Patent Application Titled “Personalized Health System, Method And Device Having A Goals Function” Published Online (USPTO 20220310220): Patent Application

2022 OCT 18 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors Carlone, Terry (Sacramento, CA, US); Green, John (Burke, VA, US); Kaput, James (Madison, WI, US); Morine, Melissa (Avonport, CA); Priami, Corrado (Follonica, IT), filed on March 25, 2022, was made available online on September 29, 2022.

No assignee for this patent application has been made.

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Health and disease research over the past one hundred years was largely based on reductionist experimental approaches which tested a single variable while holding all other variables constant. This methodology served science and society well, dramatically improving health and longevity. In spite of these advances, multifactorial diseases like obesity, diabetes, and other chronic diseases have become near-epidemics across the world, indicating that reductionistic strategies provide incomplete solutions. The critical concept overlooked from health research and applications is that health results from interactions of multiple in-the-body molecules and processes and many external factors that include nutrition/diet, physical activity/exercise, social activity, and environment while disease results from dysfunctions of one or more interacting processes among these scales. The interaction of the internal and external processes produces emergent (unexpected) properties of the separate macro and micro systems. However, applying these concepts experimentally or directly to the real world has not happened-economic and other disincentives and challenges have deterred integration of knowledge across these different sectors. In addition, it is only recently that advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and increases in “big data” computing capacity, have made it possible to harness the large volumes of data involved in digesting and analyzing immensely complex matrices of information interconnected across multiple scales and multiple morbidities.”

In addition to obtaining background information on this patent application, NewsRx editors also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “A personal health system, method and device that maintains a health knowledge base, inputs user characteristics, generates health scores based on the user characteristics and provides recommendations based on the user characteristics, health scores and knowledge base, wherein the recommendations are indicated by the knowledge base to be likely to improve the user’s health scores.

“A first aspect is directed to a personal health system for promoting healthy choices to one or more users. The personal health system comprises at least one computing device including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled with the processor and storing a personal health platform having a user interface, wherein when executed by the processor the personal health platform is operable to provide a user input module that guides a user to input personal characteristics of the user, the personal characteristics including an intake value for a plurality of food categories, determine a remaining calories quantity based on a difference between a sum of the intake values for each of the food categories and a predetermined optimum total caloric intake value for the user and provide a goals module that, upon selection by the user of one of the food categories as a subject for an increase intake goal prevents creation of the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories exceeds an optimum intake value for the one of the categories or the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero and generates the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories is less than the optimum intake value for the one of the categories and the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero, but limits an increase amount of the increase intake goal to less than or equal to the smaller of the remaining calories quantity and a difference between the optimum intake value minus the intake value of the one of the categories.

“In some embodiments, the personal characteristics include a current performance value for one or more types of physical activity and one or more types of social activity, and upon selection by the user of one of the types of physical activity or social activity as a subject for an increase performance goal, the goals module generates the increase performance goal indicating a quantity of more time the user would like to spend performing the one of the types than the current performance value for the one of the types. In some embodiments, the personal health platform is operable to calculate a nutrition score based on the intake values of each of the food categories and automatically recalculate the nutrition score upon completion of the increase intake goal based on a completion percentage of the increase intake goal. In some embodiments, the automatic recalculating comprises determining a result of the completion percentage multiplied by the increase amount of the increase intake goal, increasing the intake value of the one of the food categories by the result, and recalculating the nutrition score using the increased intake value. In some embodiments, the increase intake goal includes a duration that defines when the increase intake goal ends and a frequency that defines how many times compliance with the increase intake goal is checked during the duration, and further wherein the completion percentage is equal to a number of times the user indicated compliance with the increase intake goal divided by an amount of times compliance with the increase intake goal was checked during the duration.

