Method for populating user accounts with profiles of supplements for consumption

Abstract

One variation of a method for populating user accounts with profiles of supplements includes: extrapolating a degree of an effect of a first supplement on a health goal, selected by a user, from a scientific study based on an ingredient of the first supplement selected by the user; presenting, to the user, the degree of the effect; presenting, to the user, a representation of prevalence of the first supplement by demographic within a population of users; presenting, to the user, a set of reviews of the first supplement within the native application submitted by a subset of users within the population associated with user profiles linked to the first supplement for greater than a threshold duration of time; and in response to confirmation of the first supplement profile at the native application, adding a profile for the first supplement profile to a user profile associated with the user.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method for managing supplement consumption comprises:
 initializing a user profile for a user;   populating the user profile with a first demographic value of the user;   populating the user profile with a first health goal selected by the user at a graphical user interface executing on a computing device;   retrieving a first supplement profile of a first supplement selected, from a population of supplements, by the user;   extracting an identifier of a first ingredient, in the first supplement, from the first supplement profile;   identifying a first subset of user profiles, in a population of user profiles affiliated with a population of users, specifying the first demographic value and the first health goal;   deriving a first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value based on the first subset of user profiles;   calculating a first relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the first correlation;   accessing a corpus of scientific publications;   scanning the corpus of scientific publications for a set of scientific publications containing the identifier of the first ingredient;   extracting a second correlation between the first ingredient and the first health goal from the set of scientific publications;   extrapolating a magnitude of a predicted effect of the first supplement on the first health goal for the user based on the second correlation;   accessing a set of reviews specifying the first supplement and submitted by users associated with the population of user profiles;   for each review in the set of reviews, calculating a score of the review based on:
 quality of adherence of an extant user, associated with the review, to a regimen specifying the first supplement; and 
 a duration of consumption of the first supplement by the extant user; and 
   selecting a subset of reviews exhibiting highest scores in the set of reviews;   at the graphical user interface executing on the computing device:
 receiving, by the user, a selection of the first health goal; 
 rendering a first representation of the relevance of the first supplement within the graphical user interface; 
 rendering a second representation of the magnitude of the predicted effect within the graphical user interface; 
 presenting the subset of reviews to the user within the graphical user interface; and 
 receiving, by the user, a confirmation of the first supplement; and 
   in response to receiving the confirmation of the first supplement at the graphical user interface, adding the first supplement to the user profile.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 :
 wherein rendering the second representation of the magnitude of the predicted effect within the graphical user interface comprises rendering the second representation of the magnitude of the predicted effect within the graphical user interface concurrently with the first representation of the relevance of the first supplement; and   wherein presenting the subset of reviews to the user within the graphical user interface comprises presenting the subset of reviews, ordered by score, within the graphical user interface concurrently with the first representation and the second representation.   
     
