JP2001256310A - Internet diet system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to control his or her weight by using the Internet. SOLUTION: A server and a user's terminal device 21 are connected to the Internet 1; and the user's terminal device can send user data including at least personal data including the height and weight of the user oneself, date data, and food contents data of the day to the server through the Internet and the server receives the user data from the user's terminal device, stores at least the personal data of the user data, and computes the estimated weight of the user according to the personal data and the date data and food contents data of the day after the storage, thereby sending the computation result to the user's terminal device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a diet system capable of managing weight using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various systems using the Internet are known, but a system that allows a user to manage his or her own weight is not known.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an Internet diet system that allows a user to control his / her weight using the Internet.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, an Internet diet system according to the first aspect is a system which operates under conditions including a server and a user terminal device which can be connected to the Internet. The terminal device of the user, at least, personal data including the height and weight of the user himself, date data,
A terminal device capable of transmitting user data including meal content data of the date to the server via the Internet, wherein the server receives user data from the terminal device of the user, and Among the data, at least the personal data is stored, and based on the personal data and the stored date data and the meal content data of the date, the estimated weight of the user is calculated. Is transmitted to the terminal device of the user,
The terminal device of the user is a terminal device capable of receiving a calculation result from the server and displaying the result. The internet diet system according to claim 2, wherein in the internet diet system according to claim 1, based on the personal data at the time of storage, the server uses a basic character data corresponding to the personal data as image data as a terminal of the user. A server capable of transmitting the modified character data obtained by thickening or thinning the basic character based on the calculation result to the user's terminal device as image data; Is a terminal device capable of displaying the basic character or the changed character. The internet diet system according to claim 3 is the internet diet system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the terminal device of the user further transmits, as the user data, the action content data of the user on the date to the server via the Internet. It is a terminal device capable of transmitting, and the server is a server that further calculates an estimated weight of the user based on the action content data. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the internet diet system according to the first, second, or third aspect, the server includes menu data of a plurality of kinds of meal contents prepared in advance and / or a plurality of kinds of prepared meal contents. Is a server that sends the menu data of the action content to the user terminal device, and the user terminal device displays the menu data, and the user selects the meal content and / or the action content based on the display. The terminal device transmits the selected content to the server as the meal content data and / or action content data. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the internet diet system according to the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, the terminal device of the user includes a portable terminal device.

[0005]

The Internet diet system according to claim 1 is a system that operates under conditions including a server and a user terminal device that can be connected to the Internet, wherein the user terminal device includes at least a user. A terminal device capable of transmitting personal data including own height and weight, date data, and user data including meal content data of the date to the server via the Internet, wherein the server includes: Receiving user data from the user's terminal device, and among the user data, storing at least the personal data, the personal data, and after the storage, the date data and meal content data of the date. The estimated weight of the user is calculated based on the Server to transmit to the terminal device, and furthermore, the terminal device of the user is a terminal device capable of receiving the calculation result from the server and displaying the same, so that it is used as follows. It operates and the effect corresponding to it is obtained. (I) The user has at least:
User data including the user's own height and weight, date data, and meal content data for the date can be sent to the server via the Internet. (Ii) When the user data is transmitted from the user terminal device, the server receives the user data,
At least the personal data is stored. Further, after the storage, when the date data and meal content data of the date are transmitted, the data is received, and based on the data and the personal data, the estimated weight of the user is calculated. The calculation result is transmitted to the terminal device of the user. (Iii) The user can receive the above calculation result and display it on the terminal device. Therefore, there is an effect that the user can know his / her estimated weight (increase / decrease in weight) by looking at the calculation result. According to the Internet diet system of the second aspect, in the Internet diet system of the first aspect, based on the personal data at the time of storage, the server uses the basic character data corresponding to the personal data as image data. And a server capable of transmitting the changed character data obtained by thickening or thinning the basic character based on the calculation result to the user's terminal device as image data. Since the terminal device is a terminal device that can display the basic character or the changed character, the user can easily see the changed character by using the terminal device,
It is possible to know the increase / decrease in own weight (estimated weight). According to the internet diet system of claim 3, in the internet diet system of claim 1 or 2, the terminal device of the user further comprises:
A terminal device capable of transmitting, as user data, the user's activity data on the date to the server via the Internet, wherein the server further calculates an estimated weight of the user based on the activity data. Since the server performs the calculation, the estimated weight can be calculated more accurately (to reduce the error from the actual weight). According to the Internet diet system of the fourth aspect, in the Internet diet system of the first, second or third aspect, the server is provided with menu data of a plurality of kinds of meal contents prepared in advance and / or prepared in advance. A server that sends menu data of a plurality of types of action contents to a user's terminal device, and the user's terminal device displays the menu data, and based on the display, the user can display meal contents and / or action contents. Since the terminal device can be selected and sends the selected content to the server as the meal content data and / or action content data, the input operation of the user is simplified, and the calculation operation in the server is also simplified. Is obtained. According to the Internet diet system according to the fifth aspect, in the Internet diet system according to the first, second, third or fourth aspect, the terminal device of the user includes a portable terminal device. The user data can be input and transmitted at any time, even when away from home, by using the terminal device for communication. Therefore, forgetting to input or the like hardly occurs, and as a result, the estimated weight can be calculated more accurately. In addition, even when going out, the estimated weight can be displayed on the portable terminal device and confirmed.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing an embodiment of the Internet diet system according to the present invention.