“In some embodiments, in response to preventing creation of the increase intake goal, the personal health platform is operable to present a replace intake goal that combines an intake increase in the one of the food categories with a matching intake decrease in a second of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for the second of the food categories. In some embodiments, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to determine if the remaining calories quantity is greater than zero, and if so, automatically present an increase intake goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is less than an optimum intake value for that food category. In some embodiments, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to automatically present a decrease goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for that food category. In some embodiments, after selection of an increase goal creation function and a first of the food categories by the user, the personal health platform is operable to determine if the remaining calories quantity is greater than zero, and if not, automatically present a replace goal that combines an intake increase in the first of the food categories with a matching intake decrease in a second of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for the second of the food categories. In some embodiments, the second of the food categories is selected by the user from a list of all of the food categories whose intake value is greater than the optimum intake value for that food category. In some embodiments, the selection by the user of the one of the food categories as the subject for the increase intake goal comprises selection from the user interface of a food that belongs to the one of the food categories.

“A second aspect is directed to a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a personal health platform for promoting healthy choices to one or more users, wherein when executed by a processor the personal health platform is operable to provide a user input module that guides a user to input personal characteristics of the user, the personal characteristics including an intake value for a plurality of food categories, determine a remaining calories quantity based on a difference between a sum of the intake values for each of the food categories and a predetermined optimum total caloric intake value for the user and provide a goals module that, upon selection by the user of one of the food categories as a subject for an increase intake goal prevents creation of the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories exceeds an optimum intake value for the one of the categories or the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero and generates the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories is less than the optimum intake value for the one of the categories and the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero, but limits an increase amount of the increase intake goal to less than or equal to the smaller of the remaining calories quantity and a difference between the optimum intake value minus the intake value of the one of the categories.

“In some embodiments, the personal characteristics include a current performance value for one or more types of physical activity and one or more types of social activity, and upon selection by the user of one of the types of physical activity or social activity as a subject for an increase performance goal, the goals module generates the increase performance goal indicating a quantity of more time the user would like to spend performing the one of the types than the current performance value for the one of the types. In some embodiments, the personal health platform is operable to calculate a nutrition score based on the intake values of each of the food categories and automatically recalculate the nutrition score upon completion of the increase intake goal based on a completion percentage of the increase intake goal. In some embodiments, the automatic recalculating comprises determining a result of the completion percentage multiplied by the increase amount of the increase intake goal, increasing the intake value of the one of the food categories by the result, and recalculating the nutrition score using the increased intake value. In some embodiments, the increase intake goal includes a duration that defines when the increase intake goal ends and a frequency that defines how many times compliance with the increase intake goal is checked during the duration, and further wherein the completion percentage is equal to a number of times the user indicated compliance with the increase intake goal divided by an amount of times compliance with the increase intake goal was checked during the duration.”

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The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. A personal health system for promoting healthy choices to one or more users, the personal health system comprising: at least one computing device including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled with the processor and storing a personal health platform having a user interface, wherein when executed by the processor the personal health platform is operable to: provide a user input module that guides a user to input personal characteristics of the user, the personal characteristics including an intake value for a plurality of food categories; determine a remaining calories quantity based on a difference between a sum of the intake values for each of the food categories and a predetermined optimum total caloric intake value for the user; and provide a goals module that, upon selection by the user of one of the food categories as a subject for an increase intake goal: prevents creation of the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories exceeds an optimum intake value for the one of the categories or the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero; and generates the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories is less than the optimum intake value for the one of the categories and the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero, but limits an increase amount of the increase intake goal to less than or equal to the smaller of the remaining calories quantity and a difference between the optimum intake value minus the intake value of the one of the categories.

“2. The personal health system of claim 1, wherein the personal characteristics include a current performance value for one or more types of physical activity and one or more types of social activity, and upon selection by the user of one of the types of physical activity or social activity as a subject for an increase performance goal, the goals module generates the increase performance goal indicating a quantity of more time the user would like to spend performing the one of the types than the current performance value for the one of the types.

“3. The personal health system of claim 1, wherein the personal health platform is operable to calculate a nutrition score based on the intake values of each of the food categories and automatically recalculate the nutrition score upon completion of the increase intake goal based on a completion percentage of the increase intake goal.

“4. The personal health system of claim 3, wherein the automatic recalculating comprises determining a result of the completion percentage multiplied by the increase amount of the increase intake goal, increasing the intake value of the one of the food categories by the result, and recalculating the nutrition score using the increased intake value.

