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Nutritional optimization method
Assignee: Zarbana Digital Fund LLC
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Filing: 1996-06-27
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Granted: 1999-09-21
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Expires: 2016-06-27
Abstract
Abstract A method for proposing and providing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of receiving personal information, e.g., relating to health and diet, about the person, determining a health model for the person, determining an effect on the health model for at least two nutritional supplements, optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the personal information about the person and effect for the at least two nutritional supplements, through employment of the health model, and outputting a proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of at least two nutritional supplements. The method may also receive economic considerations, e.g., a budget, for the nutritional supplementation, and further optimize the nutritional supplementation based on the economic considerations.
Inventors
- 👤 Andrew J. Szabo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 20:13
CPC Classifications
G; G16; G16H; G16H10/00; G16H10/60; G16H20/00; G16H20/60; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/92; Y10S128/921
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 47
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, the information comprising contents and cost; (c) determining economic constraints for the nutritional supplementation of the person; (d) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information, economic constraints and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
108 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, the information comprising contents and cost; (c) determining economic constraints for the nutritional supplementation of the person; (d) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information, economic constraints and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of determining a risk tolerance of the person and further optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation to achieve a maximum benefit within the determined risk tolerance.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of analyzing a proposed nutritional supplementation for health safety.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of receiving feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the economic constraints comprise a budget.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein the information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements comprises records of a stored database.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method according to claim 6, wherein the database is remote from the user.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of potential optimization procedures and selecting at least one of the optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal; and (e) transacting a sale of at least one proposed nutritional supplement with the person.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal; and (e) transacting a sale of at least one proposed nutritional supplement with the person.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of receiving economic considerations from the person and optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation further based on the economic considerations.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 10, wherein the economic considerations comprise a budget.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of receiving feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 12, further comprising the step of analyzing a proposed nutritional supplementation for health safety or consistency.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein the information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, the information comprising contents and cost are stored in a database.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 9, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of potential optimization procedures and selecting at least one of the optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 9, wherein said sale comprises an electronic data transmission between a client system and a server system.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing micronutrient information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) providing at least one optimization procedure for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement mironutrient information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) peforming one or more step selected from the group consisting of: (1) selecting one of a plurality of proposed optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person; and (2) providing feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing based on the feedback to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
158 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing micronutrient information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) providing at least one optimization procedure for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement mironutrient information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) peforming one or more step selected from the group consisting of: (1) selecting one of a plurality of proposed optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person; and (2) providing feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing based on the feedback to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A computer readable medium, having recorded thereon a series of computer implemented instructions for controlling a computer to execute the method according to claim 17.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
28 words
The medium according to claim 18, the method further comprising the steps of generating a graphic user interface and interacting with the person through the graphic user interface.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
30 words
The medium according to claim 18, the method further comprising the steps of communicating between a client computer in proximity to the person and a server through a computer network.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of receiving economic considerations from the user and optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation further based on the economic considerations.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 21, wherein the economic considerations comprise a budget.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of receiving feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 17, wherein the information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements comprise a nutritional quality and a cost of a respective nutritional supplement, stored in a database.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of potential optimization procedures and selecting at least one of the optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of providing nutritional supplements to the person corresponding to the proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 30
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a group of persons, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a group of persons; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) optimizing a proposed single nutritional supplementation regimen for the group of persons based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the group of persons by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
102 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a group of persons, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a group of persons; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements; (c) optimizing a proposed single nutritional supplementation regimen for the group of persons based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the group of persons by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 27, further comprising the steps of receiving economic considerations and optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation further based on the economic considerations.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method according to claim 27, further comprising the steps of receiving feedback relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 27, wherein the information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, the information comprising nutritional quality and cost are stored in a database.
Claim 35
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, said information being obtained by reference to an encoding on a container of a respective nutritional supplement; (c) providing at least one optimization procedure for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) performing one or more step selected from the group consisting of: (1) selecting one of a plurality of proposed optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person; and (2) providing feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing based on the feedback to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 36
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, said information being obtained by reference to an encoding on a container of a respective nutritional supplement; (c) providing at least one optimization procedure for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; (d) performing one or more step selected from the group consisting of: (1) selecting one of a plurality of proposed optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person; and (2) providing feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing based on the feedback to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation; and (e) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 31, further comprising the steps of receiving economic considerations from the person and optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation further based on the economic considerations.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 31, wherein the economic considerations comprise a budget.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 31, wherein the information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, the information comprising nutritional quality and cost are stored in a database.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method according to claim 31, further comprising the step of providing a plurality of potential optimization procedures and selecting at least one of the optimization procedures for optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 31, further comprising the step of, after receiving approval, selling nutritional supplements to the person corresponding to the proposed nutritional supplementation.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 36, further comprising the step of receiving an approval of the proposed nutritional optimization through an electronic data transmission between a client system and a server system.
Claim 43
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, said information comprising at least nutritional value and cost of a respective nutritional supplement; (c) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 44
Independent Claim
106 words
A method for proposing nutritional supplementation for a person comprising the steps of: (a) receiving health and nutritional status information relating to a person; (b) providing information relating to a plurality of available nutritional supplements, said information comprising at least nutritional value and cost of a respective nutritional supplement; (c) optimizing a proposed nutritional supplementation for the person based on the health and nutritional status information and nutritional supplement information to improve a predicted health status of the person by nutritional supplementation with a plurality of nutritional supplements; and (d) outputting the proposed nutritional supplementation including amounts of the plurality of nutritional supplements as a proposal.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 38, further comprising the steps of receiving economic considerations from the person and optimizing the proposed nutritional supplementation further based on the economic considerations.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method according to claim 39, wherein the economic considerations comprise a budget.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 38, further comprising the steps of receiving feedback from the person relating to the proposed nutritional supplementation and reoptimizing to generate a revised proposed nutritional supplementation.
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