Personalized audio/video/text wellness program

• US 7,827,039 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Issued: 11/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jon David Butcher, Patrick Gentempo Jr
• Original Assignee: Jon David Butcher, Patrick Gentempo Jr
• Inventors: Gentempo, Patrick Jr., Butcher, Jon David
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan; Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOREY, ROBERT A
• Application Number:
  US10/594,786
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055214A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,041 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/20 for electronic clinical trials or questionnaires
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/00 ICT specially adapted for therapies or health-improving plans, e.g. for handling prescriptions, for steering therapy or for monitoring patient compliance
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/30 for calculating health indices; for individual health risk assessment

Abstract

A system generates one or more of a plurality of wellness programs for a user. Personal data items are entered into a computing system corresponding to a personal profile of the user. A selected one or more of the plurality of wellness programs desired by the user is identified. Selected ones of the plurality of personal data items are then extracted in response to the selected one of the plurality of wellness programs. Then a corresponding plurality of wellness program data elements in response to the selected ones of the plurality of personal data items is determined. The selected plurality of wellness program data elements are then assembled to form a customized wellness program responsive to the step of identifying a selected one of the plurality of wellness programs and the selected ones of the plurality of personal data items. The customized wellness program is recorded on media for the user.

Claims

1. A method of generating a personalized wellness program for a human client, the method comprising the steps of:

entering into a computer system, by a user, responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client;

wherein the responses to the inquiries relate to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, biochemical characteristics, and psychological characteristics;

entering into the computer, by the user, a plurality of the human client'"'"'s physical measurements, biochemical measurements, and psychological measurements;

calculating, by the computer system, a transformed physical score (“

Pht”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, a transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered biochemical measurements, and a transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered psychological measurements;

calculating, by the computer system, a wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client, the wellness quotient being representative of an overall wellness condition of the human client, wherein the wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) is calculated in accordance with the relationship;

Wq=(Pht)^0.4(Bt)^0.4(Pst)^0.2;

selecting and outputting, by the computer system, an item of output information from a plurality of items of information based on the calculated to the wellness quotient; and

recording, by the computer system, the item of output information on media responsive to the selecting of output information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the responses to the questionnaire include:

responses to inquiries relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, to produce a physical questionnaire data element;

responses to inquiries relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics, to produce a biochemical questionnaire data element; and

responses to inquiries relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics, to produce a psychological questionnaire data element.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the computer system further performs the steps of:

physical questionnaire scoring for producing a physical questionnaire score value responsive to the physical questionnaire data element;

biochemical questionnaire scoring for producing a biochemical questionnaire score value responsive to the biochemical questionnaire data element; and

psychological questionnaire scoring for producing a psychological questionnaire score value responsive to the psychological questionnaire data element.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the computer system further performs the steps of:

physical measurement scoring for producing a physical measurement score value responsive to the second data element;

biochemical measurement scoring for producing a biochemical measurement score value responsive to the third data element; and

psychological measurement scoring for producing a psychological measurement score value responsive to the fourth data element.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the computer system further performs the steps of:

producing a physical score (“

Phs”

) responsive to a predetermined combination of the physical questionnaire score value and the physical measurement score value;

producing a biochemical score (“

Bs”

) responsive to a predetermined combination of the biochemical questionnaire score value and the biochemical measurement score value; and

producing a psychological score (“

Pss”

) responsive to a predetermined combination of the psychological questionnaire score value and the psychological measurement score value.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein there is provided the further step of transforming the physical score (“

Phs”

), the biochemical score (“

Bs”

), and the psychological score (“

Pss”

) to produce respective ones of a transformed physical score (“

Pht”

), a transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

), and a transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

).

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of transforming the physical score (“

Phs”

), the biochemical score (“

Bs”

), and the psychological score (“

Pss”

) is performed in accordance with the relationships;

Pht=450/Phs;

Bt=450/Bs; and

Pst=450/Pss.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the physical score (“

Phs”

), the biochemical score (“

Bs”

), and the psychological score (“

Pss”

) are combined to produce the wellness quotient (“

Wq”

).

9. The method of claim 5, wherein in said step of producing a physical score, the predetermined physical score combination (“

Phs”

) of the physical questionnaire score value (“

Phqsv”

) and the physical measurement score value (“

Phmsv”

) corresponds to the relationship;

Phs=0.25 Phqsv+0.75 Phmsv.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein in said step of producing a biochemical score, the predetermined biochemical score combination (“

Bs”

) of the biochemical questionnaire score value (“

Bqsv”

) and the biochemical measurement score value (“

Bmsv”

) corresponds to the relationship;

Bs=0.25 Bqsv+0.75 Bmsv.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein in said step of producing a psychological score, the predetermined psychological score combination (“

Pss”

) of the psychological questionnaire score value (“

Psqsv”

) and the psychological measurement score value (“

Psmsv”

) corresponds to the relationship;