     
         3 . A method for managing supplement consumption comprises executing computer-readable instructions on a computer-readable medium of a computing device, the instructions comprising:
 initializing a user profile for a user   with a first demographic value of the user;   receiving a selection of a first health goal by the user at a graphical user interface executing on the computing device;   populating the user profile with the first health goal;   retrieving a first supplement profile of a first supplement selected, from a population of supplements, by the user from a supplement database;   identifying a first ingredient in the first supplement based on the first supplement profile;   identifying a first subset of user profiles, in a population of user profiles, specifying the first demographic value and the first health goal;   deriving a first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value based on a frequency of user profiles, in the first subset of user profiles, that specify the first ingredient;   calculating a first relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the first correlation;   generating a first graphical representation of the first relevance;   rendering the first graphical representation for the first user at the graphical user interface; and   in response to receiving a confirmation by the user of the first supplement at the graphical user interface, adding the first supplement profile to the user profile.   
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 identifying, from a corpus of scientific publications,   a set of scientific publications that reference the first ingredient;   extracting a second correlation between the first ingredient and the first health goal from the set of scientific publications;   extrapolating a magnitude of an effect of the first supplement on the first health goal based on the second correlation;   rendering a second representation of the magnitude of the effect within the graphical user interface concurrently with the first graphical representation;   accessing a set of reviews specifying the first supplement and submitted by users associated with the population of user profiles;   for each review in the set of reviews, calculating a score of the review based on:
 a quality of adherence of an extant user, associated with the review, to a regimen specifying the first supplement; and 
 a duration of consumption of the first supplement by the extant user; and 
   selecting a subset of reviews exhibiting highest scores in the set of reviews; and   presenting the subset of reviews to the user within the graphical user interface concurrently with the first graphical representation.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein deriving the first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value comprises:
 identifying a second subset of user profiles, in the first subset of user profiles, specifying adherence to regimens for a set of supplements comprising the first ingredient greater than a threshold adherence for durations of time greater than a threshold duration; and   deriving the first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value based on the frequency of the second subset of user profiles in the first subset of user profiles.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein deriving the first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value comprises:
 identifying a second subset of user profiles, in the first subset of user profiles, indicating transition from the first demographic value to a second demographic value associated with the first health goal;   identifying a third subset of user profiles, in the first subset of user profiles, specifying adherence to regimens for a set of supplements comprising the first ingredient greater than a threshold adherence for durations of time greater than a threshold duration; and   deriving the first correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value based on frequencies of the second subset of user profiles and the third subset of user profiles in the first subset of user profiles.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 3 :
 wherein deriving the first correlation comprises deriving a trend between the first health goal and prevalence of consumption of the first ingredient across the first subset of user profiles;   wherein calculating the first relevance of the first supplement for the user comprises characterizing a difference between the first health goal and the first demographic value of the user and the trend; and   wherein generating the first graphical representation of the first relevance comprises generating the first graphical representation indicating the trend.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 identifying a set of user profiles, in the population of user profiles, connected to the user profile within an online user network;   accessing a set of virtual shelves within the set of user profiles;   presenting a subset of supplements, in the population of supplements, specified in the set of virtual shelves;   transmitting a prompt to the user to select from the set of supplements at the graphical user interface; and   receiving the selection of the first supplement in the set of supplements at the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 3 :
 further comprising transmitting a notification from a second user to the user within an online user network at the graphical user interface, the notification comprising a recommendation for the first supplement generated by the second user; and   wherein retrieving the first supplement profile of the first supplement comprises retrieving the first supplement profile of the first supplement in response to receiving a confirmation of the notification by the user at the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 3 :
 identifying, from the corpus of scientific publications, the set of scientific publications that reference the first ingredient, further comprising:
 automatically extracting a second correlation between the first ingredient and the first health goal from the set of scientific publications; 
   wherein calculating the first relevance comprises calculating the first relevance of the first supplement for the user further based on the second correlation; and   further comprising presenting a set of links to the set of scientific publications, in association with the first supplement, at the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 :
 wherein automatically extracting the second correlation from the set of scientific publications comprises automatically extracting the second correlation, between the first ingredient and an outcome associated with the first health goal, from the set of scientific publications;   further comprising:
 calculating a first prediction for the outcome effected by consumption of the first supplement by the user; and 
 calculating a second prediction for a magnitude of the outcome for the user based on an amount of the first ingredient per dose of the first supplement, the first demographic value of the user, and the second correlation; and 
   wherein generating the first graphical representation comprises generating the first graphical representation depicting the first prediction for the outcome and the second prediction for the magnitude of the outcome.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 accessing a set of reviews specifying the first supplement and submitted by users associated with the population of user profiles;   for each review in the set of reviews, calculating a score of the review based on:
 quality of adherence of an extant user, associated with the review, to a regimen specifying the first supplement; and 
 a duration of consumption of the first supplement by the extant user; 
   selecting a subset of reviews exhibiting highest scores in the set of reviews; and   presenting the subset of reviews to the user with the first graphical representation.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising, in response to receiving a confirmation by the user of the first supplement at the graphical user interface:
 presenting the first subset of user profiles to the user at the graphical user interface;   transmitting a prompt to the user to select from the first subset of user profiles at the graphical user interface; and   in response to receiving a selection by the user of a particular user profile from the first subset of user profiles at the graphical user interface, importing a regimen for the first supplement from the particular user profile into the user profile, the regimen specifying a schedule for consuming doses of the first supplement.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 in response to receiving a confirmation by the user of the first supplement at the graphical user interface, associating a tracker, coupled to a first supplement package containing the first supplement, with the user profile;   receiving a sequence of consumption event records from the tracker over a first time period;   determining a fill level of the first supplement package based on the sequence of consumption event records received from the tracker;   in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below a threshold fill level, transmitting a prompt to the user to confirm the first health goal via the graphical user interface;   in response to the user electing a second health goal:
 identifying a second subset of user profiles, in the population of user profiles, specifying the first demographic value and the second health goal; 
 deriving a second correlation between the second health goal and the first ingredient for the first demographic value based on a second frequency of user profiles, in the second subset of user profiles, that specify the first ingredient; 
 calculating a second relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the first demographic and the second health goal; and 
   in response to the second relevance falling below the first relevance and in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below a threshold fill level, serving a recommendation to the user to elect an alternate supplement within the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 based on the user confirming the first supplement, associating a tracker, coupled to a first supplement package containing the first supplement, with the user profile;   receiving a sequence of consumption event records from the tracker over a time period;   tracking a fill level of the first supplement package based on the sequence of consumption event records;   deriving a second demographic value of the user based on data collected during the time period;   identifying a second subset of user profiles, in the population of user profiles, specifying the second demographic value and the first health goal;   deriving a second correlation between the first health goal and the first ingredient for the second demographic value based on a second frequency of user profiles, in the second subset of user profiles, that specify the first ingredient;   calculating a second relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the second demographic and the first health goal; and   in response to the second relevance falling below the first relevance and in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below a threshold fill level, serving a recommendation to the user to elect an alternate supplement within the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 :
 wherein serving the recommendation to the user to elect the alternate supplement within the graphical user interface comprises, in response to the second relevance falling below the first relevance:
 scanning supplement profiles, of supplements in the population of supplements, for a second supplement comprising a second ingredient exhibiting a third relevance to the user greater than the second relevance based on the second demographic value of the user; and 
 in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below the threshold fill level, transmitting a prompt to the user to elect the second supplement in place of the first supplement via the graphical user interface; and 
   further comprising, in response to receiving a confirmation by the user of the first supplement at the graphical user interface:
 replacing the first supplement profile within the second supplement profile in the user profile; and 
 initiating an order for a second supplement package containing the second supplement. 
   
