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System and method for developing and selecting a customized wellness plan
Assignee: RealAge Inc
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Filing: 1997-04-04
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Granted: 1999-08-10
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Expires: 2017-04-04
Abstract
Abstract A System and Method for Developing a Customized Wellness Plan for measuring a user's wellness by determining a user's physiological age. The system and method also help a user to learn about personalized wellness options, where the wellness options have been chosen for the user based upon wellness factors input by the user, additional constraints input by the user and the most recently available information relating to the health sciences. The user can select one or more options, and determine the potential effect implementing the options could have on the user's physiological age over the short or long term. In this fashion, the user can continue selecting various groups of alternatives until he or she has determined the group of options that the user would like to implement as a wellness plan. The user can then obtain further information regarding the chosen wellness plan. The system and method also provide ways whereby a user can monitor their progress toward improving wellness, wherein this progress can be positive or negative.
Inventors
- 👤 David Summerell
- 👤 M. Martin Rom
- 👤 Keith Roach
- 👤 Charles Silver
- 👤 Michael Roizen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 12:27
CPC Classifications
G; G16; G16H; G16H50/00; G16H50/30; G16H15/00; G16H20/00; G16H20/30; G16H20/60; G16H10/00; G16H10/20; G16H50/20
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
An interactive wellness system comprising: means for collecting information relating to a user's wellness factors; means responsive to the user's wellness factor information collecting means for determining the user's physiological age; means responsive to the user's wellness factor information collecting means for providing the user with wellness program options for improving the user's wellness; means for allowing the user to select from the wellness program options to form a wellness plan; and means for allowing the user to determine the effects the selected wellness plan has on the user's physiological age.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
An interactive wellness system comprising: means for collecting information relating to a user's wellness factors; means responsive to the user's wellness factor information collecting means for determining the user's physiological age; means responsive to the user's wellness factor information collecting means for providing the user with wellness program options for improving the user's wellness; means for allowing the user to select from the wellness program options to form a wellness plan; and means for allowing the user to determine the effects the selected wellness plan has on the user's physiological age.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, wherein the wellness program options are chosen in response to the information related to a user's wellness factors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for allowing the user to select a preferred wellness plan.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 3, further comprising: means responsive to the preferred wellness plan selection means for presenting a description of the chosen wellness plan.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 4, further comprising: means responsive to the description presentation means for providing the user with further information related to various aspects of the chosen wellness plan.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, wherein information related to the user's wellness factors comprises information related to the user's life style, habits, environment, and health, medical and genetic history.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for determination of the user's changing physiological age.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 3, wherein the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan are presented to the user.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 8, wherein the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan over a short term and the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan over a long term are presented to the user.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 8, wherein the potential results of implementing a chosen wellness plan for a three month period and a three year period are presented to the user.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 8, wherein the results presented are in the form of physiological age.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
29 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, wherein the user's wellness factor information can be updated at a time after initial collection of the user's wellness factor information.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 3, wherein the user can select a new preferred wellness plan after the initial selection of the preferred wellness plan.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, wherein the means for collecting wellness factor information comprises decision nodes that allow the user to skip irrelevant or unnecessary questions.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
25 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, further comprising: means for determining a composite relative risk responsive to the user's collected wellness factor information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 1, wherein means for collecting information related to a user's wellness factors further comprises: a questionnaire, wherein the questionnaire elicits information pertaining to a series of wellness factors.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 16, wherein a user inputs wellness factor data in response to the questionnaire.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
20 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 17, wherein the wellness factor data is stored in a data base table.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 18, wherein the wellness factor data is manipulated into transformed data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
21 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 19, wherein the transformed data is stored in a database table for transformed data.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
84 words
An interactive wellness system according to claim 20, wherein a means for determining the user's physiological age further comprises: means for processing each of a user's wellness factors according to stratification rules; means responsive to the stratification rule processing for determining a relative risk value for each of the user's wellness factors; means for adjusting the wellness factor relative risk results for covariance; and means responsive to the user's wellness factor relative risk calculation for determining the user's equivalent survival rate and physiological age.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented method of creating and selecting a wellness program comprising: inputting data relating to a user's wellness factors; storing the user's wellness factor data input data; manipulating the user's wellness factor data into transformed data; storing the transformed data, manipulating the transformed data to determine the user's physiological age; presenting physiological age to the user; determining wellness program options based upon the user's wellness factor data and the transformed data; presenting the wellness program options to the user; selecting wellness program options by the user to form a wellness plan; and calculating the physiological age change that occurs if the user adopts the selected wellness plan.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer-implemented method of creating and selecting a wellness program comprising: inputting data relating to a user's wellness factors; storing the user's wellness factor data input data; manipulating the user's wellness factor data into transformed data; storing the transformed data, manipulating the transformed data to determine the user's physiological age; presenting physiological age to the user; determining wellness program options based upon the user's wellness factor data and the transformed data; presenting the wellness program options to the user; selecting wellness program options by the user to form a wellness plan; and calculating the physiological age change that occurs if the user adopts the selected wellness plan.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22, further comprising allowing the user to select and appraise the potential effects of various wellness plans.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
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A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 23, further comprising the user choosing a preferred wellness plan.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 24, further comprising presenting the preferred wellness plan to the user.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 25, further comprising providing the user with further information relating to various aspects of the preferred wellness plan.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22, wherein data relating to the user's wellness factors comprises information relating to a user's life style, habits, environment, and health, medical, and genetic history.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22, further comprising determining the change in a user's physiological age.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 24, further comprising presenting the physiological age effect of implementing a chosen wellness plan to the user.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
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A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 29, wherein the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan over the short term and the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan over the long term are presented to the user.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 29, wherein the results of implementing a chosen wellness plan for a three month and a three year period are presented to the user.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 29, wherein the results presented are in the form of physiological age.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22, further comprising: updating information relating to the user's wellness factors at a time after initial inputting of the user's wellness factor data.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 23, further comprising: selecting a new preferred wellness plan after initial selection of the preferred wellness plan.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22 further comprising the automatic skipping of irrelevant or unnecessary questions.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22 further comprising determining a composite relative risk based upon the user's wellness factor data.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
30 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22 wherein inputting data relating to the user's wellness factors results from the user responding to a questionnaire.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
68 words
A method of creating and selecting a wellness program according to claim 22 wherein the determination of the user's physiological age further comprises: processing the user's wellness factors according to stratification rules; determining a relative risk vale for each of the user's wellness factors according to the stratification rules; adjusting the wellness factor relative risk values for covariance; and determining the user's equivalent survival rate and physiological age.
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