Health advisor

• US 7,882,150 B2
• Filed: 02/04/2008
• Issued: 02/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: Badyal, Tushar
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong; Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown; Sheree N
• Application Number:
  US12/025,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164466A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,093 Days
• Field of Search: 707/104.1, 707/104.803, 705/26
• US Class Current: 707/803
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing health and diet advice. A user may establish a user profile that may include information relating to the user'"'"'s health and nutritional needs. The user may visit a restaurant or other food service location and may be presented with a menu that includes a variety of menu options. The user may access the user profile at the restaurant or food service location and may be provided advice and suggestions regarding the available menu options. The diet advisor may perform a comparison of the health and nutritional needs of the user with the available menu options. The diet advisor may assist a user in selecting a menu option at a restaurant or food service location that is healthy and will provide the user with the proper balance of nutrients.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving, in one or more computers, user profile data for a visitor to a particular restaurant, the user profile data including data specifying one or more dietary requirements for the user;

receiving, in the one or more computers, menu options data for the particular restaurant, the menu options data specifying nutritional information for each of a plurality of menu options offered by the particular restaurant;

classifying, with the one or more computers, one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements for the user and classifying one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are not acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements of the user from a comparison of the nutritional information for each menu option and the one or more dietary requirements for the user;

assigning, with the one or more computers, a score to each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user based at least in part on the nutritional values of the menu options;

presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user, wherein the representation of each menu option is presented in an order corresponding to the assigned scores;

receiving user input selecting a representation of a particular menu option that is acceptable for the user;

updating, in the one or more computers, the user profile data to reflect the selecting of the representation of the particular menu option; and

reclassifying, with the one or more computers, the plurality of menu options using the updated profile data.

2. The method of claim 1, where the user profile includes a medical profile of the user for providing information related to the user.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a range of user nutrition data and eliminating the menu options that have a nutritional value that is not within the range.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a quantity limit for at least one of the dietary elements and restricting the menu options if a user consumes more than the quantity limit.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising rewarding the user for making a healthy menu choice.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile data is received over a computer network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user further comprises not presenting a representation of any of the one or more menu options that are not acceptable for the user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving user input selecting one of the non-acceptable menu options; and

alerting the user that a non-acceptable menu option has been selected.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user profile further includes nutritional information about one or more foods previously consumed by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more dietary requirements include a requirement specifying an allowed range of nutritional values.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more dietary requirements include a requirement specifying a maximum number of times the user can eat a particular food.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more dietary requirements include a requirement specifying an allowable portion size.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more dietary requirements include a requirement specifying an ingredient that causes an allergic reaction in the user.

14. A system comprising:

one or more computers configured to perform operations comprising;

receiving, in one or more computers, user profile data for a visitor to a particular restaurant, the user profile data including data specifying one or more dietary requirements for the user;

receiving, in the one or more computers, menu options data for the particular restaurant, the menu options data specifying nutritional information for each of a plurality of menu options offered by the particular restaurant;

classifying, with the one or more computers, one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements for the user and classifying one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are not acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements of the user from a comparison of the nutritional information for each menu option and the one or more dietary requirements for the user;

assigning, with the one or more computers, a score to each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user based at least in part on the nutritional values of the menu options;

presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user, wherein the representation of each menu option is presented in an order corresponding to the assigned scores;

receiving user input selecting a representation of a particular menu option that is acceptable for the user;

updating the user profile data to reflect the selecting of the representation of the particular menu option; and

reclassifying, with the one or more computers, the plurality of menu options using the updated profile data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user profile data is received over a computer network.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user further comprises not presenting a representation of any of the one or more menu options that are not acceptable for the user.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the user profile further includes nutritional information about one or more foods previously consumed by the user.

18. A computer readable medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

receiving, in one or more computers, user profile data for a visitor to a particular restaurant, the user profile data including data specifying one or more dietary requirements for the user;

receiving, in the one or more computers, menu options data for the particular restaurant, the menu options data specifying nutritional information for each of a plurality of menu options offered by the particular restaurant;

classifying, with the one or more computers, one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements for the user and classifying one or more of the plurality of menu options as menu options that are not acceptable for the user given the dietary requirements of the user from a comparison of the nutritional information for each menu option and the one or more dietary requirements for the user;

assigning, with the one or more computers, a score to each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user based at least in part on the nutritional values of the menu options;

presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user, wherein the representation of each menu option is presented in an order corresponding to the assigned scores;

receiving user input selecting a representation of one of the acceptable menu options;

updating, in the one or more computers, the user profile data to reflect the selecting of the representation of one of the acceptable menu options; and

reclassifying, with the one or more computers, the plurality of menu options using the updated profile data.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein presenting a representation of each of the one or more menu options that are acceptable for the user further comprises not presenting a representation of any of the one or more menu options that are not acceptable for the user.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user profile further includes nutritional information about one or more foods previously consumed by the user.