[0007] The Internet diet system is a system that operates under conditions including a server 11 and terminals 21 and 31 of users 20 and 30 that can be connected to the Internet 1. In FIG. 1,
Although the two users 20 and 30 are illustrated as representatives, there are actually many users 20 and 30. Also, 10
Is a site operating company and includes a host computer (not shown) connected to the server 11.

[0008] The terminal device 21 of the user 20 is composed of, for example, a personal computer (personal computer). Also,
The terminal device 31 of the user 30 is configured as a portable terminal device (for example, a mobile phone (for example, an I-Mode mobile phone) having a function described below with respect to the present system). Since the terminal device 21 and the portable terminal device 31 have basically the same function in the present system,
And the portable terminal device 31 will be described as a representative.

The terminal device 31 transmits user data including at least personal data including the height and weight of the user 30 itself, date data, and meal content data of the date to the server 11 via the Internet 1. It is a terminal device that can send out.

[0010] In this embodiment, as personal data,
In addition to “height” and “weight”, “name”, “nickname”, “E-Mail address”, “i-MODE address”, “i-MODE number”, “telephone number”, “bust size”, "Waist size", "hip size", "birthday", "hobby", "hometown", "model name of the terminal device used", etc. can be sent to the server Has become. Further, as described later, the terminal device 31 of the user 30 stores the date data (for example,
), Meal content data (for example, two rice balls), action content data (for example, a drinking party), and the like for the date can be input and transmitted to the server 21. (Estimated weight) and the like can be received and displayed.

The server 11 is composed of, for example, a personal computer. The server 11 receives the user data from the user's terminal device 31 and stores at least the personal data among the user data, and stores the personal data and the date data after the storage, The estimated weight of the user 30 is calculated based on the meal content data and the action content data, and the calculation result is transmitted to the terminal device 31 of the user 30.
Upon access from the user 30, the server 11 of this embodiment displays a weekly schedule table and the icon A prepared in advance as shown in FIG. Is selected by the user 30, a menu screen M prepared in advance as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 31, and when a predetermined portion of the menu screen M is selected,
As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, or FIG. 7 prepared in advance, a sub-menu screen M1, M2, or M3 is displayed. Therefore, the user 30 inputs various data according to these screens, and
1 can be transmitted. In addition, a specific use mode and operation will be described later.

