Patent ID: 8027822

Claim:
An interactive computer system for managing the health and wellness of an individual, comprising: a. an input station configured to enable input of health and wellness information of an individual; b. an identifier configured to identify the individual specifically and uniquely when the individual logs on at the input station; c. a measuring device configured to measure certain health and wellness information of the individual automatically and automatically input the measured health and wellness information into the input station; d. a manual input device configured to enable the individual to input certain other health and wellness information manually; e. a server connected to the input station and configured to receive and identify the input health and wellness information as the individual's specific data, the server including a management database configured to store (i) the individual's specific data, (ii) health and wellness data for the population at large, wherein the population at large is any population outside the individuals whose health and wellness are managed by the interactive computer system, and (iii) ideal health and wellness data, the server further including an assessment module configured to track changes in the individual's specific data over time, enable display to the individual of changes in the individual's specific data and display of comparisons of the individual's specific data with health and wellness data for the population at large, and provide feedback information based on the individual's specific data, the feedback information including incentive information configured to encourage the individual to use the interactive computer system regularly and configured to indicate points awarded to the individual for activities by the individual in the individual's specific data; and f. a communication network interface coupled to the server and configured to provide to the individual displays of indications of at least two of (i) the individual's specific data, (ii) comparisons of the individual's specific data with health and wellness data for the population at large, (iii) changes in the individual's specific data over time, and (iv) a personalized plan for nutrition and exercise based on the feedback information.