“5. The personal health system of claim 4, wherein the increase intake goal includes a duration that defines when the increase intake goal ends and a frequency that defines how many times compliance with the increase intake goal is checked during the duration, and further wherein the completion percentage is equal to a number of times the user indicated compliance with the increase intake goal divided by an amount of times compliance with the increase intake goal was checked during the duration.

“6. The personal health system of claim 1, wherein in response to preventing creation of the increase intake goal, the personal health platform is operable to present a replace intake goal that combines an intake increase in the one of the food categories with a matching intake decrease in a second of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for the second of the food categories.

“7. The personal health system of claim 1, wherein, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to determine if the remaining calories quantity is greater than zero, and if so, automatically present an increase intake goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is less than an optimum intake value for that food category.

“8. The personal health system of claim 7, wherein, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to automatically present a decrease goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for that food category.

“9. The personal health system of claim 8, wherein, after selection of an increase goal creation function and a first of the food categories by the user, the personal health platform is operable to determine if the remaining calories quantity is greater than zero, and if not, automatically present a replace goal that combines an intake increase in the first of the food categories with a matching intake decrease in a second of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for the second of the food categories.

“10. The personal health system of claim 9, wherein the second of the food categories is selected by the user from a list of all of the food categories whose intake value is greater than the optimum intake value for that food category.

“11. The personal health system of claim 1, wherein the selection by the user of the one of the food categories as the subject for the increase intake goal comprises selection from the user interface of a food that belongs to the one of the food categories.

“12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a personal health platform for promoting healthy choices to one or more users, wherein when executed by a processor the personal health platform is operable to: provide a user input module that guides a user to input personal characteristics of the user, the personal characteristics including an intake value for a plurality of food categories; determine a remaining calories quantity based on a difference between a sum of the intake values for each of the food categories and a predetermined optimum total caloric intake value for the user; and provide a goals module that, upon selection by the user of one of the food categories as a subject for an increase intake goal: prevents creation of the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories exceeds an optimum intake value for the one of the categories or the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero; and generates the increase intake goal if the intake value of the one of the categories is less than the optimum intake value for the one of the categories and the remaining calories quantity is less than or equal to zero, but limits an increase amount of the increase intake goal to less than or equal to the smaller of the remaining calories quantity and a difference between the optimum intake value minus the intake value of the one of the categories.

“13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the personal characteristics include a current performance value for one or more types of physical activity and one or more types of social activity, and upon selection by the user of one of the types of physical activity or social activity as a subject for an increase performance goal, the goals module generates the increase performance goal indicating a quantity of more time the user would like to spend performing the one of the types than the current performance value for the one of the types.

“14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the personal health platform is operable to calculate a nutrition score based on the intake values of each of the food categories and automatically recalculate the nutrition score upon completion of the increase intake goal based on a completion percentage of the increase intake goal.

“15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the automatic recalculating comprises determining a result of the completion percentage multiplied by the increase amount of the increase intake goal, increasing the intake value of the one of the food categories by the result, and recalculating the nutrition score using the increased intake value.

“16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the increase intake goal includes a duration that defines when the increase intake goal ends and a frequency that defines how many times compliance with the increase intake goal is checked during the duration, and further wherein the completion percentage is equal to a number of times the user indicated compliance with the increase intake goal divided by an amount of times compliance with the increase intake goal was checked during the duration.

“17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein in response to preventing creation of the increase intake goal, the personal health platform is operable to present a replace intake goal that combines an intake increase in the one of the food categories with a matching intake decrease in a second of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for the second of the food categories.

“18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to determine if the remaining calories quantity is greater than zero, and if so, automatically present an increase intake goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is less than an optimum intake value for that food category.

“19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein, after selection of a goal creation function by the user, the personal health platform is operable to automatically present a decrease goal for each of the food categories whose intake value is greater than an optimum intake value for that food category.”

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For more information, see this patent application: Carlone, Terry; Green, John; Kaput, James; Morine, Melissa; Priami, Corrado. Personalized Health System, Method And Device Having A Goals Function. Filed March 25, 2022 and posted September 29, 2022. Patent URL: https://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220220310220%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20220310220&RS=DN/20220310220

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