Further, based on the personal data at the time of storage, the server 11 sends, to the terminal device 31 of the user 30 as basic image data, basic character (refer to symbol C in FIG. 3) data corresponding to the personal data. And, based on the result of the calculation, the changed character (see reference numeral C1 in FIG. 7) in which the basic character C is fattened or thinned is transmitted to the terminal device 31 of the user 30 as image data and displayed on the display unit thereof. It can be made to be.

The usage and operation of the Internet diet system will be described mainly with reference to FIG.
This will be specifically described with reference to (flow chart). (1) The user 30 who wants to use this system,
When the terminal 11 is used to access the server 11 through the Internet 1 (see FIG. 1), the program of the system stored in the server 11 (or the host computer, hereinafter the same) operates (FIG. 2).
Step ST1), a message for confirming whether or not the user 30 is a new user, for example, a message "Is a new user?" A selection screen, for example, a selection screen (not shown) of “Yes / No” is displayed (see FIG. 1).

(2) If a new user is selected in step ST2, for example, if "yes" is selected on the selection screen, the server 11 enters an input screen (step ST3) for inputting the personal data. (Not shown) and a message stating "Please input according to this screen" are displayed on the terminal device 31 of the user 30 (FIG. 1).
Reference).

(3) In step ST3, when personal data is input by the user 30 and the personal data is transmitted from the terminal device 31 to the server 11 (see FIG. 1), the server 11 Remember (register)
Then, in step ST4, an ID number, a password and the like of the user 30 are set, and these are set to the terminal device 31 of the user 30.
(See FIG. 1), and returns to step ST2. Thereafter, the new user can use this system.

(4) If it is determined in step ST2 that the user is not a new user, for example, if "No" is selected on the selection screen (see FIG. 1), the server 11 determines in step ST5 that the user 30 An input screen (not shown) for inputting the ID number, password, etc. of the user 30 is displayed on the terminal device 31 (see FIG. 1), and the user 30 inputs the ID number, password, etc. Upon receipt (see FIG. 1), a weekly schedule table for the user 30, for example as shown in FIG.
The icon A and the character C are displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 31 (see FIG. 1). When the user 30 is a new user, a weekly schedule table and a basic character C that have not been input yet are displayed as shown in FIG. 3, and the user 30 has already used this system. If so, a weekly schedule table and a changed character C1 in which meal contents and action contents have already been input for the elapsed date (February 7 in the example of FIG. 6) are displayed as shown in FIG. 6, for example. It will be.

(5) In step ST5, when a predetermined portion of the icon A shown in FIG. 3 is selected by the user 30,
The server 11 has, for example, a menu screen M as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 31 of the user 30 (see FIG. 1). Here, the user 30 uses the selection method to be described later to store 2
7 is selected, for example, “Meal” on the menu screen M →
When “Breakfast” is selected, the server 11 further displays, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a submenu screen M1 on which items (rice balls, toasts, and the like) normally considered as the contents of breakfast are displayed on the terminal device 31. It is displayed on the display screen (see FIG. 1). Then, the server 11 stores the user 30
Thus, for example, “rice ball” and “carbonated drink” are selected, and when they are received (see FIG. 1), in step ST6, a calorie table corresponding to the above-mentioned item which the server 11 has, and an estimated weight The calculation program calculates the estimated weight, and as shown in FIG.
The selected content (in the example of the figure, “breakfast = rice ball” and its calories “120” and “breakfast = carbonated beverage” and its calories “65” in the example of the figure) are displayed on the terminal device 31 in the column of the day, and the calculation is performed. The estimated weight and the changed character C1 (see FIG. 7) are displayed on the terminal device 31.

The selection (input) operation by the user 30 can be performed on the screen of the terminal device 31. For example, to select February 7 as date data,
The selection can be made by, for example, clicking a “2/7” portion on the screen. In this embodiment, when the input date is February 7, February 7 is automatically selected by the server 11, but when the input date is February 8 (for example, the user For example, when the user forgets to input 30 for February 7), the user can select February 7. The selection of the meal content can be made by, for example, clicking on the “meal” portion on the menu screen M → “breakfast” portion → “onigiri” portion on the submenu screen M1. In addition, for example, as shown in FIG.
On the sub-menu screen M1, a number of items (rice balls, toasts, etc.) normally considered as the contents of breakfast are displayed. In this display, “calorie input” means that the user 3
0 is an item for directly inputting the calories of meal contents.

