Personal health management device, method and system

Abstract

The present invention generally provides personal health management devices, and corresponding systems and methods. The personal health management device generally include an electronic controller and at least one memory device which cooperate to store at least temporarily weight management data for managing the weight of at least one user, such as a user's weight, a user's body fat percentage, exercise data, food consumption data, or a combination thereof, obtained from at least one component for obtaining such data, such as a keypad, a body fat percentage sensor for measuring a user's body fat percentage, a scale for measuring a user's weight, an exercise machine, a food scale, etc, and a communications unit for communicating the data obtained to a healthcare provider for monitoring progress with respect to a weight management program over a communications network.

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         2 . A monitoring system for use in managing weight of at least one subject, the monitoring system being adapted to communicate with a remote computer over a communications network, the monitoring system comprising at least one monitoring device and a local base unit,
 the at least one monitoring device comprising:   a device which obtains weight management data of a subject;   a display device, the at least one monitoring device being configured to display on the display device weight management data obtained by the weight management device and messages based on message data; and   at least one communications unit which wirelessly transmits weight management data to the local base unit and which receives message data from the local base unit;   the at least one monitoring device being configured to display on the display device messages based on message data received by the at least one communications unit from the local base unit;   the local base unit being configured to (a) receive weight management data from the at least one monitoring device without passing through the communications network, (b) transmit weight management data received from the at least one monitoring device over the communications network for receipt by the remote computer without the local base unit displaying the weight management data received from the at least one monitoring device, (c) receive message data over the communications network provided by the remote computer, and (d) wirelessly provide message data received over the communications network to the at least one monitoring device without the local base unit displaying messages or message data received from the remote computer;   wherein the at least one monitoring device and the local base unit are located on a same side of the communications network such that communications therebetween do not pass thorough the communications network and the local base unit communicates over the communications network with the remote computer, and the local base unit is configured to communicate with the at least one monitoring device and with the remote computer without operation of a user interface.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one monitoring device comprises a scale configured to obtain and display on the display device of the at least one monitoring device weight data of a subject, and wirelessly transmit weight data to the local base unit. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one monitoring device comprises (a) a scale configured to obtain and display on the display device of the at least one monitoring device weight data of a subject, and wirelessly transmit weight data to the local base unit, and (b) at least one other device configured to obtain weight management data other than subject weight and wirelessly transmit weight management data to the local base unit. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one other device comprises one or more of an exercise device, a body fat measurement device and a food scale.