Apparatus to control diet and weight using human behavior modification techniques

US5673691A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• PICS, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Philip S. Abrams · McLean, US
• Al Behar · Reston, US
• Orna Behar · Reston, US
• Scott Brenneman · Menlo Park, US
• Lee W. Frederiksen · McLean, US
• Nicholas C. Ide · College Park, US
• Albert Jerome · Herndon, US
• Donald A. Link · Columbia, US
• Dennis J. Linnell · McLean, US
• Marilyn J. Pritchard · Rockville, US
• Hyam Singer · Silver Spring, US
• Gerald J. Swisher · McLean, US
• Catherine T. Timmerman · Silver Spring, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 2, 1996
• Grant date: Oct 7, 1997
• Expiry date: Jan 2, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S128/921
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In the preferred embodiment, a hand-held computer prepares and monitors a goal-oriented weight, nutrition and exercise control program. Visual and audio prompts tell users when to eat and exercise, and provide suggestions for what to eat. The computer assists the user in setting safe goals for desired weight loss and the time required to achieve the loss. The user follows menu and exercise programs suggested by the computer. The computer records and analyzes the user's food consumption, exercise and weight loss programs. Finally, the computer displays feedback information regarding the user's progress towards achieving the desired weight.