Further, similarly to the above, the user 30
The user can input his / her own action content data and send it to the server 11, and the server 11 transmits the action content data and the result of the estimated weight calculation based on the data (the changed character C1).
Is displayed on the terminal device 31. For example, FIG.
When the user selects “play” → “after 5” on the menu screen M, a submenu screen M2 relating to the play (in this case, after 5) as shown in FIG.
When "Drinking Party" and "Karaoke" are selected on the sub-menu screen M2, "Play" = "Drinking Party" and "Karaoke" are displayed in the column of February 7 as shown in FIG. Will be displayed. In FIG. 6,
Already "lunch" = "cup ramen (150)",
“Sleep” = “7.5 hours” is input. further,
When “care” → “esthetic” is selected on the menu screen M in FIG. 4, a submenu screen M3 relating to care (in this case, esthetic) is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 31 as shown in FIG. When "beautiful face" is selected on the screen M3, "care" = "beautiful face" is displayed in the column of February 7 as shown in FIG. Then, the server 11 calculates an estimated weight based on the content of the meal and the content of the action on February 7, and the result is shown in FIG.
, The changed character C1 and the numerical value “estimated weight = 52 kg” are displayed on the terminal device 31. Be careful with this number (there is a risk of being overweight)
Then, in the column on February 7, for example, "Today,
△. Note! Is displayed.

In FIG. 2, a step ST7 is for enabling the user 30 to select and change a favorite character, and by selecting a predetermined portion of the icon A shown in FIG. Step ST5 above
It is possible to operate by skipping 6. That is,
A plurality of types of characters are prepared in the server 11 in advance, and the user 30 can select a favorite character among the characters. Also, in FIG. 2, step ST8 corresponds to the user 3
0 is your estimated weight (including the changed character C1)
Is to be able to check,
By selecting a predetermined portion of the icon A shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to operate by skipping steps ST5 to ST7. That is, the user 30 can check his / her estimated weight (including the changed character C1) only by selecting the predetermined portion of the icon A.

According to the Internet diet system of the embodiment described above, the following operation and effect can be obtained. (A) The server 11 and the terminal device 31 of the user 30 (the same applies to the user 20) that can be connected to the Internet 1
A system operating under the condition having (21),
The user terminal device 31 includes at least personal data including the height and weight of the user 30 itself, date data,
A terminal device capable of transmitting user data including meal content data of the date to the server 11 via the Internet 1, the server 11 receiving user data from the terminal device 31 of the user 30, and Among the user data, at least personal data is stored, and the estimated weight of the user 30 is calculated based on the personal data and the stored date data and the meal content data of the relevant date. It is a server that transmits the result to the terminal device 31 of the user 30. Since the terminal device 31 of the user 30 is a terminal device that can receive the calculation result from the server 11 and display the result, It is used and operated as follows, and the corresponding operation and effect can be obtained. (I) The user 30 uses the terminal device 31 to store user data including at least personal data including the height and weight of the user himself, date data, and meal content data of the date via the Internet 1. 1
1 can be sent. (Ii) When the user data is transmitted from the terminal device 31 of the user 30, the server 11 receives the user data and stores at least the personal data. Also,
After the storage, when the date data and the meal content data of the date are transmitted, the data is received, and the estimated weight of the user 30 is calculated based on the data and the personal data. Is transmitted to the terminal device 31 of the user. (Iii) The user 30 uses the terminal device 31
The calculation result can be received and displayed. Therefore, the user 30 looks at the above calculation result,
The effect of being able to know the estimated weight (increase / decrease in weight) of the user is obtained.

