Nutritional information system for shoppers
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1. Apparatus for generating personalized nutritional information for a shopper or shoppers comprising:
- (a) means for inputting personal data relating to an individual;
(b) barcode means for inputting data identifying at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed;
(c) processor means under the control of a prestored computer program for correlating the personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed; and
(d) means for outputting information to said shopper at the point of food purchase, or at their home or other location away from the point of the food purchase, pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual.
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Abstract
A method for providing personalized nutrition information to an individual comprising the following steps: (a) inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) inputting data identifying at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume; (c) accessing prestored information relating to the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume; (d) generating and outputting information about the at least one food product which the individual intends to purchase or consume pertinent to the input personal data.
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1. Apparatus for generating personalized nutritional information for a shopper or shoppers comprising:
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(a) means for inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) barcode means for inputting data identifying at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed; (c) processor means under the control of a prestored computer program for correlating the personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed; and (d) means for outputting information to said shopper at the point of food purchase, or at their home or other location away from the point of the food purchase, pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. Apparatus for generating personalized nutritional information for a shopper or shoppers comprising:
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(a) means for inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) barcode means for inputting data identifying at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed; (c) processor means under the control of a prestored computer program for correlating the said personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which said shopper has selected or specified, or has purchased or consumed; (d) means for outputting information to the shopper at the point of the food purchase, or at their home or other location away from the point of the food purchase, pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual; and (e) a support housing. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing a shopper or shoppers with personalized nutrition information regarding food purchased or consumed, or food selected or specified by a shopper or shoppers, comprising the following steps:
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(a) inputting personal data relating to an individual; (b) selecting or specifying at least one food product which said shopper is interested in, or has purchased or consumed, and inputting data identifying said food product; (c) correlating the personal data with prestored nutritional data, including a barcode address, pertinent to the at least one food product which said shopper has specified or selected, or has purchased or consumed; and (d) outputting information at the point of the food purchase, or at the shopper'"'"'s home or other location away from the point of the food purchase, pertinent to the at least one food product and the personal data of the individual. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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