Method and arrangement for arranging an information service to determine nutrition and/or medication

• US 8,560,334 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2002
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Pertti Lahteenmaki
• Original Assignee: Pertti Lahteenmaki
• Inventors: Lhteenmki, Pertti
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRAN N
• Application Number:
  US10/328,044
• Publication Number:
  US 20030182160A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,946 Days
• Field of Search: 705/2
• US Class Current: 705/2
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 3/002 Compounding apparatus specially for enteral or parenteral nutritive solutions bottling liquids B67C
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/06 Mixing of food ingredients
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/22 Mixing of ingredients for pharmaceutical or medical compositions
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/84 Mixing plants with mixing receptacles receiving material dispensed from several component receptacles, e.g. paint tins
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/00 Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for implementation of business processes of specific business sectors, e.g. utilities or tourism healthcare informatics G16H
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/12 Hotels or restaurants
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 30/00 ICT specially adapted for sequence analysis involving nucleotides or amino acids
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/00 ICT programming tools or database systems specially adapted for bioinformatics
• CPC Class Codes: G16B 50/30 Data warehousing; Computing architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/10 relating to drugs or medications, e.g. for ensuring correct administration to patients
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

An arrangement for arranging an information service is configured to manage at least one probability weighting coefficient of an influence of at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property with a certain probability, and at least one probability weighting coefficient to at least one nutrient and/or medical substance influencing at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability. In addition, the arrangement is configured to form information describing the suitability of the nutrient and/or medical substance for the user with the help of the probability weighting coefficients.

Claims

1. A method for offering proposals and/or information about suitability of nutrients, and/or medical substances for a user by communicating via a user'"'"'s data terminal, the method comprising:

1) establishing data transmission connections between a central server and a data communication network and the user'"'"'s data terminal, where said data communication network comprises information about relations between genes and health properties, how the genes influence said health properties, information about relations between nutrients and/or medical substances'"'"' health properties and how the nutrients and/or medical substances influence said health properties, and

a) gathering via said data transmission connection from said data communication network continuously information of an influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said genes and related health property and providing a numerical probability weighting coefficient of the influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability,

b) gathering via said data transmission connection from said data communication network continuously information of influences of nutrients and/or medical substances to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said nutrients and/or medical substances and related health properties and providing numerical probability weighting coefficients to nutrients and/or medical substances influencing said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability,

c) gathering via said data transmission connection information of the user'"'"'s gene and/or the user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state, and providing a numerical indication in a predefined format of the user'"'"'s gene and/or user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state to identify said gene,

d) gathering via said data transmission connection from said user'"'"'s data terminal information, or information pertaining to amounts, about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user via an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal;

followed by

2) comparing by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server indicated user'"'"'s gene with gene information gathered in step 1a) to find out correspondence;

3) finding by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server health properties related to said correspondence gene via the cross references provided in step 1a);

4) selecting by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficient between said gene and at least one health property, to which said gene influences when being in the normal and/or in the functional state;

5) finding by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server nutrients and/or medical substances related to said health property via the cross references provided in step 1b);

6) selecting by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients between said health property of step

     4) and nutrients and/or medical substances of step

     5) influencing the said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability;

7) comparing by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server information about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user gathered in step 1d) and taking into account amounts of the corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances by adding or subtracting their amounts from the recommended amounts;

8) forming individualized optimal nutrition and/or medical substance information with amounts to be consumed by ordering by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients determined in step

     6) to describe the suitability of nutrients and/or medical substances for the user so that the nutrient and/or medical substance influencing to said health property in the most healing manner is offered as the proposal;

9) modifying the amounts of the individualized optimal nutrition and/or medical substance provided in step

     8) by adding or subtracting the already consumed amounts of corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances find out in step

     7); and

10) communicating via said the information about the nutrition and/or medical substance in the order provided in step

