Patent ID: 7182248

Claim:
A meal information supply system, comprising: a handheld user terminal which obtains meal data indicative of the contents of an individual meal taken by a user; a meal information supply server which receives a notification of said meal data from said user terminal and analyzes the contents of a meal indicated by said meal data to notify said user of meal information of analysis results, wherein said meal information supply server totalizes, manages and analyzes information about intake including information of a calorie and a food group of a meal taken by each said user and supplies meal information of analysis results to said user, wherein said server supplies additional information about health based on the contents of meal data taken by said user, wherein at the supply of said additional service, an extra charge is collected from said user, wherein said meal information includes indication of meals, nutritive elements and food groups taken for a fixed time period, as well as advice on eating habits optimum for each individual taking the individual's age, sex, physical features, daily customs, having disease or not and wishes into consideration, wherein said handheld user terminal includes a connection interface that connects to an external terminal, and wherein said external terminal transmits said meal data to said meal information supply server through a communication network.