course of a day, and the system keeps track of calories, fat content, carbohydrate content, etc. of the food consumed, drug content of the drugs consumed, etc. The system can also be operated to track exercise levels and energy expenditure during the day. The system is operable to provide a comparative display of various databased information, such as calorie intake versus calorie expenditure during exercise.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining and tracking longitudinal data for the maintenance and management of health on a personal digital assistant comprising the steps of:
- a. capturing coded data identifier, b. processing, on the personal digital assistant the captured coded data identifier to identify related informational content from a data base stored on the personal digital assistant, c. entering related informational content into a longitudinal database stored on the personal digital assistant, and d. providing means to view compiled longitudinal data from the personal digital assistant.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprised of a cell phone containing a laser scanner to obtain nutritional information, a data base of nutritional information which corresponds to that in food products and medicines, and a healthcare or dietary software module that enables data entry, display, and management.
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11. A method of labeling products selected from the set of food items, medicines, and menus for food items, to show consumers that a scannable identifier has quality control nutritional data associated with it in an established data base.
- 12. A system for tracking and sharing exercise activity among a social network including one or more pedometers with blue tooth capabilities, a receiver that transmits the information from the blue tooth pedometer graphically to a cell phone or other remote personal computer device.
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16. A method for obtaining and tracking longitudinal data for the maintenance and management of health of an individual, said method comprising:
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establishing a standard for placing or incorporating indicia regarding nutritional content of in or on numerous groceries; placing such indicia on numerous groceries; providing a plurality of users with electronic means for reading said indicia and storing information regarding the nutritional content of numerous groceries in a database; operating said means for reading and storing information to obtain nutritional information for a substantial portion of groceries consumed by the respective users; displaying in a graphical display cumulative nutritional intake for a period of time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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