     8) and with modified amounts provided in step

     9) as a proposal to the user via the user'"'"'s data terminal at least partly as an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the server is communicated via said data transmission connection by at least one numerical probability weighting coefficient for at least one pair to be selected from the following group:

at least one gene together with at least one nutrient and/or medical substance influences at least one health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability, and the user is allergic to at least one nutrient and/or medical substance with a certain probability.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the nutrients and/or medical substances, which influence said health property in the healing or harmful manner with some probability and the probabilities related to the nutrients and/or medical substances were used when defining the information describing the suitability of said nutrient and/or medical substance to the user, are arranged by said processing and analyzing equipment of the server to such an order that the nutrient and/or medical substance, which has the highest probability to have a healing effect on said health property, is placed as the most important.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein information related to at least one nutrient and/or medical substance consumed or intended to be consumed by the user is delivered with help of data terminal equipment to said data transmission connection of said server.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein addition to user'"'"'s genetic information also user'"'"'s identifier information (ID), at least part of the user'"'"'s genetic map, the user'"'"'s weight, the user'"'"'s length, the user'"'"'s sex and/or the user'"'"'s age is communicated to said data transmission connection of said server, and nutrient information and/or medical substance information consumed by the user, the data terminal equipment is used for delivering amounts of the nutrients and/or medical substances, and that the nutrition information and/or medical substance information of the nutrients and the amounts consumed by the user are registered to said database arrangement cumulatively by the server and so that they can be combined with the user'"'"'s identifier information.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein individualized intake limits are set to at least one nutrient and/or medical substance and a notification is formed by said processing and analyzing equipment of the server, if the cumulative amount of said nutrient and/or medical substance during a predetermined time period is higher or lower than said individualized intake limit defined for the user.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein cumulative amounts of substances of nutrients and/or medical substances consumed by the user within a selected period of time are compared with intake limits set for said nutrients and/or medical substances by said processing and analyzing equipment of the server, at least one nutrient or medical substance is selected, a cumulative amount of which in said period of time is not within the area of the predetermined intake limit, and if the value of the probability weighting coefficient for said substance influencing a certain health property in the healing manner, is above the predetermined limit, a proposal of said nutrient and/or medical substance to be taken by said user is delivered to the user'"'"'s data terminal via said data transmission connection of said server.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein information is delivered to the data transmission connection of said server with at least one of the following systems:

with the help of a mobile station, PDA device, smart card, magnet card, via the Internet, or via digital television.

9. A system for offering proposals and/or information about suitability of nutrients, and/or medical substances for a user, comprising

a user'"'"'s data terminal;

a central server; and

a data communication network;

1) the system being configured so that data transmission connections are established between said central server and said data communication network and said user'"'"'s data terminal, where said data communication network comprises information about relations between genes and health properties, how the genes influence said health properties, information about relations between nutrients and/or medical substances health properties and how the nutrients and/or medical substances influence said health properties, and

a) the system being configured to gather via said data transmission connection information of an influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said genes and related health property and providing a numerical probability weighting coefficient of the influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability,

b) the system being configured to gather via said data transmission connection information of influences of nutrients and/or medical substances to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said nutrients and/or medical substances and related health properties and providing numerical probability weighting coefficients to nutrients and/or medical substances influencing said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability,

c) the system being configured to gather via said data transmission connection information of the user'"'"'s gene and/or the user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state, and providing a numerical indication in a predefined format of the user'"'"'s gene and/or user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state to identify said gene, and

d) the system being configured to provide by said user'"'"'s data terminal information, such as amounts, about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user via said data transmission connection as a query, where said information is gathered for example by the user'"'"'s data terminal via an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal;

the server being configured to perform following functions;

2) to compare by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server indicated user'"'"'s gene with gene information gathered in step 1a) to find out correspondence;

3) to find by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server health properties related to said correspondence gene via the cross references provided in item 1a);

4) to select by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficient between said gene and at least one health property, to which said gene influences when being in the normal and/or in the functional state;

5) to find by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server nutrients and/or medical substances related to said health property via the cross references provided in item 1b);

6) to select by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients between said health property of item

     4) and nutrients and/or medical substances of item

     5) influencing the said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability;

7) to compare by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server information about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user gathered in item 1d) and taking into account amounts of the corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances by adding or subtracting their amounts from the recommended amounts;

8) to form individualised optimal nutrition and/or medical substance information with amounts to be consumed by ordering by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients determined in item

     6) to describe the suitability of nutrients and/or medical substances for the user so that the nutrient and/or medical substance influencing to said health property in the most healing manner is offered as the proposal;

9) to modify the amounts of the individualised optimal nutrition and/or medical substance provided in item

     8) by adding or subtracting the already consumed amounts of corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances find out in item 7; and

10) to communicate via said data transmission connection the information about the nutrition and/or medical substance in the order provided in item

     8) and with modified amounts provided in item

     9) via the user'"'"'s data terminal,

whereupon the data terminal is adapted to receive said communicated information as a response to said query and use it'"'"'s display means for displaying at least part of said received communicated information as a proposal to the user via an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal.