(B) The server 11 sends basic character data corresponding to the personal data as image data to the terminal device 31 of the user 30 based on the personal data at the time of storage, and based on the calculation result. Is a server capable of transmitting, as image data, the changed character (C1) data obtained by making the basic character C fatter or thinner to the terminal device 31 of the user 30. The terminal device 31 of the user 30 Alternatively, since the terminal device is a terminal device capable of displaying the changed character C1, the user 30 can easily know increase / decrease in his / her weight (estimated weight) by viewing the changed character C1 with the terminal device 31. it can.

(C) The user terminal device 31 further comprises:
The terminal device is a terminal device capable of transmitting, as user data, the user's action data on the date to the server 11 via the Internet 1. The server 11 further calculates the estimated weight of the user based on the action data. Since the server is a server for calculation, an effect is obtained that the estimated weight can be calculated more accurately (to reduce the error from the actual weight).

(D) The server 11 prepares menu data of a plurality of kinds of meal contents prepared in advance (see FIGS. 4 and 5) and menu data of a plurality of kinds of action contents prepared in advance (FIGS. 4, 6 and 6). 7) to the user terminal device 31 and the user terminal device 31
Is a terminal device that displays the menu data and allows the user to select a meal content and an action content based on the display, and sends the selected content to the server 11 as the meal content data and the action content data. Therefore, an effect is obtained that the input operation of the user 30 is simplified and the calculation operation in the server 11 is also simplified.

(E) Since the user's terminal device includes the portable terminal device 31, the user 30 uses the portable terminal device 31 to input and transmit user data as needed even when going out. be able to. Therefore, forgetting to input or the like hardly occurs, and as a result, the estimated weight can be calculated more accurately. In addition, the estimated weight can be displayed and confirmed on the portable terminal device 31 even when going out.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be appropriately modified within the scope of the present invention. For example, when the estimated weight calculated by the system is significantly different from the actual weight, or when the user does not input meal contents data or the like in a predetermined period, the icon A is operated. Thus, the estimated weight may be corrected.

[0027]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram (block diagram) showing an embodiment of an Internet diet system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the same.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display screen of a user terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display screen of a user terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display screen of a user terminal device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen of a user terminal device.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display screen of a user terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Internet 11 server 20, 30 user 21, 31 terminal device

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server connectable to the Internet,
And a system that operates under conditions including a user's terminal device, wherein the user's terminal device includes at least personal data including height and weight of the user himself, date data, and meal content data for the date. A terminal device capable of transmitting user data including the following to the server via the Internet, wherein the server receives user data from the terminal device of the user, and among the user data, at least the While storing the personal data, the estimated weight of the user is calculated based on the personal data and the date data and the meal content data of the date after the storage, and the calculation result is stored in the terminal device of the user. And the terminal device of the user receives the calculation result from the server. , Internet diet system characterized in that it is a terminal device capable of displaying this. 2. The server sends basic character data corresponding to the personal data as image data to a user's terminal device based on the personal data at the time of storage, and transmits the basic character data based on the calculation result. A server capable of transmitting changed character data obtained by making a character fatter or thinner as image data to a user terminal device, wherein the user terminal device is a terminal capable of displaying the basic character or the changed character. The Internet diet system according to claim 1, wherein the Internet diet system is a device. 3. The terminal device of the user is a terminal device capable of transmitting, as user data, user's action content data on the date to the server via the Internet, the server further comprising: 3. The internet diet system according to claim 1, wherein the server is a server that calculates an estimated weight of the user based on the action content data. 4. The server according to claim 1, wherein the server sends menu data of a plurality of kinds of meal contents prepared in advance and / or menu data of a plurality of kinds of action contents prepared in advance to a user terminal device. The user's terminal device displays the menu data, and the user can select a meal content and / or action content based on the display, and the selected content is displayed as the meal content data and / or action content data. 4. The Internet diet system according to claim 1, wherein said terminal is a terminal device for sending to a server. 5. The user terminal device includes a portable terminal device.
Or the internet diet system according to 4.