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 :
 wherein populating the user profile with the first demographic value comprises populating the user profile with the first demographic value representing a first activity level reported by the user; and   wherein deriving the second demographic value of the user comprises deriving the second demographic value representing a second activity level, greater than the first activity level, based on motion data collected by a wearable device, associated with the user profile, during the time period.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 generating a regimen for the first supplement for the user, the regimen specifying a schedule for consuming doses of the first supplement; and   transmitting, at the graphical user interface, to the user a set of notifications over a first time period in accordance with the schedule for consuming doses.   
     
     
         19 . A method for managing supplement consumption comprises:
 initializing a user profile for a user;   populating the user profile with a first demographic value of the user;   receiving a selection by the user of a first health goal at a graphical user interface executing on a computing device;   populating the user profile with the first health goal;   retrieving a first supplement profile of a first supplement selected, from a population of supplements, by the user from a supplement database;   calculating a first relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the first demographic and the first health goal;   presenting the first relevance to the user at the graphical user interface;   in response to receiving a confirmation by the user for the first supplement at the graphical user interface:
 adding the first supplement profile to the user profile; and 
 associating a tracker, coupled to a first supplement package containing the first supplement, with the user profile, the tracker comprising a motion sensor and configured to transmit consumption event data of the first supplement to the computing device, wherein the consumption event data is based on motion data of the first supplement package; 
   receiving a sequence of consumption event records from the tracker over a first time period;   determining a fill level of the first supplement package based on the sequence of consumption event records received from the tracker;   deriving a second demographic value of the user based on data collected during the first time period;   calculating a second relevance of the first supplement for the user based on the second demographic value and the first health goal;   in response to the second relevance falling below the first relevance and in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below a threshold fill level, serving a recommendation to the user to elect an alternate supplement within the graphical user interface.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 :
 wherein serving the recommendation to the user to elect the alternate supplement within the graphical user interface comprises, in response to the second relevance falling below the first relevance:
 identifying supplement profiles, of supplements in the population of supplements from the supplement database, for a second supplement comprising a second ingredient exhibiting a third relevance to the user greater than the second relevance based on the second demographic value of the user; and 
 in response to the fill level of the first supplement package falling below the threshold fill level, transmitting a prompt to the user to elect the second supplement in place of the first supplement via the graphical user interface; and 
   further comprising, in response to receiving the confirmation by the user for the first supplement at the graphical user interface:
 replacing the first supplement profile with the second supplement profile in the user profile; and 
 initiating an order for a second supplement package containing the second supplement.