10. The system according to claim 9, wherein the system further comprises at least one data terminal equipment, with which information related to at least one nutrient and/or medical substance taken or intended to be taken by the user is delivered to the data transmission connection of said server as well as also user identifier information, and the server is further arranged to register to the database arrangement the amounts of the nutrients and/or medical substances taken by the user cumulatively and so that they can be combined with the user'"'"'s identifier information by said processing and analyzing equipment of the server.

11. The system according to claim 9, wherein the database arrangement comprises individualized intake limits for at least one nutrient and/or medical substance, and that said processing and analyzing equipment of the server is arranged to form a notification, if a cumulative amount of said nutrient and/or medical substance in a predetermined time period is either above or below an individualized intake limit defined for the user of said nutrient and/or medical substance.

12. The system according to claim 9, wherein the processing and analyzing equipment of the server is arranged to compare cumulative substance amounts of the nutrients and/or medical substances consumed by the user within a selected time period to intake limits set for said nutrients and/or medical substances, to select at least one nutrient or medical substance, the cumulative amount of which in said time period is below the defined intake limit, and if a value of the numerical probability weighting coefficient for said substance influencing a certain health property in the healing manner is above the preset limit, to communicate a proposal to the user'"'"'s data terminal via said data transmission connection of said server of said nutrient and/or medical substance to be consumed by said user.

13. The system according to claim 9, wherein the system is configured to deliver the information to the data transmission connection of said server via at least one of a mobile station, PDA device, smart card, magnetic card, Internet browser, or digital television.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium for offering proposals and/or information about suitability of nutrients, and/or medical substances for a user by communicating via a user'"'"'s data terminal, the non-transitory computer readable medium being configured so that data transmission connections are established between a central server and data communication network and said user'"'"'s data terminal, where said data communication network comprises information about relations between genes and health properties, how the genes influence said health properties, information about relations between nutrients and/or medical substances health properties and how the nutrients and/or medical substances influence said health properties, the non-transitory computer readable medium being configured to:

1)

a) to gather via said data transmission connection from said data communication network continuously information of an influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said genes and related health property and providing numerical probability weighting coefficient of the influence of at least one gene and/or at least one gene being in a functional state to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability,

b) data transmission connection from said data communication network continuously information of influences of nutrients and/or medical substances to at least one health property in a healing or harmful manner with a certain probability, providing cross references between said nutrients and/or medical substances and related health properties and providing numerical probability weighting coefficients to nutrients and/or medical substances influencing said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability,

c) to gather via said data transmission connection information of user'"'"'s gene and/or user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state, and providing a numerical indication communicated by the data equipment in a predefined format of the user'"'"'s gene and/or user'"'"'s gene being in the functional state to identify said gene, and

d) to gather via said data transmission connection from said user'"'"'s data terminal information, or information pertaining to amounts, about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user via an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal;

whereupon the non-transitory computer readable medium is configured to perform next the following;

2) to compare by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server indicated user'"'"'s gene with gene information gathered in step 1a) to find out correspondence;

3) to find by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server health properties related to said correspondence gene via the cross references provided in item 1a);

4) to select by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficient between said gene and at least one health property, to which said gene influences when being in the normal and/or in the functional state;

5) to find by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server nutrients and/or medical substances related to said health property via the cross references provided in item 1b);

6) to select by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients between said health property of item

     4) and nutrients and/or medical substances of item

     5) influencing the said health property in the healing or harmful manner with the certain probability;

7) to find by a processing and analyzing equipment of the server information about nutrients and/or medical substances consumed and/or to be consumed by the user gathered in item 1d) and taking into account amounts of the corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances by adding or subtracting their amounts from the recommended amounts;

8) to form individualized optimal nutrition and/or medical substance information with amounts to be consumed by ordering by the processing and analyzing equipment of the server the numerical probability weighting coefficients determined in step

     6) to describe the suitability of nutrients and/or medical substances for the user so that the nutrient and/or medical substance influencing to said health property in the most healing manner is offered as the proposal; and

9) to modify the amounts of the individualised optimal nutrition and/or medical substance provided in item

     8) by adding or subtracting the already consumed amounts of corresponding nutrients and/or medical substances find out in item 7; and

10) to communicate via said data transmission connection the information about the nutrition and/or medical substance in the order provided in item

     8) and with modified amounts provided in item

     9) as a proposal to the user via the user'"'"'s data terminal at least partly as an interactive graphical plate displayed by the user'"'"'s data terminal information,

when said non-transitory computer readable medium is ran at the server.