Method for customizing a nutrition plate

• US 7,908,181 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2009
• Issued: 03/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kriscross Enterprises, LLC
• Original Assignee: Kriscross Enterprises, LLC
• Inventors: Dotson, Kristy
• Primary Examiner(s): Garg; Yogesh C
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E
• Application Number:
  US12/461,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20100198699A1
• Time in Patent Office: 567 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26, 705/27, 220/575
• US Class Current: 705/26.5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0621 Item configuration or customization
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 Services

Abstract

The nutrition system provides a customized nutritional and dietary plan for a user, based upon a calculated nutritional and metabolic profile of the user. The nutrition system includes a nutritional website and an online nutrition questionnaire. A nutritional and metabolic profile of the user is calculated based upon responses to the questionnaire. The user is further provided with a plurality of plate designs to select from. Once the user'"'"'s plate design has been selected and the user'"'"'s nutritional and metabolic profile has been calculated, a kit including the plate is formed and provided to the user. The plate has indicia formed thereon including a selected one of the plurality of plate designs and, further, including a plurality of demarcated regions. Each region represents a distinct nutritional food group, where dimensions of each region are dependent upon the calculated nutritional and metabolic profile of the user.

Claims

1. A computerized nutritional method, comprising the steps of:

providing a nutritional questionnaire to a user on a website through a computer network, wherein the nutritional questionnaire includes questions from a plurality of categories selected from the group including body shape, weight gain, energy level, exercise, appetite, food preferences, digestion, personality, and sleep;

receiving responses to the questions in the nutritional questionnaire through the computer network;

calculating a nutritional and metabolic profile of the user in software based upon the user'"'"'s responses to the nutritional questionnaire;

providing the user with a plurality of user-selectable plate designs through the computer network;

receiving a selection from the user of one of the plate designs through the computer network;

receiving a purchase order from the user for a nutritional plate corresponding to the selected plate design and nutritional and metabolic profile, wherein the purchase order is received through the computer network;

in response to receiving the purchase order, sending a kit to the user, the kit including a plate having indicia formed on an upper surface thereof corresponding to the user-selected plate design, the plate including a plurality of demarcated regions representing distinct nutritional food groups and having dimensions corresponding to the calculated nutritional and metabolic profile of the user.