Pss=0.50 Psqsv+0.50 Psmsv.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein the computer system further performs the steps of subjecting the physical questionnaire score value, the biochemical questionnaire score value, the psychological questionnaire score value, the physical measurement score value, the biochemical measurement score value, and the psychological measurement score value to adjustment in response to a predetermined multiplier value.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein there are provided the further steps of:

waiting a predetermined period of time;

entering into a computer system, by a user, new responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client;

wherein the new responses to the questionnaire relate to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, biochemical characteristics, and psychological characteristics;

entering into the computer system, by the user, a plurality of the human client'"'"'s new physical measurements, biochemical measurements, and psychological measurements;

calculating, by the computer system, a new transformed physical score (“

Pht”

) based on the newly entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, a new transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

) based on the newly entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered biochemical measurements, and a new transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

) based on the newly entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered psychological measurements;

calculating, by the computer system, a new wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client, the wellness quotient being representative of an overall wellness condition of the human client, wherein the new wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) is calculated in accordance with the relationship;

Wq=(pht)^0.4(Bt)^0.2;

selecting and outputting, by the computer system, an item of output information from a plurality of items of information based on the calculated to the wellness quotient; and

recording, by the computer system, the item of output information on media responsive to the selecting of output information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined period of time is five weeks.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the computer system further performs the steps of:

comparing the wellness quotient and the new wellness quotient; and

selecting and outputting an item of information from a plurality of items of information based on said step of comparing the wellness quotient and the new wellness quotient.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein in said step of selecting and outputting an item of information there is provided the step of selecting at least one audio segment from a plurality of audio segments based on the wellness quotient.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein in said step of selecting and outputting an item of information there is provided the step of selecting at least one text paragraph from a plurality of text paragraphs based on the wellness quotient.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein in said step of entering into a computing system responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client includes the step of entering into the computing system lifestyle data, heart beat rate data, blood pressure data, and height and weight data about the human client.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein in said step of selecting and outputting by the computer system there is provided the step of selecting an item of physical exercise based on the calculated wellness quotient.

20. A system for determining and improving the wellness of a human client, the system comprising:

a computer system configured to receive entered responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client, wherein responses to the inquiries relate to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, biochemical characteristics, and psychological characteristics;

the computer system configured to receive the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, biochemical measurements, and psychological measurements;

the computer system configured to calculate a transformed physical score (“

Pht”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, a transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered biochemical measurements, and a transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered psychological measurements;

the computer system configured to calculate a wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client, the wellness quotient being representative of an overall wellness condition of the human client, wherein the wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) is calculated in accordance with the relationship;

Wq=(Pht)^0.4(Bt)^0.4(Pst)^0.2;

the computer system configured to form a customized wellness program based on the calculated wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the computer system is further configured to:

receive new entered responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client, wherein responses to the inquiries relate to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, biochemical characteristics, and psychological characteristics;

receive the human client'"'"'s new entered physical measurements, biochemical measurements, and psychological measurements;

calculate a new transformed physical score (“

Pht”

) based on the newly entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, a new newly transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered biochemical measurements, and a new transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

) based on the newly entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered psychological measurements;

calculate a new wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client, the wellness quotient being representative of an overall wellness condition of the human client, wherein the wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) is calculated in accordance with the relationship;

Wq=(Pht)^0.4(Bt)^0.4(Pst)^0.2; and

forming a customized revised wellness program based on the inputted new calculated wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) of the human client.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the predetermined period of time is approximately five weeks.

23. The system of claim 21 wherein the computer system is further configured to form a customized revised wellness program, and to compare the wellness quotient and the new wellness quotient.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the computer system is configured to provide an item of physical exercise equipment based on the wellness quotient (“

Wq”

).

25. A computer program media product of the type having a plurality of data storage locations tangibly embodied on a computer readable medium, that when executed by a computing device performs the method steps comprising:

accessing personal data items stored in a personal data storage region, the personal data items being based on personal information of a human client that is based on responses to a questionnaire containing inquiries regarding a plurality of physical and lifestyle aspects of the human client, relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics, biochemical characteristics, and psychological characteristics, the personal data items being tangibly embodied in the personal data storage region, and having been precalculated by a computing system as a transformed physical score (“

Pht”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s physical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered physical measurements, a transformed biochemical score (“

Bt”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s biochemical characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered biochemical measurements, and a transformed psychological score (“

Pst”

) based on the entered questionnaire responses relating to the human client'"'"'s psychological characteristics and the human client'"'"'s entered psychological measurements; and

accessing and presenting to the human client a pre-computed wellness program customized for the human client in response to the personal information of the human client, the wellness program being based on a pre-computed wellness quotient (“

Wq”

) and tangibly embodied in a wellness data storage region, the wellness quotient having been pre-computed in accordance with the relationship;

Wq=(Pht)^0.4(Bt)^0.4(Pst)^0.2.

26. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the wellness program is a customized relaxation program.

27. The computer program product of claim 26, wherein the customized relaxation program is a personalized guided visualization program.

28. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the wellness program is a multimedia presentation.

29. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the wellness program includes exercise data responsive to a workout program based on the personal information of the human client and the pre-computed wellness quotient.

30. The computer program product of claim 25, wherein the wellness program includes data nutritional data responsive to a nutrition program determined in response to the personal information of the human client and the pre-computed wellness quotient.